TRA

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.terraindustries.com
Employees: 938
Employee growth: 7.7%

Terra would be happier if fertilizer prices were a little firma. The company ranks among the leading North American producers of nitrogen fertilizers. Through its North American nitrogen plants, it produces ammonia, urea, urea ammonium nitrate solution (UAN), and ammonium nitrate (AN). Terra operates plants in the US, Canada, and the UK through subsidiaries, joint ventures, and limited partnerships, including Terra Nitrogen, of which Terra Industries owns 75%. The company sells its products to dealers, retailers, cooperatives, and chemical companies. In 2009 CF Industries offered to buy Terra for about $2.1 billion, but Terra's Board turned down the offer.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $2,891.5M
One year growth: 22.5%
Net income: $641.0M
Income growth: 225.7%

Officers:
Chairman: Henry R. Slack
President, CEO, and Director: Michael L. (Mike) Bennett
SVP and CFO: Daniel D. (Dan) Greenwell

Competitors:
Agrium
CF Industries
PotashCorp

TRA is a three-letter abbreviation that can refer to:

• Taiwan Railway Administration (台灣鐵路管理局), the government agency responsible for managing passenger and freight service on conventional rail in Taiwan.
• Taiwan Relations Act, an act of the United States Congress passed in 1979 after the establishment of relations with the People's Republic of China and the breaking of relations between the United States and the Republic of China on Taiwan by President Jimmy Carter.
• Tanzania Revenue Authority
• Tomb Raider: Anniversary, a game in the Tomb Raider series and a 2007 remake of the original Tomb Raider.
• Telecommunications Act of 1996, or the Telecom Reform Act, a significant overhaul of United States telecommunications policy.
• Theodore Roosevelt Association, an organization chartered by Act of Congress in 1920 dedicated to President Theodore Roosevelt.
• Theory of reasoned action, a psychological theory created by Martin Fishbein and Icek Ajzen
• Trux Response Association, an organization that studies hearing from only one ear.
• Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, UAE, an independent organization established in the United Arab Emirates in 2003 to oversee the telecommunications sector in the country.
• Traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta, another name for traumatic aortic rupture.
• Tarama Airport
• Threat and Risk Assessment
• Technology Related Anger
• Tallahassee Regional Airport in Tallahassee, Florida
• Trinity River Authority, a government-owned corporation in Texas
• tRA, an advanced baseball pitching statistic.

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