Potash miners ratify deal:

About 500 miners and processing workers at PotashCorp’s Allan, Cory and Patience Lake mines near Saskatoon, represented by the United Steelworkers, have approved a new three-year contract retroactive to May 1. Last Thursday’s vote ends a 99-day strike which by itself strengthened market fundamentals for potash producers, by limiting supplies. Workers get raises and other

Fertilizer prices falling, spring may be even cheaper

DON BOUSQUET It’s Your Business For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed futures at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Oct. 24 steady in barley and higher in canola in a volatile week as spreading global economic turmoil weighed on