fertilizer
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Commodity prices have risen about 20 percent this year, far less than fuel and fertilizer costs.
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 steel myself, recalling fertilizer and tractor references.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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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
Beginning late last year, China suspended exports of phosphate fertilizers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Certain energy products and fertilizers will also be exempt, alongside products covered by the US-Mexico-Canada free trade pact, a US official told reporters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 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
Though hybrids were introduced in the thirties, it wasn’t until farmers started using chemical fertilizers in the 1950s that corn yields really exploded.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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