Bruce Bodine Jr.
Summary
Bruce Bodine Jr. is Mosaic’s President, Chief Executive Officer and a director, becoming president and a board member in August 2023 and CEO on January 1, 2024. ([investors.mosaicco.com](https://investors.mosaicco.com/governance/board-of-directors/person-details/default.aspx?ItemId=89baa441-fffc-4924-a795-b41762eee0c0&utm_source=openai))
Biography
Bodine has spent his career at Mosaic and its predecessor companies, joining in 1999 and holding engineering, plant-management, supply-chain and business-unit leadership positions. Before becoming CEO, he led Mosaic’s North American operations and previously served as senior vice president of the Potash and Phosphates businesses. ([investors.mosaicco.com](https://investors.mosaicco.com/governance/board-of-directors/person-details/default.aspx?ItemId=89baa441-fffc-4924-a795-b41762eee0c0&utm_source=openai)) His earlier operating assignments included leadership of the Esterhazy and Colonsay potash facilities, the Four Corners operation and Mosaic’s supply chain. He holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering from the University of Florida and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He also serves in industry and business organizations including Canpotex, the International Fertilizer Association, The Fertilizer Institute and the National Association of Manufacturers. ([investors.mosaicco.com](https://investors.mosaicco.com/governance/board-of-directors/person-details/default.aspx?ItemId=89baa441-fffc-4924-a795-b41762eee0c0&utm_source=openai))
Notable achievements
- Advanced through a range of operating and commercial roles at Mosaic after joining the company’s predecessor in 1999. ([investors.mosaicco.com](https://investors.mosaicco.com/governance/board-of-directors/person-details/default.aspx?ItemId=89baa441-fffc-4924-a795-b41762eee0c0&utm_source=openai))
- Led Mosaic’s Potash and Phosphates business units before taking responsibility for North American operations. ([investors.mosaicco.com](https://investors.mosaicco.com/governance/board-of-directors/person-details/default.aspx?ItemId=89baa441-fffc-4924-a795-b41762eee0c0&utm_source=openai))
- Helped lead the integration of Mosaic’s North American businesses and later assumed responsibility for enterprise-wide operations. ([investors.mosaicco.com](https://investors.mosaicco.com/press-releases/news-details/2023/Bruce-Bodine-to-Succeed-Joc-ORourke-as-President-and-CEO-of-The-Mosaic-Company/default.aspx?utm_source=openai))
- During his first full year as CEO, Mosaic reported 2025 net earnings of $540.7 million, compared with $174.9 million in 2024, although the comparison reflected market and operating conditions beyond the CEO’s control. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000128578526000017/mos-20251231.htm?utm_source=openai))
- Supported company efforts to expand environmental and conservation programs, including a phosphogypsum road pilot approved by the EPA and agricultural conservation projects with Ducks Unlimited. ([epa.gov](https://www.epa.gov/radiation/phosphogypsum?utm_source=openai))
Problem areas / controversies
- Mosaic revised its 2025 phosphate sales and production guidance lower, citing operating and market conditions, including delays affecting the New Wales facility. ([investors.mosaicco.com](https://investors.mosaicco.com/press-releases/news-details/2025/Mosaic-Revises-Guidance/default.aspx?utm_source=openai))
- The company’s 2025 results were adversely affected by higher maintenance turnaround and water-treatment costs, highlighting ongoing reliability and cost challenges in the phosphate business. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1285785/000128578526000017/mos-20251231.htm?utm_source=openai))
- Mosaic continues to face environmental scrutiny involving phosphogypsum storage, water management and phosphate-mining impacts; EPA records also show a February 2024 settlement concerning alleged chemical-accident-prevention violations at a Louisiana facility. ([epa.gov](https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-settlement-mosaic-fertilizer-alleged-chemical-accident-prevention?utm_source=openai))
- Environmental groups and other critics have challenged the safety and regulatory treatment of phosphate waste, including the company’s approved road-construction pilot using phosphogypsum. ([thefederalregister.org](https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2024-30508/notice-of-approval-for-other-use-of-phosphogypsum?utm_source=openai))