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From the Newsletter: Vol. 34 No. 10 / March 8, 2010

CF re-enters race for Terra — CF Industries Holdings Inc. said March 2 that it has offered to acquire Terra Industries Inc. for $37.15 in cash ...more...

Intrepid 4Q net income off 70 percent, potash sales volumes move up 60 percent — While Intrepid Potash Inc. fourth-quarter net income fell 70 percent from year-ago levels, potash sales volumes moved up 60 percent, ...more...

CVR 4Q nitrogen income off 67 percent; sales volumes up 27 percent — CVR Energy Inc. reported a 67 percent drop in fourth-quarter nitrogen operating income, to $7 million on sales of $39.3 ...more...

Senate committee considers CFATS reauthorization, IST provision — The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 3 held a hearing on "Chemical Security: Assessing Progress ...more...

LSB inks deals with Orica, Koch — Oklahoma City—LSB Industries Inc. says its El Dorado Chemical Co. subsidiary (EDCC) has signed a five-year agreement with Orica International ...more...

SQM reports no damage from earthquake — Santiago—Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) said March 1 that none of its production centers, including port operations ...more...

MMLP 4Q net income off 88 percent — Kilgore, Texas—Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (MMLP) reported an 88 percent drop in net income for the fourth quarter ending Dec. ...more...

Howard Fertilizer extending into Southeast — Orlando—Howard Fertilizer and Chemical Co. Inc. has a large new distribution center in operation in Alpharetta, Ga., and has added ...more...

Agrico Canada forms another jv — Lindsay, Ont.—Agrico Canada Limited/Limitee reports that it formed a new joint venture partnership on March 1, this time at the ...more...

N.Y. town inks deal with Nutrients PLUS — Virginia Beach—Nutrients PLUS of Virginia Beach has an agreement with officials of Amherst, N.Y., to buy as much as 1,500 ...more...

Maine rail woes could halt fertilizer shipments — Portland, Maine—Operators of Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway hope the day doesn't come that they will have to stop serving ...more...

Michigan fertilizer bomber is facing prison — Greenville, Mich.—A Lake Odessa resident is expected to be sentenced next month in connection with an incident more than a ...more...

EPA orders action after ammonia release — San Francisco—Columbus Manufacturing of south San Francisco has been ordered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take more safety ...more...

Milorganite will employ local methane by 2012 — Milwaukee—In a little more than two years the producers of Milorganite specialty fertilizer hope to be bringing methane from a ...more...

Ashland-Cummins team enters DEF market — Nashville—Ashland Inc. and Cummins Filtration are the latest team to enter the Diesel Exhaust Fluid competition, announcing that their Air ...more...

Researchers find out how plants get N on own — Stanford—How would it be if all plants could fertilize themselves from cost-free nitrogen that makes up three-fourths of the Earth's ...more...

Yara DEF team signs on Utah company — Salt Lake City—Utah petroleum company Cardwell Distributing, Inc. has joined the Yara Air1 diesel exhaust fluid supply team to serve ...more...

Wet winter spurs increase in Calif. water allotments — Sacramento—California and federal water regulators agreed on Feb. 26 to increase water allotments to Central Valley growers due to the ...more...

Poll finds concerns about GE ingredients — Yonkers, N.Y.—Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, said on March 2 that a new poll conducted by the ...more...

UralChem reports production volumes at Azot plant — Moscow—Russian fertilizer producer UralChem OJSC recently announced that four core production units at Azot OJSC, one of UralChem's key subsidiaries, ...more...