fertilizer

The near-total closure of the Strait of Hormuz sent fertilizer prices sharply higher this year, raising concerns over a broader shock to the global food system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Yuntianhua may be the one Chinese company that connects Washington’s worries about China’s role in agriculture with the Hormuz fertilizer squeeze.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

If China removes export restrictions, which could happen before Xi and Trump meet, fertilizer producers like Mosaic and Nutrien could see conditions improve.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

Roughly 20% of the world’s oil supply moved through the strait before the war, as well as much of its aluminum, fertilizer and other raw materials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

The gunk smelled like potting soil, cedar chips, grape juice and just a hint of fertilizer.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

In agriculture, fertilizers can be enclosed inside PHA beads that gradually release their contents as the plastic breaks down.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 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

But unlike nitrogen fertilizers, which have to be applied with every planting, phosphates foster longer-term soil health.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 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