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fertilizer

[fur-tl-ahy-zer] / ˈfɜr tlˌaɪ zər /


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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

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

The cost of crops and vegetable oils is already climbing because of more expensive inputs like diesel and fertilizer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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

Then there were catalysts that could improve the efficiency of ammonia production for fertilizers, a century-old industrial process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Schacht said some fertilizers he needs for the next planting season have doubled in price.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 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

Do I realize that nitrogen fertilizers are destroying fish life by fostering an overgrowth of algae?

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood


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