Potash Archives - Page 5 of 24 - Manitoba Co-operator

A view of BHP’s potash mine project north of Jansen, Sask. (BHP.com)

BHP open to potash partner but still will enter fertilizer business alone

Feds put $100M toward reducing emissions at BHP site

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel June 14, 2022

Ottawa | Reuters — BHP Group is open to taking on a partner as it builds its first potash mine in Saskatchewan, but can also go it alone and is not currently involved in discussions with rival Nutrien, a senior BHP executive said Monday. “We are more than happy and willing to work with partners.

Nutrien’s head office building in Saskatoon. (Liam O’Connor photo)

Crops, Markets

Nutrien to further boost potash output amid global shortage

Company will also speed up nitrogen capacity boosts

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel June 10, 2022

Reuters — Nutrien, the world’s largest fertilizer producer, said Thursday it will increase its Canadian potash production by 20 per cent to an annual 18 million tonnes by 2025, helping to address tight supplies that have contributed to a global food shortage. Potash prices have soared since the West imposed sanctions against Russia for Moscow’s

Keefer Terminal (foreground) at the Port of Thunder Bay. (PortOfThunderBay.ca)

Crops, Markets

Thunder Bay grain shipments down on year through two months

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm June 4, 2022

MarketsFarm — Grain shipments through the Port of Thunder Bay are running well behind normal through the first two months of the 2022 shipping season, according to a release from the port. However, potash movement through the port is up considerably, with inbound shipments of general cargo also strong. Grain shipments through the end of

Nutrien’s Patience Lake potash facility, about 15 km east of Saskatoon. (Nutrien.com)

Crops

Nutrien may further raise potash output as sanctions curb other supplies

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek May 3, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Canada’s Nutrien, the world’s largest fertilizer company, is weighing further increases to potash production as sanctions continue to limit shipments from Russia and Belarus, interim CEO Ken Seitz said on Tuesday. Prices of crop nutrients such as potash have skyrocketed as sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine have disrupted

Crops

Nutrien bolsters profit forecast on surging fertilizer prices

Fertilizer sector set for biggest profits in years

By GFM Network News May 3, 2022

Reuters — Nutrien Ltd. on Monday raised its full-year earnings forecast well above estimates after posting a more than 10-fold jump in first-quarter profit, as the world’s largest fertilizer company benefits strongly from soaring prices of crop nutrients. Prices of essential crop nutrients such as potash and phosphate skyrocketed in the quarter, touching near-record levels,

Markets, News

China sees little impact from sanctions on potash exports

By Reuters April 5, 2022

Sanctions on exports of potash fertilizer from Belarus and Russia are not impacting supply in China, an executive from state-owned fertilizer maker Sinofert Holdings said, due to sufficient domestic stocks. Belarus and Russia are among the world’s top three producers of potash, and China is a major importer. Exports from Belarus were sanctioned by Washington

Crops

Saskatchewan budget aims to spur ag investment

Potash, crude oil resource revenues help cut deficit

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 24, 2022

Sweetening existing tax credits on big-ticket investments, and setting up a new Crown corporation to support Indigenous investors, are among the items expected to help encourage new value-added ag projects in Saskatchewan’s latest budget. Provincial Finance Minister Donna Harpauer on Wednesday released her 2022-23 budget with $17.6 billion in expenditures on $17.2 billion in revenues,

Crops

Nutrien to produce ‘most potash ever’ in 2022

Company to ramp up production in response to Ukraine conflict

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 18, 2022

The world’s biggest potash-producing company is set to produce more potash in 2022 due to “uncertainty of potash supply” coming out of Eastern Europe. Saskatoon-based Nutrien, which has an estimated 20 million tonnes of potash-mining capacity across six mines in Saskatchewan, said Wednesday it plans to boost its output for 2022 to 15 million tonnes,

Crops

Canadian and U.S. shippers brace for possible CP strike

Strike notice not yet given

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel March 15, 2022

Winnipeg | Reuters — Thousands of workers at Canada’s second-biggest railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, have threatened to strike this week, potentially disrupting the movement of grain, potash and coal at a time of soaring commodity prices. The strike is the latest risk to Canada’s battered supply chain, which last year weathered floods in British Columbia

An ammonia and nitrogen fertilizer plant in Russia. (Saoirse_2010/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Vilsack hopes fertilizer firms don’t take advantage of Ukraine crisis

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 24, 2022

Washington | Reuters — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday he hoped fertilizer and agriculture supply companies affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine would not take unfair advantage of the situation, amid already-high fertilizer and crop prices. Fertilizer costs have soared due to rising demand and lower supply as record natural gas and

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle fall

U.S. grains: Wheat sets fresh eight-week low as ample global supply continues to weigh

Larger Canadian canola and wheat ending stocks expected

Tag Archives Potash

BHP open to potash partner but still will enter fertilizer business alone

Nutrien to further boost potash output amid global shortage

Thunder Bay grain shipments down on year through two months

Nutrien may further raise potash output as sanctions curb other supplies

Nutrien bolsters profit forecast on surging fertilizer prices

China sees little impact from sanctions on potash exports

Saskatchewan budget aims to spur ag investment

Nutrien to produce ‘most potash ever’ in 2022

Canadian and U.S. shippers brace for possible CP strike

Vilsack hopes fertilizer firms don’t take advantage of Ukraine crisis

AgCanadaTV

AgCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Dec. 12, 2025

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Latest Market News