Potash Inventories Dip in August, But Remain Well Above 5-Year Avg. (POT) (CF) (IPI)

September 18, 2012 7:28 AM EDT
Traders will be keeping an eye on potash companies today following latest updates on stockpiles for August.

The Fertilizer Institute, using data from Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT), said ending inventories for August fell 221,000 tons from July to below 2.5 million mt. The number was still 33 percent above the five-year average.

In addition, DAP/MAP phosphate inventories dipped 98,000 tons, to below 800,000. That number is about 14 percent below the trailing five-year average.

Bloomberg noted that several names will be presenting at the Scotiabank Agriculture, Fertilizers and Chemicals Conference in Toronto today, including: Agrium (NYSE: AGU), CF Industries (NYSE: CF), Intrepid Potash (NYSE: IPI), Potash, and Uralkali.


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