fertilizer
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This comes as Tehran maintains a chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for global energy and fertilizer transit.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
About one-third of global fertilizer shipments pass through the narrow waterway, creating potentially catastrophic knock-on effects for agricultural producers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
If that’s not enough, a third of the world’s fertilizer runs through the Strait of Hormuz.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
But it’s especially bad for big agricultural states, where margins were already thinned due to tariffs and fertilizer prices.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026
“There’s no way we can get eighty pounds of fertilizer through that thing!”
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Schacht said some fertilizers he needs for the next planting season have doubled in price.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Countries like the Philippines, which imports roughly 90% of its fertilizers, are particularly vulnerable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Such an advance could reduce agriculture's reliance on industrial fertilizers.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Shipments of liquefied natural gas, fertilizers and other commodities also remain stuck in the Gulf, choking the economies of Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq and Bahrain—nations that don’t have alternative sea outlets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
"I was experimenting on chemical fertilizers," Theo replied, wincing as the doctor probed his shoulder for a glass shard.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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