Reading Time: 2 minutes Nutrien offered a bullish outlook for the 2025 global fertilizer market in an analyst call on Thursday, despite issuing disappointing first-quarter results on Wednesday night.
Nutrien paints bullish fertilizer industry picture despite poor Q1 results
Low U.S. corn profitability big threat to phosphate demand, analyst says
Top potash producer Nutrien misses first-quarter profit estimates on lower prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nutrien fell short of Wall Street expectations for first-quarter profit on Wednesday, as the top potash producer was impacted by lower prices and higher energy costs.
Mosaic beats first-quarter profit estimates on South America business strength
Reading Time: < 1 minute Fertilizer producer Mosaic beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter profit on Tuesday, driven by strength in its South America business.
Counter tariffs threaten fertilizer prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada's proposed retaliatory tariffs could end up hurting the country's grain farmers.
U.S. Fertilizer group calls for tariff exemption
Canadian and American fertilizer groups oppose tariffs
Reading Time: 2 minutes Fertilizer industry representatives on both sides of the border are upset with U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, which have recently been postponed.
Nutrien says U.S. farmers likely to bear tariff costs
The United States imports over 80 per cent of their potash from Canada
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nutrien, the world’s largest potash producer, says U.S. farmers will face higher costs if tariffs are put in place.
Construction firm to reopen Kapuskasing, Ont. phosphate mine
Reading Time: < 1 minute British Columbia-based Infracon Construction, Inc., announced today it has purchased the shuttered Agrium phosphate mine in Kapuskasing, Ontario.
The slow evolution toward real-time variable rate fertilizer
Variable rate fertilizer to apply the best rate for each acre has merit, but the cost and the hassle to make it work does not appeal to many farmers. The return does not seem to justify the work required. Can we change that with a real-time on-the-go system?
Reading Time: 5 minutes We need to hit the “easy button” on variable rate fertilizer and move away from the default blanket application. But for that to happen, the variable rate (VR) system must become as seamless and easy as the blanket application. And more profitable. One can envision an on-the-go system like optical weed spraying, except in this […] Read more
NFU calls for efficacy testing of non-fertilizer supplements
Reading Time: 2 minutes The federal government should re-instate efficacy testing for non-fertilizer supplements, says the National Farmers Union.
Mosaic expects Florida fertilizer facilities to return to full production soon
Reading Time: < 1 minute Fertilizer maker Mosaic Co said on Monday that its Florida facilities are expected to return to full production capacity over the coming days after being idled due to Hurricane Milton.
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