With arable land on the decrease and the middle class growing across the globe, farmers are facing increasing pressure to get higher yields from their lands. CF Industries (CF -2.20%), which provides nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers, is poised perfectly to take advantage of this situation. The company is already the No. 1 provider of nitrogen fertilizers in the U.S., and No. 2 worldwide, and its 31.66% growth this year shows that the company is already seeing the benefits of this trend. In this video, Motley Fool materials analyst Taylor Muckerman talks about why this company has had such a strong year, and where it is going from here.
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Top Materials Stocks of 2012: CF Industries (No. 6)
NYSE: CF
CF Industries

One fertilizer company that doesn't stink.
Joel South has no positions in the stocks mentioned above. Taylor Muckerman has no positions in the stocks mentioned above. The Motley Fool owns shares of CF Industries Holdings. Motley Fool newsletter services recommend Monsanto Company. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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