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A national survey on fertilizer management practices is being expanded from corn in Ontario and canola in Western Canada to include Prairie wheat.
Crops, News

Wheat producers join canola and corn growers in fertilizer survey

The Fertilizer Use Survey aims to show that farmers are practising good stewardship by employing the ‘4Rs’

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A survey that tracks the fertilizer practices of farmers is being expanded to more crops — part of an effort to show that producers are employing management practices that are environmentally sound. “The survey shows us how agri-retailers and farmers across Canada are implementing 4R Nutrient Stewardship, which is an approach that has been demonstrated
A view of BHP’s potash mine project north of Jansen, Sask. (BHP.com)
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BHP approves Saskatchewan potash project’s completion

Major miner expects to produce about 4.4 million tonnes of fertilizer per year

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After over a decade of development and digging, one of the world’s biggest mining and metals companies has granted its Saskatchewan potash mining project the go-ahead to completion and full production. Australian-British mining firm BHP announced Tuesday its board has approved its potash mine about 60 km southeast of Humboldt, near Jansen, Sask., for another
An aerial view of FCL’s Brandon fertilizer terminal after the $5-million expansion.
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FCL completes $5M Brandon fertilizer terminal expansion

Upgrades will help ‘debottleneck’ the distribution system in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan

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Just four years after the facility was built, Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) has just completed an upgrade to its Brandon fertilizer terminal. The project increases storage capacity by 9,000 tonnes, or more than 30 per cent. Plans for the $5-million upgrade (announced by FCL in a press release late last year) had come as a
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Mosaic’s Brazil unit sees fertilizer demand growing

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Reuters – Mosaic Fertilizantes, a unit of Mosaic Co., sees fertilizer demand in Brazil growing by six per cent to as much as 10 per cent in 2021 if demand from corn farmers proves strong, an executive told Reuters. Mosaic Fertilizantes head Corrine Ricard noted the strong negative effects droughts and frosts have had on Brazil’s 2021 corn crop. But she
Screenshot of Parrish and Heimbecker’s Quill Lake, Sask. elevator. (ParrishAndHeimbecker.com)
Crops

Rail upgrades planned for P+H elevator

Eastern Saskatchewan elevator's rail spot expanding

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Winnipeg grain firm Parrish and Heimbecker plans to boost throughput at one of its eastern Saskatchewan elevators with upgrades to its rail car loading systems. Privately-held P+H said Thursday it plans to expand to a 100-car spot, up from 50, at its elevator at Quill Lake, Sask., about 60 km east of Humboldt. Work on
The Blair’s agro centre at Lipton, Sask. (Blairs.ag)
Crops, Other

Co-op, Blair’s joint venture to sell one crop input centre

Regulator sees overlap between Co-op, Blair's at Lipton

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A new joint venture formed to run seven existing crop input retail centres in central and southeastern Saskatchewan will settle for six. The federal Competition Bureau on Wednesday announced an agreement with Federated Co-operatives (FCL) and the ag retail arm of the Saskatchewan-based Blair’s Family of Companies toward approval of their proposed joint venture. Blair’s
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Crops, Markets

Potash partnership with BHP ‘not our focus,’ Nutrien executive says

Prices surging on rising demand, Belarus sanctions

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Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian potash producer Nutrien is not focused on any potential collaboration with miner BHP Group, a senior Nutrien executive said Tuesday in the company’s first public comments about reports of possible co-operation. BHP has for years been constructing a potash mine at Jansen, Sask., near Nutrien’s six mines in the province.
Nutrien’s potash mine near Rocanville, Sask. (Nutrien.com)
Crops, Markets

Nutrien to further bump up potash output

'Continued tightening' in market cited as potash producer Belarus sanctioned

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Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian fertilizer producer Nutrien said Monday it would boost its 2021 potash output by 500,000 tonnes, after the European Union and others imposed new trade sanctions on Belarus. Nutrien’s increase takes its potash sales outlook this year to a record-high range of 13.3 million to 13.8 million tonnes, and follows a
A view of BHP’s potash mine project north of Jansen, Sask. (BHP.com)
Crops, Markets

BHP delaying decision on Saskatchewan potash project

Jansen mine decision to be delayed by a few months

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Melbourne | Reuters — BHP Group expects to present its board with a decision on whether to proceed with its Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan in a few months’ time — rather than mid-year — after choosing between two port options, an executive said on Thursday. The world’s biggest miner has estimated the project at

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