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Nutrien’s head office building in Saskatoon. (Liam O’Connor photo)
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Nutrien cuts output as West Coast port strike hits day 11

Longshore union, management met Monday night, source says

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Ottawa | Reuters — The world’s biggest fertilizer producer Nutrien cut production on Tuesday, citing the impact of a 11-day-old strike in Canada’s Pacific ports whose cost has now ballooned to an estimated $6 billion. Some 7,500 dock workers represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU Canada) walked off on July 1 after […] Read more
A digital rendering of the Vanguard manufacturing facility being built in Maitland.
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Vanguard to construct Canada’s first compound fertilizer manufacturing facility

New facility will produce fertilizers currently imported from Eastern Europe and Russia

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Vanguard Crop Nutrition Inc. (VCN) has begun construction on a compound fertilizer manufacturing facility in Maitland, Ont. It will be the first of its kind in Canada. The facility will produce fertilizers previously imported to Canada and the U.S. from Russia and Eastern Europe, including ELEVEN Superstart, and future launches Soy7 MAX and Pulse8. Why […] Read more
Consistent sampling throughout the season was one of requirements for the project.
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Study examines results from mid-season tissue sampling, inputs

Early testing results look promising but more data needed

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Glacier FarmMedia – Increasing yields while decreasing reliance on fertilizers and inputs is a balancing act of doing more with less. The good news is there are more farmers, agronomists, advisers and researchers measuring specific soil and plant needs, identifying what’s missing and recommending when and where to place inputs for maximum benefit. The 2022 […] Read more
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Thunder Bay grain shipments up on year

Less potash moved so far this year

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MarketsFarm — Grain shipments through the Port of Thunder Bay are running well ahead of the previous year’s pace, according to updated data from the Lake Superior facility. Grain shipments through the end of June of about 2.5 million tonnes were up by 760,000 from the same point the previous year. Monthly shipments in June […] Read more
Liberia-flagged bulker K Sukret, carrying grain under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, waits for inspection in the southern anchorage of Istanbul on May 17, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Mehmet Emin Caliskan)
Crops, Markets

EU seen weighing concession to Russian bank over Black Sea deal

New arm of ag bank could connect to SWIFT

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Reuters — The European Union is considering a proposal for the Russian Agricultural Bank to set up a subsidiary to reconnect to the global financial network as a sop to Moscow, the Financial Times said on Monday. With the bank under sanctions, the move aims to safeguard the Black Sea grain deal that allows Ukraine […] Read more
Vessels are seen as they await inspection under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the UN and Turkey, in the southern anchorage of the Bosphorus at Istanbul on Dec. 11, 2022. (File photo: Reuters/Yoruk Isik)
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Ukraine ‘99.9 per cent’ certain Russia will quit Black Sea deal next month

Russia wants demands met on ammonia shipments

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Kyiv | Reuters — Russia is 99.9 per cent certain to quit a U.N.-brokered deal on the safe wartime passage of Black Sea grain next month because it no longer needs Ukrainian ports to export ammonia, a senior Ukrainian diplomat said. The United Nations and Turkey brokered the Black Sea Grain Initiative with Moscow and […] Read more
Picketa founders, from left: Maxime Dumont, chief operating officer; Dominique Levesque, chief technology officer; Zachary Andersen, chief growth officer; Xavier Hébert-Couturier, chief executive officer.
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Minimizing fertilizer use with in-field plant nutrient analysis

Optical sensing technology scans plant leaves to identify crop nutrient and micronutrient deficiencies in less than five minutes

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A New Brunswick precision agriculture startup has attracted $1.45 million in investment for its real-time nutrient tissue analysis technology. Picketa Systems’ trademarked Leaf Evaluated Nutrient System (LENS) has marked early success in potatoes and will expand its plant tissue sampling innovation into other crops to help farmers make more informed crop management decisions. Why it […] Read more
The president of Nutrien told investors that potash demand continues to expand at a 2.8 per cent compound annual growth rate.
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Fertilizer market stabilizing, say analysts and suppliers

After sky-high prices last year, uncertain markets contribute to lower costs for major inputs

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Glacier FarmMedia – The rollercoaster ride may be over for fertilizer prices, says an industry executive. “After 18 months of incredible volatility, we believe the market is stabilizing,” Ken Seitz, president of Nutrien, told investors attending BMO’s Farm to Market Chemicals Conference. “Heading into the fall, we see this relative price stability for the balance […] Read more
Ben Bellman of Woodrill Farms sampling a farm in the Guelph, Ont. area.
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Innovative fertilizer alternatives offer new options for growers

Soil analysis and insect frass innovations receive funding

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A soil analysis technology and a pelleted insect frass fertilizer are among the 10 innovations that have received funding under a provincial program designed to find alternative fertilizer solutions for farmers. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs launched the $2 million Fertilizer Accelerating Solutions & Technology Challenge last year. It provides companies […] Read more
File photo of an ammonia pipe. (Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images)
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Kremlin says ammonia pipeline blast negative for Black Sea grain deal

Russia had sought transit for ammonia via Ukraine

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Moscow | Reuters — The Kremlin said on Thursday that there would be a “negative impact” on the fate of a Black Sea grain deal from a blast which damaged a pipeline used to export Russian ammonia via Ukraine that Moscow wants restarted. The Togliatti-Odesa pipeline, which once pumped up to 2.5 million tonnes of […] Read more

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