Phosphate producer Ostara, Richmond Heights, Mo., and Taurus Agricultural Marketing, Calgary, Alta., a Canadian distributor of agricultural products, announced on April 27 a new long-term partnership in which Taurus Ag will exclusively distribute Ostara’s Crystal Green® and Crystal Green Synchro™ 50 fertilizers into Western Canada.
“Taurus Ag and Ostara share a commitment to bringing proven, sustainable, and more efficient innovative products to the market,” said Ron Restum, Ostara Chief Commercial Officer. “We have successfully partnered with Taurus Ag the past several years, and our new long-term partnership is focused on jointly supplying Western Canada with significantly more tonnes of Crystal Green fertilizers.”
“Over the years we learned that Crystal Green fertilizers fit our marketplace agronomically and economically on a high percentage of farmland in Canada,” said Craig Davidson, Taurus Ag President. “Today, progressive growers have used these technologies successfully on millions of acres, and we fully expect that will scale immensely in the coming years with additional production coming from Ostara’s new facility in St. Louis.”
Davidson noted that Crystal Green fertilizers have already been used in North America and Europe for many years with great success, and that Taurus Ag is excited to bring significantly more product to farms in Western Canada.
Crystal Green (5-28-0 with 10%Mg) is a sustainable, granular phosphate fertilizer and Crystal Green Synchro 50 (5-40-0 with 5%Mg) is a fully homogeneous phosphate fertilizer replicating a 50:50 physical blend of Crystal Green and MAP.