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Mosaic fast-tracking Esterhazy potash mine expansion

U.S. fertilizer firm Mosaic Co. has put expansion work at its southeastern Saskatchewan potash mining site on an “accelerated” timeline. Mosaic, which said in 2008 it would invest $1.7 billion to add 1.8 million tonnes of capacity at its Esterhazy, Sask. site by 2020, now plans to have its new “K3” satellite mine delivering potash

Crops, Markets

Russia’s Uralkali to invest US$4.5B to stay potash No. 1

By GFM Network News, Polina Devitt March 5, 2015

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia’s Uralkali will invest US$4.5 billion over the next five years to raise production capacity by 30 per cent, aiming to remain the world’s largest potash company despite a setback at a major mine. Uralkali’s capacity to produce potash, a crop nutrient, came into focus after it halted production at the

Crops, Markets

PotashCorp’s profit beats on higher potash sales

By GFM Network News January 29, 2015

Reuters — PotashCorp, the world’s biggest fertilizer company by market capitalization, reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit on strong potash sales, but its 2015 outlook disappointed. Saskatoon-based PotashCorp sold 2.5 million tonnes of potash, the most ever in a fourth quarter and up 42 per cent year over year. Its average realized potash price was $284 per

Crops, Markets

Fertilizer prices stray away from corn influence: Analyst

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News January 24, 2015

CNS Canada — Foreign exports and transportation look like they could be the main issues facing the fertilizer industry in 2015. Countries such as Ukraine, Russia and Belarus are busy players on the market, with Morocco also ramping up production. As a result, more supplies of phosphates and other fertilizers are out there, according to

Crops, Markets

Fertilizer firm Mosaic forecasts bigger-than-expected Q4 profit

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 19, 2015

Reuters — U.S. fertilizer company Mosaic Co. on Monday estimated it would post a larger fourth-quarter profit than expected and surpassed its targets for phosphate sales. Mosaic, the world’s largest producer of finished phosphate products and North America’s second-biggest potash producer, said it expects to earn 93 to 98 cents per share in the quarter

Crops

Agrium restarts potash output at Sask. mine

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 31, 2014

Fertilizer and ag retail giant Agrium has restarted potash production at its west-central Saskatchewan mine after a months-long expansion-related shutdown. Calgary-based Agrium said Wednesday its site at Vanscoy, about 25 km southwest of Saskatoon, is back in business after completion of what it called a “major turnaround” to tie in a one million-tonne expansion project.

Scrap the cap and the railways will do a better job moving western grain, says Barry Prentice, an agricultural economist and professor at the University of Manitoba’s Transport Institute.

Crops, Local news

Scrap the cap and the railways will move more grain

The University of Manitoba’s Barry Prentice says ‘Soviet’-style regulations  make for a less efficient western grain-handling and transportation system

By Allan Dawson December 16, 2014

The railways would do a better job moving western Canadian grain if the revenue cap was scrapped, allowing the free market to work, says Barry Prentice, an agricultural economist and professor at the University of Manitoba’s Transport Institute. “I wonder why on earth do we have a government… holding up the case for capitalism… dealing

Crops

Uralkali prepares to start repairs at damaged potash mine

By GFM Network News November 24, 2014

Berezniki, Russia | Reuters — Russia’s Uralkali, the world’s biggest potash producer, is preparing to start repair work at part of the damaged Solikamsk-2 mine, though it is unclear when output of the fertilizer will restart. Production at the mine was halted last week after an inflow of water at the mine, which accounts for

Crops, Forages, Livestock

White spots speak volumes about alfalfa’s needs

By Daniel Winters June 28, 2013

Alfalfa can pull down its own nitrogen from the atmosphere, but can’t conjure up  phosphorus, potassium, sulphur, and boron out of thin air

Alfalfa isn’t a plant that complains a lot, but white spots on its leaves are a clear plea for more potash. After poking around in the field surrounded by whispering poplars at the recent Hay Day tour near Neepawa, provincial soil fertility specialist John Heard pointed out a shining example of “full-blown potassium deficiency.” Farmers

Cereals, Crops, News, Weather

Flooding potential threatens fertilizer movement

By Rod Nickel April 18, 2013

Fertilizer makers may be hard pressed this spring to move their yield-boosting products to western Canadian farmers during a shortened planting season, as the potential for major flooding grows. Cold weather has delayed the melt of heavy snowpack in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, raising the risk that floods in late April and

Daily Network News

Hormuz-driven fertilizer shortage could raise grain prices, Goldman Sachs says

Prairie forecast: Arctic air keeps spring warming at bay

Feed Grain Weekly: Seasonal gains expected this spring

Tag Archives Potash

Mosaic fast-tracking Esterhazy potash mine expansion

Russia’s Uralkali to invest US$4.5B to stay potash No. 1

PotashCorp’s profit beats on higher potash sales

Fertilizer prices stray away from corn influence: Analyst

Fertilizer firm Mosaic forecasts bigger-than-expected Q4 profit

Agrium restarts potash output at Sask. mine

Scrap the cap and the railways will move more grain

Uralkali prepares to start repairs at damaged potash mine

White spots speak volumes about alfalfa’s needs

Flooding potential threatens fertilizer movement

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