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Canadian and U.S. shippers brace for possible CP strike

Strike notice not yet given

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Winnipeg | Reuters — Thousands of workers at Canada’s second-biggest railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, have threatened to strike this week, potentially disrupting the movement of grain, potash and coal at a time of soaring commodity prices. The strike is the latest risk to Canada’s battered supply chain, which last year weathered floods in British Columbia
Ukraine still has a good deal of its 2021 corn crop to ship and Russia has yet to plant 30 per cent of its 2022 wheat crop.
Comment, Op/Ed

Concerns rise over Black Sea spring crops in wartime

Shipments are halted and spring planting is in question

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Reuters – The stoppage of grain exports out of Ukraine was confirmed February 28, as the country said all ports will be closed until the end of the Russian invasion, though there is a chance that supplies for the next season out of both Ukraine and Russia could also be in jeopardy pending the outcome
The Nutrien Redwater Fertilizer plant near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Oct. 7, 2021.
News

Nutrien eyes Russian invasion causing prolonged global fertilizer disruption

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Reuters – Canada’s Nutrien, the world’s biggest fertilizer producer, said recently that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could result in prolonged disruptions to the global supply of potash and nitrogen crop nutrients. Interim chief executive Ken Seitz said Nutrien will boost potash production if it sees sustained supply problems in Russia and Belarus, the world’s second-
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Crops, Markets

USDA opens inquiry into fertilizer, seed prices

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Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is opening an inquiry into the impacts of concentration in the fertilizer, seed and retail markets. The inquiry stems from the Biden administration’s July 2021 executive order to promote competition across the U.S. economy, the agency said in a release Friday. Global supply chain problems and inflation have
Ukraine is Europe’s breadbasket, so Russia's invasion will affect global commodity markets in a meaningful way.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: From a worldwide virus to a tyrant

Yet again farmers and the food industry face the unknown — but we must stand with Ukraine

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Humanity just got dealt another blow with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Only thinking of the human cost is unbearable. But the agri-food sector has already been impacted by the conflict in more ways than one. First, Ukraine is Europe’s breadbasket, so this conflict will affect global commodity markets in a meaningful way. Wheat and corn
Soybeans are being planted near Husachivka, about 50 km south of Kyiv, in this file photo from April 17, 2020.
Grain Markets, Markets

War in Ukraine trumps market fundamentals

U.S. wheat values set fresh highs upon Russia’s invasion

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine added fuel to the raging fire of the agricultural markets during the week ended Feb. 25, with any typical supply/demand fundamentals that would usually provide direction taking a back seat to the developing crisis. Ukraine and Russia are both major players in the world wheat market, and the United States wheat
Struvite seems like an excellent source of phosphorus for farmers, but there are some hurdles.
Crops, Farmit Manitoba

VIDEO: Struvite shows promise as organic fertilizer

Slow-release fertilizer sees increasing returns in Libau forage trial, gains in wheat

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Manitoba trials show a fertilizer recycled from waste water has promise as an organic phosphorus amendment — if it’s approved for organic use, that is. “Phosphorus is a non-renewable source,” said researcher Joanne Thiessen Martens. “We need to be thinking about recycling as much as possible. Phosphorus deficiencies are common on organic farms because of
EU flags in front of the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels. (Jorisvo/iStock/Getty Images)
Markets

EU predicts pain for farmers, consumers from Ukraine crisis

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Brussels | Reuters — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and EU sanctions on Moscow will prove painful for farmers, consumers, fertilizer makers and exporters of farm products, the European Commission warned on Monday. Michael Scannell, deputy director-general of the Commission’s agriculture division, said grain buyers should brace for higher prices given that Russia and Ukraine made
Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: Managing short supply

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Early on in the pandemic I recall standing in line in the cold outside Costco, waiting for my turn to get into the store. As I waited, more or less patiently, I noticed several hastily made signs on printer paper that lined the crowd control fences — or perhaps ‘human corral’ might be a more

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