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The Canadian government announced it will invest $20 million in Solugen, which produces and commercializes Azogen, a fast-release liquid ammoniacal nitrogen fertilizer derived from hog manure. Photo: File
Hogs, Livestock, News

Federal government funds Quebec organic fertilizer company

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 18, 2026
Québec-based Solugen, which makes organic nitrogen fertilizer from hog manure, has recieved $20 million in federal funding.

An LNG tanker sits at anchor off the coast of Shinas, Oman. The near closure of the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted global energy and fertilizer supplies as the U.S.-Israel war with Iran enters its third week. Photo: Reuters
News, Reuters

Gulf fertilizer plants go dark as Iran war chokes global supply ahead of spring planting

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By May Angel, Reuters, Tristan Veyet March 17, 2026
Strait of Hormuz closure halts Gulf fertilizer production, sending urea prices surging as global spring planting season begins.


Farmers were quick to sell crops as they sought to stem losses and questioned how long the rally would last. Corn and soybean prices at times have each been up about six per cent from their levels since before the war began. Photo: Getty Images Plus
Markets, News, Reuters

U.S. farmers rush to sell crops as Iran war fuels rally

By Reuters, Tom Polansek March 13, 2026
U.S. grain prices have surged since the Iran war began, triggering a flurry of corn and soybean sales by farmers who squirreled away last year’s harvests due to weak prices.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has shut down regional fertilizer plants and severely disrupted shipping routes, threatening supplies to key global importers like India as farmers in the Northern Hemisphere gear up for planting. Photo: File
News, Reuters

China taps fertilizer reserves as Hormuz closure disrupts global supply

By daphne Zhang, Lewis Jackson, Reuters March 13, 2026
China will release fertilizers from national commercial reserves ahead of spring planting, it said on Friday, as the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the conflict in the Middle East disrupts global supplies.


For 2026, farmers are unlikely to change their planting plans despite hikes in fertilizer prices. However, a provincial ag official said if changes were made, they would most likely be to soybeans or pulses. Photo: Greg Berg
Cereals, Crops, Markets, News, Peas, Pulses, Soybeans

Manitoba farmers not too likely to change planting plans

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 12, 2026
Manitoba farmers won’t be too inclined this spring to switch from planting cereals and oilseeds to soybeans or pulses, despite recent hikes in fertilizer prices said an official with Manitoba Agriculture.

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Pulse Weekly: More Saskatchewan pulse acres very likely in 2026/27

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 10, 2026
Due to high fertilizer prices, there’s a strong possibility that Saskatchewan farmers will plant more pulses this spring, said Dale Risula, provincial specialist for pulse crops with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture.


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Shares slump, bonds skid as oil surge threatens inflation shock

By Reuters March 9, 2026
Wall Street opened lower Monday as the inflationary jolt from surging oil prices threatened to raise living costs and interest rates around the globe, while investors desperate for liquidity fled to the U.S. dollar.

Tankers sit at anchor near the Strait of Hormuz. Disruptions in this vital trade route, combined with export caps in Russia, have severely constrained global supply, forcing Canadian farmers to face significantly higher fertilizer prices just as planting begins. Photo: Reuters/Amr Alfiky/file
News, Reuters

Fertilizer markets tighten as Russian exports hit capacity limits

With Russian output constrained by infrastructure and domestic obligations, growers facing long-term supply crunch

By Anastasia Lyrchikova, Gleb Bryanski, Reuters March 6, 2026
Fertilizer producers in Russia, the world’s largest exporter, will not be able to make up for a potential global shortfall linked to the U.S.-Iran conflict as their ability to boost supply is constrained, industry sources told Reuters.


FILE PHOTO: Tankers are seen off the coast of Fujairah, as Iran vows to fire on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, March 3, 2026. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo
News, Reuters

Farmers see fertilizer price surge as Iran war blocks exports, threatening losses

By Ed White, Naveen Thukral, Reuters March 5, 2026
The world’s farmers face soaring fertilizer and fuel prices as the war in the Middle East escalates, leaving some scrambling for supplies as the spring planting season approaches.

Tehran is moving to restrict – or effectively close – the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, as part of the latest escalation in the war involving Iran. Photo: Reuters
News, Reuters

OPINION: How the Iran war could create a ‘fertilizer shock’ – an often ignored global risk to food prices and farming

By Nima Shokri, Salome M. S. Shokri-Kuehni, The Conversation via Reuters Connect March 5, 2026
A sustained disruption of traffic through Hormuz would not simply constitute an energy crisis. It would also represent a fertilizer shock (where prices go up dramatically and supply goes down) – and, by extension, a direct risk to global food security.


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