Specialty and conventional crop nutrient company V6 Agronomy will establish an eastern Ontario, Canada, import hub at the CN-served Port of Johnstown on the St. Lawrence Seaway.
The organizations have entered into a long-term partnership that will help bring “a dependable supply of enhanced efficiency and phosphate fertilizers to Canadian farmers while strengthening local jobs, rail logistics, and European Union and Middle East North Africa-bound exports of high-value prairie grains,” according to the May 9 announcement by V6 Agronomy, which supplies companies and growers across Canada and operates distribution warehouses at Wilcox, Saskatchewan, and North Augusta, Ontario.
The new terminal facility is slated to be operational by fourth-quarter 2025.
The agreement, V6 Agronomy said, “establishes a turnkey vessel-to-rail and rail-to-vessel corridor, enabling faster, cleaner, and more controlled product movement across the national and international landscape.”
“This partnership is a generational opportunity to anchor Canada’s domestic food security, reduce input costs, and bring advanced, farmer-first infrastructure to Canadian agriculture,” V6 Agronomy CEO Ryan Brophy said. “Together with the Port, we’re helping to reshape how crop nutrients move in and out of this country while opening up a new export channel for high-value western Canadian pulse crops.”
“This isn’t just a partnership,” noted Leslie Drynan, General Manager of the Port, which is owned and operated by the Township of Edwardsburgh-Cardinal and handles grain and bulk commodities. “It’s a vision for agricultural infrastructure that aligns with the values of climate resilience, economic opportunity and regional development.”
“This is the first time that this Port Management Committee Council and Port staff have entertained a partnership with a company like V6 Agronomy, who are here to support all Canadian farmers,” Port of Johnstown Management Committee Chair and Edwardsburgh-Cardinal Deputy Mayor Steve Dillabough added. “This partnership development demonstrates that we are an open port, open for business to all companies around the world … [W]e will continue to invest in infrastructure improvements to enhance the capacity and efficiency at the Port of Johnstown.”
