Category: Fertilizer Supply

‘Perfect Storm’ Hitting US Crop Planting Amid Talk of Shortages

May 4, 2022
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When farmers in the United States returned to their fields in April, officially kicking off the 2022 growing season, they implemented significant changes in their crop plantings. Due to soaring fertilizer costs and chemical shortages, and protracted drought conditions, farmers are now planting different and smaller quantities of certain crops. Some experts believe forecasts for…

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Diesel, Fertilizer Shortages Endanger Food Supplies

April 6, 2022
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Commentary In the 18th century, the average French working man spent about 50 percent of his wages on bread. By 1789, that percentage had increased to as much as 60 to 80 percent and the French Revolution ensued. King Louis XVI and Marie Anoinette met the guillotine. In 1930, a little-known Indian attorney named Mohandas…

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Global Fertilizer Supply Shrinks Amid Sanctions Against Russia and Belarus

March 18, 2022
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The global fertilizer supply chain will be bracing for a shortfall due to sanctions and restrictions imposed on Russia and Belarus, while the two countries’ potassium fertilizer exports combined are about 40 percent of the global market. Following western sanctions against Russia for its escalating invasion of Ukraine, the world’s three largest container shipping companies,…

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