MACAU -- (Marketwire) -- 06/10/11 -- Today, www.EquityMarketsInc.com announced its research report highlighting The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) and Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (NYSE: POT). Full content and research is available at www.EquityMarketsInc.com/research.php.
Producers are optimistic that fertilizer fundamentals are improving based on the uptrend in grain prices and below average inventories. Recent forecasts from the USDA regarding corn inventories and farm income provide support not only for grain prices but also for fertilizer consumption as farmers reach for extra yield. The S&P Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals Index increased 3.2% year to date through May 27, versus a 6.2% increase in the S&P 1500 Index. As a result, investors are looking to place capital into well-positioned equities within the sector.
Equity Markets has reviewed The Mosaic Company because it is a producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients for the global agriculture industry. It is a supplier of phosphate- and potash-based crop nutrients and animal feed ingredients. It mines phosphate rock in Florida and process rock into finished phosphate products at facilities in Florida and Louisiana. On May 25, 2011, it completed its merger (the Merger) with GNS Merger Sub LLC (Merger Sub), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mosaic, and announced recapitalization and split-off from Cargill, Incorporated (Cargill). The full research report on The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) is available here: www.EquityMarketsInc.com/researchfile4634.php.
Equity Markets is covering Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. because it is an integrated fertilizer and related industrial and feed products company. The Company owns and operates five potash mines in Saskatchewan and one in New Brunswick. It also holds mineral rights to the Esterhazy mine where potash is produced under a mining and processing agreement with a third party. Its phosphate operations include the manufacture and sale of solid and liquid phosphate fertilizers; animal feed supplements and industrial acid, which is used in food products and industrial processes. The full research report on Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (NYSE: POT) is available here: www.EquityMarketsInc.com/researchfile4891.php.
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