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Gold/Mining/Energy : Gold and Silver Juniors, Mid-tiers and Producers

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To: pocotrader who wrote (58003)3/31/2008 10:43:40 AM
From: AurumRabosa   of 78416
 
..."Another area that has given spectacular returns is fertilizer and fertilizer stocks. In the past four years, fertilizer prices have more than doubled. Fueled by increased global demand driven by growing needs for food, feed and biofuel, the companies that produce the various types of fertilizer have exploded. Mosaic has tripled in the past year. Potash is up more than 200%. Agrium , a real laggard, is only up 92% over that time frame.

I talked to a friend who has a farm, and he told me that the salespeople now tell him how much is he is ordering at a particular time. Demand is so strong he either takes what he is offered or he gets none. Global population is continuing to expand. The forecasts I have read say that the demand for fertilizer products will stay strong for the foreseeable future."...http://biz.yahoo.com/ts/080328/10409806.html?.v=1

(I think nitrogen fertilizer is made from natural gas in countries with an excess like Tunisia.)
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