Potash News

Help Create a Documentary on Haiti and Its Long-Term Food Crisis
PlanetSave.com (blog)
Perhaps a much bigger issue for Haiti than this recent earthquake, however, is a food crisis it has been suffering for numerous years. On the positive side, ...

Potash Corp. Of Saskatchewan, Inc. Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
TheStreet.com - 2 hours ago By Seeking Alpha 07/31/10 - 01:51 PM EDT Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Potash Corp. Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all ...

Peak Food: Can Another Green Revolution Save Us?
CounterCurrents.org
Norman Borlaug, widely seen as the father of the "Green Revolution," was a true savior. Many have considered him misguided or worse ...

Mosaic to Appeal Preliminary Injunction on Mine Extension; Mosaic to Hold Conference Call
PR Newswire - 20 hours ago PLYMOUTH, Minn., July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) today announced it will appeal a preliminary injunction entered Friday evening by the US District Court for the ... Mosaic To Appeal Ruling Forcing Fla Phosphate Mine Closure - NASDAQ
Judge Bans Mosaic Mine Expansion, Layoffs To Be Evaluated - The Ledger
Stock Markets Review

Judge Bars Expansion Of Mosaic Co Florida Phosphate Mine
NASDAQ - 46 minutes ago By Ian Berry, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction barring Mosaic Co. (MOS) from expanding a key phosphate mine in Florida due to environmental concerns. The ...

Buzz on the Street: Whipsaw Action in S&P Opens Trading Opportunities
Minyanville.com - Jul 30, 2010 By Terry Woo Jul 30, 2010 3:30 pm The one great thing about the market is that it offers many different time frames to choose for trading. Since I spend most of my day with the tape, I usually pay ...

... at least, with a 42% July gain, as fears grow for Russian exports, and Canada won't pick up the slack. Other crops are bought up in the spree

The crop in Canada's farming heartland will fall by nearly one quater, after an area the size of Switzerland went unplanted, the board says

Coffee prices overcome selling pressure from producers, as fears for a squeeze on supplies attract the funds pouring into farm commodities

Farmers are seeing off soaring interest from investors to win farmland auctions. But they are having to pay up for victory, Savills says

Wheat prices set fresh highs as Toepfer data keeps pressure on EU crop hopes, and concerns mount for Russia and Ukraine shipments

ABN Amro cuts its estimate for world cocoa output by one-third, blaming "weather uncertainties" in Ivory Coast, the biggest producer

The Australian grain handlers agree a Aus$2bn merger, to create a business they say is capable of taking on foreign giants entering the country

North America proves the weakest market for both BASF and Bayer agrichemicals divisions. Bayer's cuts profits and sales targets

Broker Rye, Man and Gor warns that Uralkali, Russia's second biggest potash group, will overpay to secure control of top-ranked Silvinit

The intergovernmental group notes "significantly reduced yield prospects" in Black Sea wheat producers, and trims estimates for corn too

The agribusiness giant, hit by a poor soybean hedge, maintains its record of earnings cautions, sending its shares 14% lower

An estimate that the French wheat crop will not fall as far as some observers believe helps depress prices below early highs

Cairo's decision to accept French grain in 30,000-tonne loads may appear small, but it represents a significant shift in market power. By Mike Verdin

Christian Post
International Aid Group Calls for Urgent Action in Niger Food Crisis
Voice of America
International aid workers say a deepening food crisis is threatening 10 million people across the eastern Sahel, including seven million people in Niger. ...
Niger: Food Crisis in the Sahel - Real Problem, False SolutionsAllAfrica.com
World Vision: 'Hunger Season' Hit Niger EarlyChristian Post
Human catastrophe loomingMail & Guardian Online

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