AgribusinessPotassium chloride prices at Brazilian ports have fallen 10 percent after nine straight weekly declines, while urea has risen 20 percent in five weeks, because the two fertilisers come from very different suppliers.
AgribusinessA 30,000-tonne shipment of Belarusian muriate of potash is due at New Orleans around 14 October, the first to reach the United States in four years, after Washington eased sanctions on Belaruskali.
Market ManagementAll eight fertilizers in DTN's weekly survey of US retailers now cost more than a year ago, led by anhydrous ammonia at $977 a ton, while potash marketer Canpotex plans a C$500 million upgrade of its Vancouver terminal.
CropsRetailers told CropLife that phosphate applications may fall to about 60% of two years ago, and one warns the urea-to-corn ratio could hit 174 bushels a ton in 2027.
Market ManagementDTN's weekly survey found six of eight fertilizers slightly dearer than a month ago and seven of eight above a year earlier, as analysts doubted a proposed potash deal with Belarus would help.
AgribusinessA Truth Social post promised cheaper potash than Canada's, but Belarus says its output is contracted, mainly to China, and an analyst notes the post gives no price, tonnage or buyer.
Announced at the Canada Investment Summit in Toronto on 15 September alongside a PST break on port investment, the plan fast-tracks mining approvals; 20 tonnes of Manitoba potash are already en route to Europe from the Arctic port, which also moved 100,000 tonnes of grain this year.
AgribusinessAnnounced by trade minister Maninder Sidhu, the agreement routes Canpotex potash to the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation through the Canadian Commercial Corporation; twelve such contracts since 2014 have delivered more than 3.5 million tonnes, and Canada's fertiliser exports rose 13.2
