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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

Crops

Brazil potash deposit has 18 years of country’s needs

By Sabrina Lorenzi March 28, 2013

Reuters / A Brazilian fertilizer deposit owned by Canada’s Brazil PotashCorp has potash reserves equal to at least 18 years of Brazil’s potassium-fertilizer needs, a source with direct knowledge of the project told Reuters. The mine project has total potassium reserves of about 500 million tonnes of which at least 125 million, or a quarter,

Crops, News

Proxy battle looms for May in Agrium-Jana standoff

By Rod Nickel February 15, 2013

Canadian fertilizer company Agrium Inc. has failed to prove that it should keep its two main divisions together, and also needs to cut costs and use capital more effectively, activist shareholder Jana Partners said Feb. 7. Jana, the largest Agrium investor with six per cent of shares, was rebutting a presentation the company made to

Crops

Mosaic profit falls on weak China sale

February 12, 2013

reuters / Mosaic’s quarterly operating profit fell 30 per cent and the fertilizer producer said it expects potash margins to fall further in its current quarter, a reflection of its recent low-priced contract with China. China has been aggressively negotiating for lower potash prices. In December, Sinofert Holdings signed a deal with Canpotex — the

Daily Network News

Huge crops in South America says analyst

U.S. livestock: ‘Cattle on feed’ report supports prices

U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

Tag Archives Potash

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

Brazil potash deposit has 18 years of country’s needs

Proxy battle looms for May in Agrium-Jana standoff

Mosaic profit falls on weak China sale

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