Two weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, Brazil’s agriculture minister was on a plane to Canada to head off a potential crop crisis. Brazil, one of the world’s largest agricultural producers, mostly fertilizes its crops with potash shipped from Russia and Belarus. When the two countries effectively halted potash exports during the Ukraine conflict, Brazil approached resource-rich Canada for backup. Tereza Cristina, Brazil’s minister of agriculture, said in a public statement she had secured an undisclosed increase in exports of potash from Canadian producers after meetings with government officials and industry executives. Before the Ukraine conflict , Brazil imported about 36% of its potash from Canada, compared with close to half imported from Russia and Belarus. “We can and must strengthen our ties and strengthen long-term partnerships, with a view to ensuring stability and profitability for all links in the production chain,” she said. The growing interest in Canadian potash […]