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fertilizer

[fur-tl-ahy-zer] / ˈfɜr tlˌaɪ zər /


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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

However, The Hill reported that Belarus’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, said the nation didn’t have the volumes of fertilizer needed to send to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

In the tub a giant fertilizer bag was covering something.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Find insight on gold futures, fertilizers and more in the latest Market Talks covering basic materials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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

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

This is the opposite of what happened before chemical fertilizers.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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