Potash News

Mosaic cuts potash output by 20% through May
MarketWatch - 14 hours ago By Ian Berry Fertilizer producer Mosaic Co. /quotes/zigman/5141919/quotes/nls/mos MOS +0.53% said Friday it would cut potash production by up to 20% from February through May, becoming the latest company to pull back in the face of weakening prices.

The fertilizer giant, which has already curbed phosphate output because of the market downturn, joins peers in cutting potash production too

Russia changes its tune on grain shipments for a fourth time this week, announcing a decision which it had earlier signalled had been postponed

Mosaic: Here's Our Strategy to Deal with the Oversupply in Potash
Wall St. Cheat Sheet - 9 hours ago By Jim Wilkerson Weakening prices have finally forced Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) to pull back on potash production. On Friday, the fertilizer producer announced that production from February through May would be cut 20 percent.

A "drastic" cut in harvest hopes has cost Argentina its chance of record corn exports, US attaches say. But prospects for wheat shipments look better

An oversupply of chicken on the US market, and record cattle prices, shrink Tyson's profits - but not by as much as Wall Street had feared

Mosaic Cuts Potash Output By 20% Through May
Capital.gr (press release) - Feb 3, 2012 By Ian Berry Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Fertilizer producer Mosaic Co. (MOS) said Friday it would cut potash production by up to 20% from February through May, becoming the latest company to pull back in the face of weakening prices.

Mosaic Joins Competitors, Cuts Potash Output By 20% Through May
Fox Business - 13 hours ago ("Mosaic Joins Competitors, Cuts Potash Output By 20% Through May," published at 9:17 am EST, misstated the day the announcement was made.

Mosaic Joins Competitors, Cuts Potash Output By 20% Through May
Capital.gr (press release) - 2 hours ago By Ian Berry Fertilizer producer Mosaic Co. (MOS) said Thursday it would cut potash production by up to 20% from February through May, becoming the latest company to pull back in the face of weakening prices.

CORRECT: Mosaic Joins Competitors, Cuts Potash Output By 20% Through May
NASDAQ - 2 hours ago ("Mosaic Joins Competitors, Cuts Potash Output By 20% Through May," published at 9:02 am EST, misstated the day the announcement was made.

MOSAIC CO : Mosaic Announces Potash Production Curtailment
4-traders (press release) - 15 hours ago PLYMOUTH, Minn., Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) has announced a reduction of up to 20 percent in planned potash production from February through May 2012.

MOSAIC CO : Mosaic Announces Potash Production Curtailment
4-traders (press release) - 1 hour ago PLYMOUTH, Minn., Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) has announced a reduction of up to 20 percent in planned potash production from February through May 2012.

Downpours of more than two feet of rain in two days cause "extensive damage" to some crops - but may have a silver lining for farmers too

A meeting to decide on potential curbs to slow grain exports is postponed - stoking uncertainty which may be slowing shipments itself

A "drastic" cut in harvest hopes has cost Argentina its chance of record corn exports, US attaches say. But prospects for wheat shipments look better

Fears that rapeseed crops are particularly vulnerable to Europe's freeze keep futures firm, even as wheat eases. But not all traders are convinced

... Brazil will increase ethanol output, after two seasons of decline, presenting another headwind to US producers

Dow Chemical credits the region for lifting agricultural sales to a quarterly record, echoing observations from Dupont and Monsanto

Dairy Crest denies it will follow Muller in reducing milk payouts to farmers, despite the historical link with the tumbling bulk cream market

Dryness, which has dashed hopes for Argentina's crop, wreaks further damage in Mexico, raising import needs even further, and in South Africa too