fertilizer
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She says her Carnaroli Classico was grown without using "a single gram of chemical fertilizer."
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
“The story which is the killer…is the fertilizer story.”
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
Since Uncle John had money for good fertilizer, the tobacco from his farm was top quality.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
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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
It is then converted into sulfuric acid, which reacts with mined phosphate rock to produce phosphoric acid used to make phosphate fertilizers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
This is the opposite of what happened before chemical fertilizers.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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