How to profit from the "fertilizer wars"

2010-03-11T19:16:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Savvy investors will be pleased with their profit harvest</div><div><p>There's nothing like scarcity and supply disruptions to fuel violent price spikes. And there's nothing like the basic human needs for food and water to light that fuse. Today's world food supplies run on razor-thin inventories. While the food riots of 2008 have all but disappeared from our short-term memories, the threat of them returning grows stronger with every passing day. </p...

Farm product maker Agrium abandons bid for rival

2010-03-11T16:00:47Z

<div id="subtitle">Farm product make Agrium says it's abandoning its bid for rival fertilizer maker CF Industries</div><div><p>Agricultural products company Agrium Inc. said Thursday that it will let its offer to acquire CF Industries Holdings Inc. expire on March 22 and stop pursuing the deal.</p><p>Agrium, based in

CF Industries halts effort to buy Terra Industries

2010-02-22T20:13:34Z

<div id="subtitle">Fertilizer maker CF Industries halts effort to buy rival Terra Industries</div><div><p>Chemical manufacturer CF Industries Holdings Inc. said Thursday it has withdrawn its offer to acquire fertilizer company Terra Industries Inc. and it is no longer pursuing the de...

Sector Snap: Fertilizer makers climb

2010-02-23T12:58:55Z

<div id="subtitle">Fertilizer makers gain as Goldman sees recovery in potash demand; lauds Potash Corp., Mosaic</div><div><p>Shares of Mosaic Co. and Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. gained Monday as the broader market rose and a Goldman Sachs...

CF Industries sweetens takeover bid for Terra

2010-02-23T19:41:49Z

<div id="subtitle">CF Industries boosts bid for rival Terra to $4.6B, lifting cash portion; Terra evaluates offer</div><div><p>CF Industries Holdings Inc. has sweetened its hostile takeover offer for rival fertilizer maker Terra Industries Inc. by 12 percent to $4.6 billion, boosting...

Agrium to nominate slate of directors to CF board

2010-02-23T21:53:04Z

<div id="subtitle">Agrium plans to nominate slate of directors to resistant takeover target CF's board</div><div><p>In its latest maneuver to acquire a rival in the fertilizer business, Agrium Inc. said Wednesday it plans to nominate a slate of candidates for election to the CF Industries Holdings Inc. ...

Agrium, CF, Terra prolong fertilizer takeover wars

2010-02-24T01:43:33Z

<div id="subtitle">Agrium continues chase for CF Industries, CF presses on in takeover bid for Terra</div><div><p>The fertilizer wars persisted on Monday as Agrium Inc. vowed to continue its pursuit of CF Industries Holdings Inc., while CF resubmitted its buyout offer to

Majority of CF shareholders support Agrium bid

2010-02-24T03:14:04Z

<div id="subtitle">CF shareholders tender 62 pct of shares into Agrium's $5.1B buyout offer; Terra votes Friday</div><div><p>Developments this week could determine whether the fertilizer wars may finally be coming to an end.</p><p>Canada's Agrium Inc. said Thursday that shareholders controlling 62 percent of

"Fertilizer wars" throw spotlight on three CEOs

2010-02-24T07:49:00Z

<div><p>NEW YORK/TORONTO (Reuters) - Mike Wilson, Steve Wilson and Mike Bennett are patient men.</p><p>Embroiled in a nine-month three-way takeover battle, the chief ...

CF Industries rejects Agrium's newest takeover bid

2010-02-24T09:09:25Z

<div id="subtitle">CF Industries rejects rival Agrium's increased takeover bid</div><div><p>CF Industries Holdings Inc. has rejected rival fertilizer maker Agrium Inc.'s sweetened takeover bid, saying the $4.5 billion bid significantly undervalues the company.</p><p>CF Indust...

Agrium raises bid for CF Industries

2010-02-24T09:38:00Z

<div id="subtitle">Agrium increases cash portion of bid in final attempt to buy CF Industries</div><div><p>Agrium Inc. said Thursday it is raising its bid for CF Industries Holdings Inc., in a final attempt to acquire its rival fertilizer maker.</p><p>In a statement Thursday,...

Natural gas bear market winners and losers

2010-02-25T08:50:58Z

<div id="subtitle">Power and fertilizer stocks might be worth a look</div><div><p>Q: Who wins and who loses with natural gas so low? Is there any play right now on it? – A.H. A: In short, natural gas producers lose and natural gas consumers win. Back in June, I warned you natural gas prices were in trouble and unlikely to recover. Now, we're at the point where producers become really marginal businesses. The better-managed ones are i...

CF extends tender offer for Terra shares

2010-02-25T17:36:45Z

<div id="subtitle">CF Industries extends tender offer for Terra Industries shares until end of August</div><div><p>Fertilizer company CF Industries Holdings Inc. on Friday extended the expiration date of its exchange offer for all of the outstanding shares of Terra Industries Inc. co...

Agrium extends CF Industries offer

2010-02-25T19:24:43Z

<div id="subtitle">Agrium extends takeover bid for CF Industries until Sept. 22</div><div><p>Fertilizer company Agrium Inc. is again extending a deadline for its hostile offer to buy out rival CF Industries Holdings Inc.</p><p>It is now giving CF shareholders until midnight S...

CF Industries willing to raise its Terra offer

2010-02-26T00:18:31Z

<div id="subtitle">CF Industries willing to boost its proposed takeover offer for Terra Industries</div><div><p>CF Industries Holdings Inc. said Wednesday that it is willing to boost its bid for Terra Industries Inc. after its two earlier takeover offers were rejected.</p&...

Agrium says CF Industries resisting still

2010-02-26T15:34:08Z

<div id="subtitle">Canada-based Agrium says CF Industries still resisting takeover efforts</div><div><p>The chief executive of Agrium Inc. says rival fertilizer company CF Industries Holdings Inc. is still resisting takeover efforts.</p><p...

Agrium extends deadline for CF Industries offer

2010-02-26T17:51:42Z

<div id="subtitle">Canada-based Agrium extends deadline for CF Industries offer to July 22</div><div><p>Agrium Inc. said Tuesday it extended the deadline to acquire rival fertilizer company CF Industries Holdings Inc. after 62 percent of CF shareholders tender...

Agrium threatens to walk from CF Industries deal

2010-02-26T20:24:00Z

<div id="subtitle">Agrium threatens to walk from CF Industries buyout if shareholders don't approve deal</div><div><p>Agrium Inc. said Tuesday it will walk away from its proposed takeover of CF Industries Holdings Inc. if a "compelling majority" of the fertilizer maker's shareholders don't sign off on t...

CF Industries 1Q profit falls, revenue tops view

2010-02-28T20:57:33Z

<div id="subtitle">CF Industries profit drops 61 pct, revenue edges up and beats view</div><div><p>Fertilizer maker CF Industries Holdings Inc. said its first-quarter profit fell 61 percent as higher costs pressured its margins even as revenue topped Wall Street estimates.</p><p&...

Agrium takes CF Industries offer to shareholders

2010-03-03T15:23:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Agrium takes CF Industries' offer directly to shareholders after board rejects proposal</div><div><p>Agrium Inc. said Monday it will take its offer to buy CF Industries Holdings Inc. directly to shareholders, less than a month after the fertilizer maker's board of directors rejected t...

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