The importance of Potash with Food Costs and Food Security

Potash Reserves

Canada is world leader in Potash with key companies like Nutrien The Mosaic Company and others making key investments in provinces like #Saskatchewan

Government of Saskatchewan

Source - https://www.statista.com/statistics/604174/distribution-of-potash-reserves-worldwide-by-select-country/

Potash Prices

Source - https://ycharts.com/indicators/potassium_chloride_muriate_of_potash_spot_price

Potash and Agriculture (Food Costs and Food Security)

New Food Mandates (Elimination of chemicals)

1. EMEA has increased their import of Canadian potash - https://www.mining.com/web/canadas-scrambling-to-fill-a-massive-global-fertilizer-deficit/. Canada is running into constraint issues related to port, rail, and potash capacity
2. Food production free of hazardous chemicals - https://www.mining.com/web/canadas-scrambling-to-fill-a-massive-global-fertilizer-deficit/
3. US agriculture is major source of exports for the United States - https://www.farms.com/ag-industry-news/canada-expands-agricultural-exports-to-strengthen-us-trade-relations-559.aspx
4. ESG - https://www.nutrien.com/news/stories/unveiling-nutriens-new-esg-report
5. EMEA - https://www.schuttelaar-partners.com/update/the-european-commissions-vision-for-agriculture-and-food-shaping-the-future-of-the-agri-food-sector/3277

Top Challenges facing the US Agriculture Sector

Source - Farmonaut?

I have authored many articles on the agricultural sector for many years - https://medium.com/@paulyoung_81567/what-is-next-for-canada-farmers-71b87340b0f9 or 2022 - https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/agriculture-and-farm-equipment-sector-february-2022 or https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/agriculture-sector-canada-issues-and-solutions-august-2018/111486795 or Agtech - https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/paul-young-055632b_making-agtech-smarter-needs-to-be-a-cop28-activity-7136512550174687233-hmXc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAIM-MEBMhXe8PGMy-h3IU-iZ-TrhrQzMeM

Trump has indicated that he will slapped tariffs on agriculture products as part of his overall America first strategy. I have highlighted numerous times that tariffs will not address the following issues facing farmers in the United States - https://www.pinionglobal.com/blog/ag-issues-of-the-next-20-years/

1. Viability of vertical farming
2. Input costs like energy, fertilizer, labor, and other costs as part of food production and crop yields
3. Food mandates that are pushing for chemical-free food
4. Cost of moving to organic farming
5. Leveraging technology as part of smart farming to increase food production while reducing the use of water and chemicals as part of the food production cycle.
6. Evolution of regenerative farming
7. Foreign ownership of farmland
8. Direct agricultural subsidies
9. Strengthening of clean water mandates including water run off into various watersheds
10. Global food safety mandates as part of improving healthier food choices. RJK is over federal healthcare in the United States

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