The Americas | Pots of pink gold

A remote Canadian province luxuriates in the global supply crunch

Saskatchewan is enjoying wild growth in the wake of war in Europe

Piles of refined potash sits in a storage barn at the Nutrien Ltd. Cory potash facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, on Monday, Aug. 12, 2019. Nutrien sees potash consumption though 2023 rising faster than demand for the two other main types of fertilizer and said that demand may reach 75.5 million tons a year. Photographer: James MacDonald/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Gerrid gust’s great-grandfather was from near Dubno, a town that is now in western Ukraine. He settled between the two biggest towns in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon and Regina, on a plot of 160 acres which he bought for C$10. The farm is now a patchwork of properties 100 times the size which Mr Gust runs with his father and brother. Each year they harvest wheat, lentils and rapeseed.

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