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Agrium profit beats Street, helped by higher grain prices

Reuters — Fertilizer and farm retail dealer Agrium reported a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit helped by higher prices for most grains and oilseeds. The company also forecast 2015 profit to be $7 to $8.50 per share. Analysts on average expect a profit of $7.55 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Agrium’s U.S.-listed shares rose two […] Read more

Yara’s fertilizer terminal at Stockton, California. (Sebastian Braum photo, Yara.com)

CF ends merger talks with Yara

Reuters — U.S. fertilizer firm CF Industries said it has dropped merger talks with Norway’s Yara International after the fertilizer makers were unable to agree on terms of a deal. Yara and CF said last month they were in early-stage talks about a “merger of equals” that would create a US$27 billion rival to the […] Read more