Green Markets closed their poll on Wednesday last week in order to sort through and analyze the surge of votes that they were receiving. At that point the existence of the poll was just starting to circulate beyond Green Markets' circulation. Had the poll been left open there is no doubt in our mind that the results would have been even more lopsided than those reflected above. When studying these results it is important to note that a significant percentage of those in the North American retail sector are already receiving an Agrium paycheck. It is also interesting to see the noticeable anti merger vote amongst even those in the fertilizer producer category.
As they have been saying for centuries, "a picture is worth a thousand words."
Unfortunately missing from this picture is a direct sense of grower views on the subject. But a separate poll is not needed to measure what farmers are thinking. Instead we suggest waiting a few days for the announcements of Fertilizer Producers' FY Q3 earnings. We expect that then there will be a little less bravado in the air.
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