fertilizer

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Even before new tariffs, input costs like fertilizer, seed, chemicals, equipment and fuel were already at all-time highs, added Nick Levendofsky, executive director of the Kansas Farmers Union.

From Barron's

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have created wheat plants capable of promoting the formation of their own fertilizer, a development that could lower global air and water pollution and reduce farming expenses.

From Science Daily

Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have uncovered how a catalyst used in a promising industrial reaction helps generate ammonia, a major component of fertilizer.

From Science Daily

These factor in the forecast cost of energy and fertilizer, which have also been rising sharply.

From Salon

La Almunia has plentiful supplies of hen droppings, too — about 300 tons are produced every day on local egg farms and are distributed to local farmers as fertilizer because of the high nitrate content.

From New York Times