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Nutrien is a Canadian fertilizer company based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It is the largest producer of potash , second largest producer of nitrogen fertilizer in the world and generally the 2nd largest in fertilizers worldwide.
Agricen was founded as Advanced Microbial Solutions in 1998. [1] In July 2012, Agricen entered a strategic partnership with Loveland Products, Inc., a provider of crop input products and part of then publicly traded company Agrium Inc., which is now Nutrien. As part of the agreement, Loveland Products acquired an ownership position in the company.
On September 12, 2016, Agrium announced that it had agreed to merge with PotashCorp, which will make the combined company, Nutrien, the largest producer of potash and second-largest producer of nitrogen fertilizer worldwide. [5] [6] [7] Agrium divested certain U.S. assets. [8] The merger closed on January 1, 2018. [2]
The 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown was held from December 6 to 10 at the Swift Current Curling Club in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. [1] The total purse for the event was $50,000 on the men's and women's sides. [2] [3] The event was sponsored by Curling Stadium, a streaming service provided by CurlingZone.
Many medium-sized mining companies also have their head office or regional offices in Saskatoon, such as Shore Gold, Denison Mines, Great West Exploration, Claude Resources, United Uranium, Star Uranium. Recently, lay offs in Saskatoon area have neared 2,000 to add to hundreds each lay offs in oil and gas, uranium and gold/diamonds. [20] [21]
At the south end of the lake, Nutrien [2] operates a solution mine that produces 331,000 tonnes of potash annually and has an approximately 50 ha (120-acre) region of the lake sectioned off with an earth dyke that is used to store brine tailings and saturated KCl solution. [3]
Dwayne Andreas was named CEO of ADM in 1970, [4] and two years later was elected chairman of the company's board. [28] Under his leadership, Archer Daniels Midland acquired many smaller agricultural companies and expanded into international markets, [29] eventually becoming one of the world's largest agricultural processing companies.
The West Isle Line has one EMD GP9 (serial number 21332) that was manufactured in February 1956 for Southern Pacific Railroad. It is marked in a green paint scheme with yellow marking as "West Isle Line" engine number "3399". It was formerly known as SP 3399, 3472, and 5639. [2]