Ken Seitz speaks at the Nutrien funding announcement for the University of Saskatchewan Feb. 3.

Nutrien donates $15 million to U of S AgBio and Engineering

Nutrien has announced a $15 million donation to the University of Saskatchewan. It was announced Feb. 3 in the university’s Agriculture Building. Over the past 50 years, the company has invested more than $50 million in the university. The majority of funding will be for the establishment of the Nutrien Centre for Sustainable and Digital […] Read more

Wheat from the augers of two combines, one on each side, flows into the box of a grain truck during harvest.

Prairie farmers’ margins predicted to be average in 2025

Growers face all kinds of uncertainty heading into seeding, but tight global inventories, production issues are supportive

REGINA — A market analyst is forecasting average margins for western Canadian growers this year. Mark Tully, Nutrien’s senior market researcher, said global grain fundamentals are supportive because of tight non-North American inventories and production issues. However, the large 2024 North American crop and uncertainties in the trade landscape point to a return to average […] Read more


Mars was just one of many agriculture, food and ingredient companies that had vice-presidents and executives at the Reuters Transform Food & Agriculture conference, held Oct. 7-9 in Minneapolis. Representatives of Cargill, Bunge, Bayer, Nutrien, McCain Foods and General Mills all spoke at the event. | Screencap via mars.com

Sustainability has a problem

MINNEAPOLIS — Mars has a problem. Not the red planet, but the company. It’s one of the largest human and pet food companies in the world, posting $50 billion in revenue last year. Related stories in this issue: Global sales have been increasing, and this year the privately held company acquired the Kellogg’s line of […] Read more

Nutrien’s potash mine at Allan, Sask., has been operating since 1968. | Sean Pratt photo

VIDEO: Plant nutrition begins one km underground

Nutrien’s potash mining operations in Sask. are part of a growing effort by suppliers to meet producers’ nutrient needs

ALLAN, Sask. — A lot has changed since Nutrien produced and shipped the first 1,000 tonnes of potash from its Patience Lake mine in 1959. For instance, the price of potash was around US$50 per ton back then. It is six times that value today, and this is a down year for prices. One thing […] Read more