CF Industries Holdings

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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. is a North American manufacturer and distributor of agricultural fertilizers, based in Deerfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. It was founded in 1946 as the Central Farmers Fertilizer Company. For its first 56 years, it was a federation of regional agricultural supply cooperatives. CF then demutualized, and became a publicly traded company.

CF Industries Holdings has been a target of short sellers for a while. The current short interest of 6.46% is roughly at the average of the last 12 months (6.65%).