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Jan 24- Canadian fertilizer maker and farm products retailer Agrium Inc raised its fourth-quarter earnings forecast on Thursday, as strong grain and oilseed prices spurred demand for its fertilizer products over the fall season in North America.
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*India had 1 mln tonnes potash as of December. MUMBAI/ WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 17- India has enough potash in reserve to delay its purchases of the key crop nutrient well into the second quarter of this year, putting new pressures on North America's big fertilizer producers at a time of high inventories and stiff competition.
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*India had 1 mln tonnes potash as of December. MUMBAI/ WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 17- India has enough potash in reserve to delay its purchases of the key crop nutrient well into the second quarter of this year, putting new pressures on North America's big fertilizer producers at a time of high inventories and stiff competition.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 16- Three widely-used pesticides made by Switzerland's Syngenta and Germany's Bayer pose an acute risk to honeybees, the European Union's food safety watchdog said on Wednesday, but stopped short of linking them to bee colony collapse.
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Jan 8- Monsanto Co, the world's largest seed company, said on Tuesday that expansion efforts in Latin America are paying off, adding to the company's strength in the U.S. market and helping it capture surprisingly strong profits.
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Dec 7- Canadian authorities approved the acquisition of Nexen Inc by China's CNOOC Ltd on Friday and the purchase of Progress Energy Resources by Malaysia's Petronas after months of anxiety over the fate of foreign investments in Canadian resources.
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*Buys business from Bunge to boost products, distribution. OSLO, Dec 7- Norway's Yara has agreed to buy the Brazilian fertilizer business of commodities giant Bunge in a deal valued at $750 million, giving it a wider product range and distribution network in a key market.
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*Not concerned about China, India interest in rivals. Nov 28- Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc, the world's biggest potash producer by capacity, sees "lots of hurdles" to its plans to take over Israel Chemicals Ltd, an executive of the Canadian fertilizer company said on Wednesday.
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CNBC's David Faber reports Agrium will not spin off its retail operations because it would expose shareholders to "substantial risk."
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A look at how to play rising corn and soybean prices in emerging markets, with David Riedel, Riedel Research Group.
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Jim Cramer explains the action investors should be watching in fertilizer stocks.
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With grain prices on the rise, are agriculture stocks a good buy? Charles Neivert, Dahlman Rose & Company analyst explains why he boosted his outlook on the sector.
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Check out his conversation with CEO James Hagedorn.
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Scotts Miracle-Gro CEO, James Hagedorn discusses his company's disappointing quarter and how he plans to grow earnings, with Mad Money's Jim Cramer.
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A new generation of green chemicals from bio-based sources could help industrial production break from the grip of volatile oil prices.
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German potash and salt miner K+S published better-than-expected results on Thursday, including EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes) above 217 million euros ($283 million). Investors need to look beyond the stable outlook for 2012 and see the positive forecast for 2013, Arnaud Scarpaci, fund manager at Agilis Gestion in Paris, told CNBC.com.
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Some of the steadiest growth stocks lie in pharmaceuticals and agricultural plays, one noted investor said Thursday.
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As many as 100,000 people are expected to visit this huge outdoor farm show, kicking the tires on all the new machines the big equipment makers have to offer.
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Dennis Gartman, The Gartman Letter, provides insight on the best plays in the agriculture space and the impact of unusual weather on grains and crops.
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Cramer thinks so. Here’s why.