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Aerial view of a breakwater near Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Pivdennyi (formerly Yuzhny) near Odesa. (Viktor Ketal/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Russia preventing Black Sea grain deal port from operating, Ukraine says

Black Sea Grain Initiative was extended last week

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Kyiv | Reuters — The Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi has halted operations because Russia is not allowing ships to enter it, in effect cutting it out of a deal allowing safe Black Sea grain exports, a Ukrainian official said on Tuesday. The Black Sea Grain Initiative signed by Russia and Ukraine last July, and extended
Nutrien may further slow potash expansion
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Nutrien may further slow potash expansion

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Reuters – Nutrien may consider further slowing its expansion of potash capacity after falling prices and sales volumes led the world’s biggest fertilizer producer to cut its annual profit guidance. Potash prices have been volatile since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Sanctions against big global producers Russia and Belarus initially drove up prices, causing
Liberia-flagged bulker K Sukret, carrying grain under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, waits for inspection in the southern anchorage of Istanbul on May 17, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Mehmet Emin Caliskan)
Crops

Black Sea grain deal extended for two months

Agreement has helped to tackle global food crisis

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Ankara/United Nations | Reuters — The Ukraine Black Sea grain deal has been extended for two more months, one day before Russia could have quit the pact over obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced the extension in a televised speech and it was confirmed by Russia and Ukraine. The
Vessels are seen as they await inspection under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the UN and Turkey, in the southern anchorage of the Bosphorus at Istanbul on Dec. 11, 2022. (File photo: Reuters/Yoruk Isik)
Crops

U.N. efforts to save Black Sea grain deal to continue in coming days

Russia demands include restarting ammonia pipeline

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United Nations | Reuters — The U.N. aid chief said on Monday efforts will continue in coming days to extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, a pact Russia has threatened to quit effective Thursday over obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports. The final two ships are due to
Farmers compete with the European Union and the United States, both of which do not have tariffs on their crop fertilizers.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: The fertilizer import tariff has to go, Minister Freeland

Tariffs add to the cost of doing business in farming and contribute to food price increases

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The following is an open letter from the Ontario Agricultural Commodity Council to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland, requesting the removal of the fertilizer tariff that has been in place for more than a year. The letter was also copied to Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau. Dear Minister Freeland, On behalf of the Ontario
Nutrien’s head office building in Saskatoon. (Liam O’Connor photo)
Crops, Markets

Nutrien cuts earnings forecast after quarterly profit misses estimates

High fertilizer prices seen dragging on demand

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Reuters — Nutrien Ltd. on Wednesday cut its forecast for 2023 earnings as elevated fertilizer prices owed to Western sanctions on Russia and Belarus weigh on demand. U.S.-listed shares of the company fell 3.9 per cent in extended trading Wednesday as it also reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit. Though fertilizer prices have dipped from record
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Crops, Markets

Mosaic misses profit estimates on lower prices of fertilizers

Farmers seen waiting on prices to stabilize

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Reuters — Mosaic Co. on Wednesday missed Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on lower prices of potash and other crop fertilizers, even as the fertilizer maker sold higher volumes. Although prices of fertilizers such as phosphates and potash decreased during the reported quarter, it did not boost demand as farmers waited for pricing trends
Vessels are seen as they await inspection under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the UN and Turkey, in the southern anchorage of the Bosphorus at Istanbul on Dec. 11, 2022. (File photo: Reuters/Yoruk Isik)
Crops, Markets

Russian envoy says no breakthrough on grain deal

Ukraine says Moscow blocking ships

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Geneva | Reuters — Russia’s envoy to the United Nations in Geneva on Wednesday said “no real progress” had been achieved in resolving issues raised by Moscow over the Black Sea grain deal, which is set to expire next month. Separately, Ukraine accused Russia of blocking the passage of four grain ships from its Black
A vessel is seen arriving at Odesa in southern Ukraine under the Black Sea Grain Initiative on April 12, 2023. (Photo: Yulii Zozulia/Nurphoto via Reuters Connect)
Crops

Moscow would scrap grain deal if G7 bans exports, Medvedev warns

G7 said to be considering blanket ban on exports to Russia

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Reuters — Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday that if the G7 moved to ban exports to Russia, Moscow would respond by terminating the Black Sea Grain deal that enables vital exports of grain from Ukraine. The Group of Seven (G7) countries are considering a near-total ban on exports to Russia, Japan’s Kyodo

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