fertilizer
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He conducts tours of the White House helipad while promoting a fertilizer brand on national television.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Think auto parts for carmakers, fertilizer for farmers or meat and cheese for restaurants.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Mr. Stier raises legitimate concerns about fertilizer and trade policy, and the complex agricultural supply chains they affect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
But Spain and France have also been hit by heat waves that hurt harvests, and the Strait of Hormuz crisis has caused fertilizer costs to spiral.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
After several years of working for the estates, Uncle John saved enough money to start a farm imports business, buying and selling maize seed and fertilizer to the local farmers.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
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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
These include keeping soil permanently covered, applying compost, using more diverse crop rotations and reducing the use of mineral fertilizers and pesticides.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Beginning late last year, China suspended exports of phosphate fertilizers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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
There was no free fuel for its aging factories, no guaranteed market for its often-shoddy goods, and no access to cheap, Soviet-made chemical fertilizers on which state farms had become dependent.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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