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From the Newsletter: Vol. 34 No. 6 / February 8, 2010

Fertilizer industry "cautiously optimistic" as it meets in sunny Orlando — Improved attendance is expected at The Fertilizer Institute's annual meeting, this year held Feb. 7-10 in warm, sunny Orlando. And ...more...

Bunge reports 2009 fertilizer loss of $616 M; 4Q volumes up 40 percent, expects retail sales up in 2010 — Bunge Ltd., which just last week announced plans to sell part of its fertilizer business to Vale S.A. (GM Feb. ...more...

Magellan NH3 pipeline reports record quarter; increased shipments, tariffs cited — Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. (MMLP) reports that its anhydrous ammonia pipeline had operating margins of $4.9 million for the fourth ...more...

Scotts touts first quarter sales increase; lawn fertilizer sales up 32 percent — Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. touted its sales results for the first quarter ending Jan. 2, 2010, saying the main driver was ...more...

Mag finds another Chinese firm for Congo project — MagIndustries Inc., Toronto, said Feb. 1 that it has signed a Project Development Framework (PDF) with Chinese firm China National ...more...

Tribal plans concern phosphate company — FMC Corp. officials are expressing concerns about a plan by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes to amend tribal land use ordinances for ...more...

Gavilon to expand Illinois facility — Savannah—Gavilon Fertilizer LLC said Feb. 5 that it plans to expand its fertilizer operation in Sauget, Ill. Construction of the ...more...

EPA gives green light to ethanol — Washington—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its updated renewable-fuel standard last week and confirmed that ethanol emits 21 percent ...more...

Vale has $304 M slated for potash mine in 2010 — Rio de Janeiro—Vale S.A., which recently announced plans to buy major fertilizer assets from Bunge Ltd. and Yara International ASA ...more...

Fertilizer bomber sentence ruled too lenient — Port Angeles, Wash.—Many in this port town welcome the Feb. 2 ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...more...

Bucyrus becomes No. 7 for Mid-Wood — Bucyrus, Ohio—Mid-Wood Inc. has opened its seventh branch, with start-up of a full-service agronomy operation here effective Jan. 1, according ...more...

Fertilizer may have triggered airport alert — Bakersfield, Calif.—The U.S. Transportation Security Administration isn't releasing any information about the Jan. 5 incident that closed the terminal and ...more...

REMC gets $62.5 M in debt financing — Los Angeles—Rentech Inc. reports that Rentech Energy Midwest Corp. (REMC), its wholly-owned nitrogen fertilizer operation, has secured $62.5 million of ...more...

Martin Midstream offering could raise $61.4 M — Kilgore, Texas—Martin Midstream Partners L.P. said Feb. 2 that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of 1,650,000 common units ...more...

Terra gives update on dividend for tax purposes — Sioux City—Terra Industries Inc. reports that approximately $6.87 of the $7.50-per-share special cash dividend paid on Dec. 11, 2009, will, ...more...

Wilbur-Ellis adds two Nebraska businesses — San Francisco—Wilbur-Ellis Co. has purchased the assets of two separate Nebraska crop protection businesses involved in aerial application. They include ...more...

Kellogg awarded contract for Turkmenistan plant — Houston—M.W. Kellogg Ltd. (MWKL), a unit of KBR, has entered into a license agreement and basic engineering design (BED) agreement ...more...

Oil Distributing setting up 3-state Air1 team — Cincinnati—Oil Distributing Co., in partnership with Mansfield Oil's DeliveryONE nationwide supplier network, has become the Yara Air1 Diesel Exhaust Fluid ...more...

CHS, K+S donate to Haitian relief — St. Paul, Minn., Kasel, Germany—The CHS Foundation will contribute a total of $25,000 to CARE and the American Red Cross ...more...

Mosaic strikes deal with Tampa Bay Rays — Tampa Bay—The Tampa Bay Rays and The Mosaic Co. said Feb. 3 that they have agreed to terms for the ...more...

Converted Org adds Walmart, Sam's, and Amigos — Boston—Converted Organics Inc. reports that it has received orders for its fertilizers from Walmart, Sam's Club, and the Amigos supermarket ...more...