The lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency over the use of fertilizer runoff in the Mississippi River Basin could have a costly impact on farmers and ag retailers.
TradeMark Nitrogen Corporation, a US manufacturer of liquid nitrogen products, has named Mike Barry to the company’s management team.
Koch Fertilizer has retained Black & Veatch, a global engineering, consulting and construction company, to help develop numerous projects to increase its North American production by more than two million tons annually through production enhancements and new capacity investments.
Japan's Marubeni is reportedly in advanced talks to buy US grain and energy trader, Gavilon, for about $5.2 billion, including debt.
Fertilizer demand from North American markets has provided new support for higher prices while driving Q1 profitability for a number of firms.
The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) donated 1810 metric tons of fertilizer amounting to US$1, 036.670 (one million, thirty-six thousand, six hundred and seventy US dollars) to The Gambia for use by the country's farming communities in the forthcoming rainy season.
The demand for fertilisers in India is on the rise and is expected to be 61.27 million tonne in 2012-13, up 4% over last year, Parliament was informed.
A $2.5 million grant that was awarded to a startup company working to develop technology to produce fertilizer from corn cobs has been cancelled in Iowa.
After potash and phosphatic fertilisers, whose prices were partially decontrolled in 2010, the Indian government will now go for a series of policy changes in pricing urea, the most commonly used fertiliser.
Agrium Inc. has announced consolidated net earnings of $155 million ($0.97 diluted earnings per share) for the first quarter of 2012, compared with the net earnings of $171 million reported in the first quarter of 2011 ($1.09 diluted earnings per share).
K+S AG, Europe’s biggest potash producer, reported first-quarter profit that beat analyst estimates after demand for fertilizer rose at the end of the quarter, helping offset a decline in demand for de-icing salt.
The Indian government plans to help local companies buy as much as 10% in Canadian potash firms to secure supplies of the key fertilizer after failing to buy a stake in Belarus government-owned potash producer JSC Belaruskali.
During the first three months of 2012 Brazilian farmers have purchased 5.3 million tons of fertilizer, which is 7% more than the 4.9 million tons purchased during the same period last year.
Ceradis is pleased to announce the introduction of MusaCare?, a unique and patented specialty fertilizer for banana in Costa Rica and Colombia.
SUPERU? stabilized nitrogen fertilizer is an excellent pre-plant, side-dress or top-dress option that provides triple-action protection, controlling volatilization upon application and preventing denitrification and leaching if soil conditions turn wet.
K+S AG, Europe’s biggest potash distributor, agreed to sell its nitrogen fertilizer distribution unit to OAO EuroChem in a transaction that values the business at about 140 million euros ($182 million).
The J. R. Simplot Company has begun producing a new line of high-quality NPK liquid crop nutrient products.