fertilizer
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Strapped for cash, he expects to cut back on fertilizer when planting wheat for next season and only repair equipment when absolutely necessary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Walk around your property with a view to securing items such as fertilizer bags and open paint cans so that they don’t wash into storm drains, which flow to the ocean without treatment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Excess fertilizer use can also contribute to eutrophication and other environmental damage.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
He conducts tours of the White House helipad while promoting a fertilizer brand on national television.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
I swear I can still smell the fertilizer in that place even though that incident was two months ago.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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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
This is especially true for their company, which employs about 130,000 people across more than 50 countries and has interests in paper products, petroleum, pipelines, chemicals, fertilizers, electronic components, logistics and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Heavy metal pollution is common around industrial sites, mining regions, cities, and towns, but contaminants can also spread into rural landscapes through the air, sewage sludge, fertilizers, and other agricultural products.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
They were looking for a steady source of raw milk at a time when consumers were waking up to the risks of food contaminated by additives, fertilizers and pesticides.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
This is the opposite of what happened before chemical fertilizers.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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