Editor's Note: Steve Hoffman is senior vice president and an officer of IMC Global.

Editor's Note: Steve Hoffman is senior vice president and an officer of IMC Global, Lake Forest. Ill., and president of IMC Sales and Marketing. IMC Global is the world's largest supplier of concentrated phosphates and potash fertilizers, as well as a leading provider of phosphorus and potassium fe counterparts for the global animal nutrition industry.

AM: in what way did the fertilizer industry, specifically IMC, fare during spring planting season?

SH: We had a vigorous early season in the first quarter. somewhat cold temperatures and relatively dried soils in many parts of the Corn Belt

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