All the factors that set the fertilizer bull market in motion in the first place are still here. Populations are still growing. Diets are shifting toward more fruits, vegetables and meats — all fertilizer intensive. As Potash CEO Bill Doyle says, “This will continue to put pressure on global grain supplies, as farmers are being challenged to produce more with land and water resources that are shrinking on a per capita basis.”

The potash market is looking strong today thanks to news of increasingly positive supply and demand fundamentals. Potash Corp. (NYSE:POT) is leading the charge.

It was yet another quiet Friday trading session on the Canadian Markets. For the tale of the tape, the TSX Exchange added 0.33%, while the TSX Gold Index gave back 2.1% and the TSX Venture Exchange, Canada’s largest junior exploration bourse, tacked on 0.77% with the advancers edging out the decliners by a 410 to 359 margin on a weak 131 million shares traded.

China is hungry…and gets hungrier every day. Satisfying hunger requires fertilizer…lots of it. Think: Potash.  China is not only getting hungrier, it is also developing a taste for the good life. Protein consumption always increases as a population’s wealth increases.

How many entrepreneurs have sat down and thought to themselves, “If only the Chinese would buy my product…Heck, if only one in 10 Chinese would buy my product, I’d be rich!”  Call it the China Dream. It has a long history.

I love hard assets… like energy, agriculture and metals.   Why?  Because there is a good chance that inflation is going to devalue paper currency around the globe.

Keep an eye on volume, it can lead to big-time profit opportunity. Or it can save you from getting in at the top. A look at Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) proves its worth.

Time to Load Up on Fertilizer Stocks? Springtime is usually the season when the farming community begins to spread fertilizer on their fields.

Chris Mayer with Agora Financial notes that even during the ongoing financial crisis, the global demand for food and the fertilizer needed to grow it will continue to skyrocket.

The junior bourse broke through the 2002 lows but the big board managed a late day rally to finish in the black during Thursday trading on the Canadian markets.