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Cargill Fertilizer is a member of the Florida Phosphate Council, a trade association of seven member companies comprising 98 percent of all phosphate mining and fertilizer manufacturing in Florida. Its members include CF Industries, Inc., Cargill Fertilizer, Farmland Hydro, L.P., IMC-Agrico Company, Mulberry Corporation, PCS Phosphate-White Springs and U.S. Agri-Chemicals Corporation.

The phosphate industry is committed to stewardship of the land and demonstrates this commitment by:

  • Returning all of the land it uses to environmentally and economically productive uses
  • Reducing water use by recycling 95.3 percent of all the water used in mining and working on programs to recycle even more
  • Reducing energy consumption and contributing to energy supplies through co-generation
  • Committing to an on-going initiative through a set of guiding principles to dramatically reduce its overall environmental impact while increasing its contribution to the world's food supply





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