The most vital resource of the next decade

Potash is one of the key nutrients for plant growth. There is no known subsitute, it can be found in only a few places worldwide, and demand for it is rising every year. Tom Bulford looks at the case for investing in this esesntial fertiliser.

If you don't want your neighbour to barge in through your front door, don't tell him there is a party going on.

That is a message that does not seem to have occurred to the bosses of Canada's Potash Corporation which, having trumpeted the virtues of the potash business, now finds itself under siege from the Australian natural resources giant BHP.

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Tom worked as a fund manager in the City of London and in Hong Kong for over 20 years. As a director with Schroder Investment Management International he was responsible for £2 billion of foreign clients' money, and launched what became Argentina's largest mutual fund. Now working from his home in Oxfordshire, Tom Bulford helps private investors with his premium tipping newsletter, Red Hot Biotech Alert.