WASHINGTON/TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian fertilizer maker Agrium <AGU.TO>, which is attempting a hostile takeover of U.S. rival CF Industries <CF.N>, has won U.S. antitrust approval of the proposed deal after agreeing to sell two storage facilities, the Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday.

The decision — Agrium will have to sell CF’s Ritzville anhydrous ammonia terminal in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and its own Marseilles terminal in Illinois, to Terra Industries <TRA.N> — clears a minor hurdle in the proposed CF takeover, although it likely does little to resolve opposition from CF’s board.