fertilizer
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“By the time Lehman Brothers failed in September 2008, nitrogenous fertilizer prices had jumped by an unprecedented 86 percent year over year.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Trump said his administration was working with Congress to pass the new farm bill, and promised to bring down grocery, fuel and fertilizer costs.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Will fertilizer prices have come down by harvest?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
His cost for liquid fertilizer climbed to $435 per ton this year, he said, up from $265 a year ago — an increase of more than 60%.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
He stinks of weed killer and fertilizer fumes, from the toxins he spent all day spraying on lawns.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
Vocabulary lists containing fertilizer
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