A possible strike at Canada’s biggest railway is compounding a vexing problem in the second-biggest wheat exporting country — how to move the western crop belt’s abundant harvest to port […] Read more
Possible rail strike may further slow huge Prairie crop movement
Big canola yields, imports ease supply concerns for U.S. crushers
Big canola yields in the northern Plains have eased earlier supply concerns for U.S. processors, who also look to tap a bin-busting harvest in Western Canada. U.S. farmers planted 1.3 […] Read more
Mosaic, PotashCorp disband U.S. phosphate export group
The U.S. phosphate export association PhosChem has disbanded, a spokesman for U.S. fertilizer company Mosaic Co. said on Wednesday, making it the second fertilizer trade consortium to break up this […] Read more
Agrium warns of lower potash volumes, hikes payout
Fertilizer and ag retail giant Agrium warned its potash volumes are expected to be about 30 per cent lower than normal in the current quarter — but raised its dividend […] Read more
Canada’s big wheat crop vies with U.S. for export sales
Canada’s biggest wheat crop in more than two decades will send supplies from the No. 2 wheat exporter into unusual places, battling head-on with U.S. wheat, grain traders said. Canadian […] Read more
Price drop seen unlikely to close higher-cost mines: PotashCorp
A move by top global potash producer Uralkali to quit its export partnership and seek to maximize sales volumes is unlikely to weed out higher-cost producers, the chief financial officer […] Read more
Uralkali potash plan fails ‘sniff test,’ Mosaic CEO says
Uralkali’s revamped potash marketing plan, focusing on maximizing sales volume rather than price, fails the “economic sniff test,” Mosaic Co. CEO Jim Prokopanko said on Tuesday. Prices of the crop […] Read more
CBOT soybeans fall two per cent as rain tempers worries
U.S. soybeans fell two per cent on Monday for the second straight session as forecasts for more rain this week eased concerns about declining U.S. harvest prospects and offset a […] Read more
StatsCan may use satellites, not farmers, to measure crop size
Statistics Canada may scrap one of its annual farmer surveys on crop yields in favour of a report that uses satellite data to estimate production. StatsCan, the national statistical agency, […] Read more
Prairie canola, wheat ripen in ‘ideal’ weather
Western Canada’s canola and wheat crops look to ripen this week in greenhouse-like conditions, weather forecasts show, increasing the chances of bumper crops. Despite delayed spring planting and cool weather […] Read more