State trade fact sheets - Mississippi

Helping Increase North American Food Production

Nutrien AG Solutions, Inc. is the retail division of Nutrien Ltd., a Saskatchewan-based fertilizer company with 1,500 retail stores and more than 23,100 employees. The firm is the world’s largest producer of potash and the third largest producer of nitrogen fertilizer. Nutrien provides anything a grower would use to produce a crop including seed, crop protection and fertility products. They also do custom application and maintain a digital platform to share analytical data that helps farmers make the best decisions in producing their crops. The company plays a critical role in helping growers increase food production in a sustainable manner. The company operates 21 locations across Mississippi, where its holdings include a state-of-the-art fertilizer blending facility in Guntown and a 198-acre research farm in Winterville. Nutrien recently became the first company in the fertilizer industry to implement a proprietary remote-control technology that allows workers to operate bulldozers safely from a few thousand feet away in an indoor control station, keeping operators safe by getting them out of the dozers’ cabs.

Partners in Solar Energy

Canadian Solar, one of the world’s largest solar power companies, has started construction on a 100-megawatt solar photovoltaic project in Sunflower County, through its U.S. subsidiary Recurrent Energy. The facility is scheduled to begin commercial operation by mid-2022, using high-efficiency modules from Canadian Solar and single-axis trackers. Once operational, Entergy Mississippi will own the Sunflower project, the largest solar power plant in the state, enabling the regulated utility to power more than 16,000 homes with low-cost, clean electricity. The company is one of the world’s largest solar technology and renewable energy companies, a leading manufacturer of solar photovoltaic modules, provider of solar energy and battery storage solutions. Over the past 19 years, Canadian Solar has successfully delivered over 52 GW of premium-quality, solar photovoltaic modules to customers in over 150 countries. Recurrent Energy has approximately 5 GW of solar and storage projects in development in the U.S.

Investment in Rail Infrastructure

As part of its strategic investments to support growing demand and enable supply chains, Canadian National Railway Company (CN) is investing $50 million across Mississippi, in the replacement of rail and ties, as well as maintenance of bridges, level crossings, culverts, signal systems and other track infrastructure. With this investment, CN, which employs over 400 people in Mississippi, will have contributed more than $350 million to its Magnolia State rail network in the last six years. These investments will encourage rail use for long haul needs, reducing supply chain greenhouse gas emissions for its customers.