Top fertiliser maker says 'Black Swan' jolts are finally easing

Miners in the Nutrien potash mine in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Photograph: James MacDonald/Bloomberg

Kim Chipman and Gerson Freitas Jr.

The world's biggest maker of crop nutrients said fertiliser demand is just now starting to stabilize from seismic shocks of the past few years that left the company with wild profit swings.

"We're getting back at least to a market that we would call stable," Nutrien Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Ken Seitz said Wednesday in an interview at Bloomberg's headquarters in New York.