Canada’s federally backed farm lender is offering financial aid to farmers, agricultural businesses and food companies hit by the spike in fertilizer and energy prices, it said on Friday.
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Farm Credit Canada offers aid to farmers, companies affected by Iran war price spikes
China restricts fertilizer exports, further crimping war-tightened supply
China is clamping down on fertilizer exports to protect its domestic market, a number of industry sources said, putting an additional strain on global markets that were already grappling with shortages caused by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Gulf fertilizer plants go dark as Iran war chokes global supply ahead of spring planting
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Strait of Hormuz closure halts Gulf fertilizer production, sending urea prices surging as global spring planting season begins.
U.S. farmers rush to sell crops as Iran war fuels rally
U.S. grain prices have surged since the Iran war began, triggering a flurry of corn and soybean sales by farmers who squirreled away last year’s harvests due to weak prices.
China taps fertilizer reserves as Hormuz closure disrupts global supply
China will release fertilizers from national commercial reserves ahead of spring planting, it said on Friday, as the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the conflict in the Middle East disrupts global supplies.
Manitoba farmers not too likely to change planting plans
Manitoba farmers won’t be too inclined this spring to switch from planting cereals and oilseeds to soybeans or pulses, despite recent hikes in fertilizer prices said an official with Manitoba Agriculture.
Iran war volatility sends shock waves through agricultural markets
Fuel, fertilizer and grain markets have been thrown for a loop by the conflict in Iran
Here are the numbers on how badly fuel, fertilizer and grain markets have been thrown for a loop by the conflict in Iran so far.
Iran war catches Prairie farmers in the geopolitical crossfire — again
Prairie farmers didn’t ask for a Mideast conflict to squeeze global fuel and fertilizer supply chains — threatening to send farm costs spiking — but here we are
Prairie farmers didn’t ask for a Mideast conflict to squeeze global fuel and fertilizer supply chains — threatening to send farm costs spiking — but here we are.
Iran war to disrupt urea and sulphur supplies
The Middle East accounts for 50 per cent of global sulphur exports and 34 per cent of urea shipments
For Prairie farmers in need of spring fertilizers, ongoing war in the Middle East will have the biggest impact on urea and sulphur prices, an Argus market analyst says.
Pulse Weekly: More Saskatchewan pulse acres very likely in 2026/27
Due to high fertilizer prices, there’s a strong possibility that Saskatchewan farmers will plant more pulses this spring, said Dale Risula, provincial specialist for pulse crops with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture.
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