Russian fertilizers have naturally low cadmium levels, while the levels in Moroccan fertilizers are naturally higher.
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One way to do this is to use carbon- and nutrient-rich organic sources of fertilizers such as manure or compost rather than synthetic chemical fertilizers.
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Saudi Arabia Fertilizers (SAFCO) said it was considering taking full control of chemical fertiliser producer National Chemical Fertilizers Co (Ibn Al-Bayttar) by buying out SABIC's 50 percent stake.
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One got fat on oil, another on mineral fertilizers . . .
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So we're plowing more land and washing more fertilizers downstream.
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Weaker prices for nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers weighed on results.
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It also offers online guides on pesticides, fertilizers and nutrition.
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This doesn't mean that using the fertilizers doesn't have consequences.
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This is worsened by India's overuse of pesticides and fertilizers.
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Were synthetic fertilizers that are incredibly energy intensive to produce?
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Truckers must make long detours to deliver feed and fertilizers.
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It could be our yards, our pets, our fertilizers — really, anything.
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That's not to mention all of the chemicals—pesticides, fertilizers, etc.
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But the best growers avoid it, as they do chemical fertilizers.
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The chacra is entirely organic; pesticides and fertilizers are not used.
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It doesn't require arable land, fresh water and fertilizers (or pesticides).
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For many farmers, biosolids are a cheaper alternative to synthetic fertilizers.
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Most fertilizers list these out on the package also in that order.
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Vale is the largest producer of phosphate and nitrogen fertilizers in Brazil.
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At the Vale plant, it is used to make nitrogen-based fertilizers.
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Officials are attributing the bloom to excessive rainfall and overuse of fertilizers.
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A large part of the EPA's job is regulating chemicals and fertilizers.
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For instance, it helps East African farmers get better seeds and fertilizers.
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Mr. McNamee could wind up paying steep tariffs for feed and fertilizers.
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As such, farmers have been spending less on seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides.
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Additionally, if you are concerned about chemical pesticides and synthetic fertilizers in your dog's food, with the organic certification, you can also rest easy knowing that none of the ingredients were grown with chemical pesticides or synthetic fertilizers.
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Raptor Maps can tell farmers which seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides work the best.
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Farmers substituted green manures for chemical fertilizers and artisanally produced biopesticides for insecticides.
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Surfactants can come from many human-caused sources, including fertilizers, detergents, and sewage.
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Global X's Fertilizers/Potash ETF (SOIL) tracks a global index of fertilizer producers.
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Or fertilizers — the Haber process produces 2% of carbon [emissions] in the world.
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That would be the nitrogen cycle, when we first fixed it in fertilizers.
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She has lost more than $1,000 on seeds, fertilizers and labor, she said.
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He had brought them power tillers, they said, and tractors, fertilizers and education.
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Meyer's cleaning products, Dr. Earth insecticides, and E.B. Stone and Gardener & Bloome fertilizers.
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Acron produces fertilizers and sells them in more than 60 countries, Petrobras said.
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Others are using products designed to help plants absorb nitrogen fertilizers more efficiently.
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They degrade the planet's natural resources, with chemical fertilizers, deforestation and intensive farming.
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The attorney general alleged that 90 percent of Home Depot and Lowe's stores in New York violated the law by displaying phosphorus-containing lawn fertilizers without the required signage or failing to separate phosphorus-containing fertilizers from those without it.
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Or using different fertilizers or rice varieties that are less susceptible to the heat.
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No plant flourishes in a monocrop environment, not without artificial fertilizers and pest killers.
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Due to excessive use of chemical fertilizers, the character of the soil has changed.
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Farming needs to become less dependent on inputs like agro-chemicals and artificial fertilizers.
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The trouble starts when fertilizers and manure release ammonia, or NH3, into the air.
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Where it's coming from Fertilizers are thought to be one of the leading contributors.
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Such strategies have allowed him to stop using synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, reducing costs.
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Environmentalists have for years sounded alarms over leaching fertilizers in the agricultural region's groundwater.
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Marijuana growers are also voracious consumers of supplies like fertilizers, as well as energy.
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The 1800s brought about grain elevators, chemical fertilizers, and the first gas-powered tractor.
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But we disproportionately treat our grasses with environmentally harmful chemicals like fertilizers and pesticides.
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Try to source organic fertilizers and follow the dilution and frequency instructions on the bottle.
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Fertilizers made from sewage sludge -- the by-product of sewage water treatment -- are another source.
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It was near containers of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive chemical commonly used in fertilizers.
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"There's no fertilizers, there's no pesticides," Poulos said, adding it just takes sugar and water.
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"The use of nitrogen fertilizers contributes to the nitrogen cycle and releases N20," says Boehm.
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Many of the flagged substances, such as fertilizers, could be used to create explosive devices.
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Modern seed stocks, industrial fertilizers and mechanized farm tools increased agricultural production across the globe.
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Phosphorus-based fertilizers used in agricultural areas near the lake have increased the nutrients substantially.
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More rain means more flooding, and runoff will pour pesticides and fertilizers into water supplies.
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Ventilation equipment, air conditioning machines, and fertilizers used for growing the plants were also seized.
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The deal is one of several remaking the market for agricultural chemicals, seeds and fertilizers.
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They also reduce farmers' needs for synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, says Indigo Ag CEO David Perry.
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Even so, there's growing demand for food produced without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers or genetically modified seeds.
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Farming is actually a huge source of pollution, thanks to emissions from fertilizers and animal waste.
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Oxygen deprivation of this kind occurs when waters are overloaded with sewage, fertilizers, and other nutrients.
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While arsenic is naturally found in soil and water, inorganic arsenic comes from fertilizers and pesticides.
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The plan cuts funding for units focused on fertilizers, ethylene, drilling services and its corporate offices.
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Lauzis is vegan, so he designed the toilet as a way to avoid using animal fertilizers.
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It limited the discharge of pollutants such as fertilizers, pesticides and industrial chemicals into those waters.
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Runoff from fertilizers and other pollutants leads to so-called eutrophication, an excessive growth of algae.
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"The driving factor has to be the fertilizers, the seed varieties, the irrigation," Dr. Campbell said.
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Zheng's farm uses only organic fertilizers, such as chicken and pig dung, and no chemical pesticides.
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For other needed innovations in food systems, such as more efficient fertilizers, government regulations may be needed.
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Farmers used to buy fertilizers and pesticides and now the same farmer purchases compost and natural inputs.
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Perry said most farmers that use Indigo technology still also use fertilizers and chemicals on their plants.
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By then the water is thick with phosphorous from fertilizers and toxins from the blue-green algae.
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The deal would make the combined company the world's largest producer of fertilizers and other agricultural products.
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Trammo markets, trades, distributes and transports ammonia, fertilizers, liquefied petroleum gases, petrochemicals, coal, sulfuric acid and sulfur.
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South Korea faced a similar problem until the use of commercial fertilizers became widespread in the 1980s.
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Much of the rest is used to produce fertilizers and high-protein feeds for chickens and pigs.
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For decades, farmers across the world have ploughed their fields, pumped them with fertilizers and sprayed herbicides.
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He didn't use antibiotics or hormones, and his cattle were grass-fed, no fertilizers in the field.
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"The brain fertilizers triggered in enriched environments are also associated with higher IQ in children," she said.
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Some industries, such as dairy and food processing, fertilizers, chemicals, and tractors, continue to be competitive globally.
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But not at Le Puy, where the soil has never felt the sting of fertilizers and herbicides.
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The ancient microorganism is thriving thanks to record heat waves and fertilizers washed away into nearby waters.
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Pollution, including plastic, industrial waste, sewage and fertilizers, poses a serious threat to marine life, Thomson said.
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Its technology makes for more efficient crop spraying in the same way that new fertilizers did decades ago.
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Nitrogen-based fertilizers like ammonium nitrate or ammonium sulfate are also used to harden snow on race courses.
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Petrochemicals are used to make plastics, as well as fertilizers, clothes and a wide array of other products.
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Pollutants such as nitrogen and phosphorous are commonly found in fertilizers, storm runoff and wastewater, among other sources.
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In previous years, it was commonly sold fertilizers and pesticides that were used illegally, law enforcement officials said.
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Growers use fertilizers and pesticides long restricted or banned in the United States, including carbofuran and zinc phosphide.
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Saudi Arabia Fertilizers increased 3.2 percent after the firm posted higher first quarter profit, helped by lower costs.
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The blooms in Lake Erie and Lake Okeechobee are being fed by fertilizers and other land pollution runoff.
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When the farmer is applying fertilizers and pesticides and killing those sentient beings, how can people be happy?
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Pemex Fertilizers, a Pemex subsidiary created during Pena Nieto's term, purchased two fertilizer plants in 2013 and 2016.
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They're the ones you'd expect: steel, concrete, pulp and paper, chemicals, non-ferrous metals, fertilizers, and so forth.
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The water that sweeps from the north toward the lake collects fertilizers, pesticides and animal waste from farms.
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By extension, organic ingredients are GMO-free and have not been treated with chemical pesticides or synthetic fertilizers.
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In the agriculture-based economy of PEI, that was farmers and the pesticides and chemical fertilizers they used.
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This TLC regime involved crop rotation, aeration, and manure, but no fertilizers were involved; not even organic ones.
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Finally, growing conventional cotton requires the use of pesticides and fertilizers, which run off into the water supply.
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For instance, new chemical compounds could help prevent nitrogen fertilizers from producing nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas.
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Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals & Fertilizers has used the technology at its plant in southern Tamil Nadu state since October.
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If you save your uneaten foods, you can help enrich the soil, reduce chemical fertilizers, and reduce methane.
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Researchers at Stanford University are developing nanoscale catalysts that could bring us cheaper and cleaner fuels and fertilizers.
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It fixes nitrogen [so there's no need to add fertilizers], and it makes a great companion to grass.
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It's a plant which doesn't require any chemicals -- fertilizers or pesticides -- as it's largely immune to disease and pests.
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It also holds significant stakes in the country's largest bank DNB, aluminium producer Norsk Hydro and fertilizers maker Yara.
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Growing processes can include using phosphate fertilizers and pesticides, which can contain high levels of both of these metals.
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Those waters seeped up an oilslick rainbow moonshine of fertilizers and worse before cutting a scar through Puppy's backyard.
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OCP stopped shipments to Kenya last summer and asked authorities for a re-testing of its fertilizers, he said.
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For two months, the seedlings need to be watered every day, without using any kind of pesticides or fertilizers.
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That's largely because fertilizers, once applied to farmland, generate emissions of nitrous oxide, the third-most-abundant greenhouse gas.
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Each spring, heavy loads of nitrogen and phosphorus from chemical fertilizers flow off farm fields into rivers and streams.
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It's a toxic industry; for every one pound of tea, roughly $2000 USD is spent on pesticides and fertilizers.
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Ideally, this approach allows farms to not only be more productive, but also use less water, fertilizers, and pesticides.
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Chemical fertilizers and dairy manure seep into the ground and cause nitrate contamination, like the kind plaguing East Orosi.
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That in turn fuels demand for inputs such as soy and corn, as well as related fertilizers and chemicals.
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The agricultural fee revenues would be targeted to address nitrate contamination from fertilizers, a common problem in farming areas.
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His father works in Mumbai as the managing director at Armaco, an international chemicals and fertilizers engineering firm a.
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Producers say that breeding larvae requires less water and land than growing soybeans, and no chemical fertilizers or pesticides.
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It will, especially in Victoria, which is home to many natural gas consuming industries, such as chemicals, fertilizers and packaging.
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Some of these stresses are man-made, such as farming pollutants, fertilizers and pesticides which get dumped into the sea.
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It wasn't until the 1980s when synthetic agro-chemicals like fertilizers and pesticides were introduced that things began to change.
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It should be the polluters and the farmers who are applying chemical fertilizers and pesticides who should be getting certified.
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Fungi provide multiple benefits to plants: they can adjust pH levels of the soil, release antibiotics, and scavenge for fertilizers.
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SABIC sees Clariant as a stepping stone to diversifying its portfolio, which relies on commodity chemicals like fertilizers and polymers.
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However, OCP faces legal hurdles in Kenya where authorities allege it exported fertilizers which were non-compliant with regulatory standards.
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A 1975 EPA study of the Holloway Reservoir upstream showed that phosphates from fertilizers and detergents had stimulated algae growth.
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Farmers face shortages of seeds and fertilizers and many have been forced to abandon their land or sell their animals.
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Vale bought into the CSA project after facing political pressure to diversify into value-added activities like steel and fertilizers.
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Ammonium nitrate, a high-order explosive found in some artificial fertilizers, is a white crystal solid in its pure form.
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For instance, Shenzhen-based DJI manufactures agricultural drones, which spray pesticides and fertilizers, and find the source of disease outbreaks.
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Lowe's told Reuters that most of its fertilizers did not contain phosphorous and that its signage complied with the law.
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It will be used to ship fertilizers from Indorama Eleme's fertilizer plant, now under construction 16 kilometres from the terminal.
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In a note to clients on Monday, Credit Suisse analysts estimated the remaining fertilizers assets may be worth $625 million.
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The nutrients in the fertilizers feed algae that die, decompose and deplete the water of oxygen, the Louisiana scientists said.
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Farmers use the nutrients as fertilizers on their fields, but rain can then wash that fertilizer into nearby streams and rivers.
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The Runoff Risk Advisory Forecast, an initiative to help farmers apply fertilizers at optimum times, is either ineffective or being ignored.
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The agriculture ministry said in 2015 that it was targeting "zero growth" in consumption of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers by 2020.
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These practices include minimal tillage of the soil, cover cropping, crop rotations, using fewer chemicals and fertilizers, and incorporating livestock grazing.
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Kiggundu said while the project is benefiting some farmers, many still have to bear the high costs of fertilizers and seedlings.
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Chemical industry sales fell 4.5 percent, with pronounced declines in manufacturing of pesticides, fertilizers and other agricultural chemicals, the agency said.
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In Europe, French grain producers say rising oil costs may have a knock-on effect on fertilizers and crop protection products.
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This involves repeatedly harvesting seaweed in the wild, or using fertilizers in the water, which can lead to unwanted algal blooms.
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As for fertilizers, Ross said organic compounds are preferable to synthetic ones because they don't contain metals and other dangerous contaminants.
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Too often fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals run off into our rivers, polluting them and many coastal regions around the world.
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Even those of us who are eating organic foods, because of drift and pollution in the air, water, soil and fertilizers.
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One example is so-called nutrient runoff, when too many nutrients from fertilizers used on farms and lawns wash into waterways.
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The price of coffee is also still attractive enough for producers to invest in fertilizers, pesticides and other yield-boosting technologies.
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The nation's industrialized compost operations bring in roughly $21 billion annually; American farmers bought $2000 billion of conventional fertilizers in 210.
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The more farmers use fertilizers with nitrogen, which helps food grow, the more nitrous oxide gas is released into the atmosphere.
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Organic farms are prohibited from using synthetic pesticides, petroleum-based fertilizers, biosolids fertilizer (made from sewage sludge), irradiation, and genetic engineering.
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It can be used as a chemical input in a range of industrial processes, helping to make fertilizers, plastics, or pharmaceuticals.
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's CI Capital and Renaissance Capital will manage the sale of a stake in state-owned Abu Qir Fertilizers (ABUK.
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Similarly in India LNG is hardly used in power generation, with its primary application being in industries such as chemicals and fertilizers.
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The Koch brothers' have invested in such state-regulated areas as refining, chemicals, biofuels and ingredients; forest products; fertilizers; polymers and fibers.
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For example, founder Anil Bandawane made videos of experts advising the group on fertilizers and pesticides, weather trends, and various farming technologies.
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Converting CO2 into new materials has been a niche industry so far - making fertilizers, methanol and baking soda, for instance, said Extavour.
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We use drip systems and liquid bio fertilizers, as well as moringa powder and oil as a natural way to deter insects.
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The Egyptian CEO's company, OCI, produces and exports natural gas-based fertilizers and industrial chemicals to customers across agriculture and industry sectors.
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North Korea lacks adequate agricultural infrastructure, farming techniques and fertilizers, and sporadic famines are common, according to experts based in South Korea.
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Haber's fertilizers fed the world's people, but also fed algae in the sea: Fertilizer runoffs have created algae blooms, which poison fish.
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Leave your shoes at the door so you're not tracking in dirt from outside that contains harmful substances like fertilizers or lead.
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And while fertilizers help plants grow, some evidence suggests that they can, in excess, accelerate the loss of carbon from the soil.
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By focusing on soil health, Williams says he has reduced his use of herbicides by 22016 percent and fertilizers by 22.3 percent.
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Sales of chemical products, chiefly pesticides, fertilizers and other agricultural chemicals, were down 4.5 percent in June after two straight monthly increases.
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Biofuels and fertilizers are made from seaweed, and it's used to treat a variety of ailments like arthritis, rheumatism, and radiation poisoning.
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Seven years earlier, Rachel Carson had found that chemical fertilizers could work their way into the fruits and vegetables in baby food.
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That move could encourage farmers to raise their output, which then benefits other related businesses such as sellers of tractors and fertilizers.
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Carbon dioxide is also a key ingredient in our food supply, about 60 percent of which depends upon fossil fuel-based fertilizers.
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There's also been a reduction in fuel and certain fertilizers under the sanctions but reports of smuggling to get around the clampdown.
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The introduction of synthetic fertilizers and various chemicals increased crop productivity and reduced losses, but those innovations came with an environmental cost.
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The new varieties made full use of fertilizers and other inputs — harvests soared first in South America and then, crucially, in India.
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This problem was solved by the invention of synthetic fertilizers that supply plants with nitrogen in a "fixed" form they can use.
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Many of the illegal growers use fertilizers and pesticides long restricted or banned in the United States, including carbofuran and zinc phosphide.
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In Sukoharjo, an employee at government-approved distributor Subur Makmur said retailers were hiking prices of subsidized fertilizers to cover "operational costs".
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In most parts of the country, those nutrients result from storm water and agricultural runoff, fertilizers, dog waste and nearby septic tanks.
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But synthetic fertilizers contain no carbon, and as their use spread along with tillage practices to incorporate them, soil carbon content declined.
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It sells bacteria, as a coating sprayed onto seeds—bacteria that could replace the chemical fertilizers modern agriculture has come to rely on.
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Jamaica has announced it is going to pay off oil debts it has with Venezuela with food, medication, and fertilizers, instead of cash.
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Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co (SAFCO) dropped 20.4 percent after quarterly profit shrank to 408.33 million riyals from 2408.3 million riyals and sales declined.
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As these fertilizers dry out, some of the plastics can get carried off the land by the wind, or wash directly into rivers.
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Through loans and especially barter operations, the Brazil-based trading firms exchange fertilizers and agrochemicals for a portion of a farmer's future crop.
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The company said the shutdown was also causing an increase in the price of sulphuric acid, a smelting byproduct used to make fertilizers.
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Photo: Alan Levine (Flickr)Scientists have created time crystals out of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, a chemical commonly found in fertilizers and fire extinguishers.
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It is constantly flowing out of, and into, surface water, bringing with it every class of human-generated runoff—from fertilizers to pharmaceuticals.
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Compound fertilizers can increase crop yields by up to 40 percent with the same amount of application as conventional fertilizer, said the IFC.
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That's because cotton requires lots of land, water, and fertilizers to grow; then, it needs to be harvested, processed, and brought to market.
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As to the cause, the researchers attributed it to excessive nutrient runoff from farms in China due to the increased use of fertilizers.
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Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd (RCF), IFFCO and Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals, and Tata Chemicals are among the key potash buyers in India.
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There is also a worry that the demonetization drive could hit winter crops as farmers are facing problems in buying seeds and fertilizers.
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The group, which controls 75 percent of the world's phosphate reserves, has a 65 percent market share of phosphates-based fertilizers in Africa.
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The duties could disrupt supply lines for U.S. companies that sell chemicals and fertilizers, part of a $215-billion U.S. farm chemical industry.
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But could we keep feeding the earth's population of seven billion if we simply eliminated pesticides, herbicides, synthetic fertilizers and genetically modified crops?
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The 2015 changes defined which streams and wetlands are protected by federal clean water law from pollutants including pesticides, fertilizers and mine waste.
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One part remains as a construction company while the other, known as OCI, became one of the planet's leading producers of nitrogen fertilizers.
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Between inspections they are required to document every input used, from seeds to fertilizers, and report changes at their operation in real time.
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Already, CRISPR technologies are being used to biologically manufacture chemicals, replace pesticides and fertilizers, and provide cures for rare diseases once though impossible.
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Because it lacks chemical fertilizers, North Korea still relies on human excrement to fertilize its fields, helping parasites to spread, the experts said.
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Elsewhere, Saudi Arabia Fertilizers was up 0.8% after its board proposed a 1.5 riyals per share dividend for the second half of 2019.
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Agriculture accounts for about a third of greenhouse gas emissions, primarily through deforestation, the use of petrochemical fertilizers and methane production by livestock.
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In that time, O'Rourke proved once again that, apparently, personal and professional downfalls, setbacks, and sea changes are great fertilizers for facial hair.
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The second plant, Fertinal, operated well below capacity, and Pemex Fertilizers suffered net losses of $665 million that year, according to the report.
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The situation can be exacerbated by the use of chemical fertilizers on land, which eventually end up in the water, causing oxygen loss.
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I use neither fertilizers nor pesticides, so my lawn is a sparse blend of grass, clover and weeds, interspersed with sad bald patches.
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In this top-down, command-and-control model, knowledge, fertilizers, seed, and land are all fed into the black box that is the farm.
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Organic food standards don't allow the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and genetically modified organisms and restrict the use of veterinary medications like antibiotics.
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Even with recent the price increases, farmers have been frustrated this year over the more rapid increase in the cost of fertilizers and diesel.
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The companies are Alexandria Mineral Oils Company, Eastern Tobacco, Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling, Abou Kir Fertilizers, and Heliopolis Housing, a cabinet statement said.
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Agricultural companies like Nutrien, which sells fertilizers and seeds directly to farmers, have already been hammered by trade uncertainty that pushed down crop prices.
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Even families with working wells can't always drink the water — chemicals from fertilizers and sewage concentrate in the remaining water as the well dries.
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Deere does not currently produce a "high-clearance" sprayer which allows farmers to spray fields with fertilizers and pesticides later in the growing season.
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The animals eat an abundant amount of feed, which is grown with petroleum-based fertilizers and typically comes from industrial corn and soy fields.
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The potential of early detection is to make more and better wines without needing as much labor, water, pesticides or fertilizers to do so.
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The intensive use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers in tea plantations has also led to soil degradation at an average annual rate of 2.8%.
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In response, U.S. farmers have bought cheaper seeds, spent less on fertilizers and delayed equipment purchases as they seek to ride out the downturn.
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The 2015 rule defines which streams and wetlands are protected by federal clean water law from pollutants such as pesticides, fertilizers and mine waste.
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Medical advances that saved lives also made germ warfare possible; chemical engineering led to fertilizers and increased food production but also to chemical warfare.
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It puts our family farm in peril — we will be in big trouble paying for our property taxes, paying for the seed and fertilizers.
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These are the same fertilizers that travel down the Mississippi River and end up in the Gulf of Mexico, causing the infamous dead zones.
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While septic systems, concentrated livestock operations, and lawn and golf course fertilizers also contribute to these nutrient loads, farmland runoff dominates in most regions.
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The deal would give Yara the ability to produce in Brazil nitrogen-based fertilizers such as ammonium nitrate, largely used in growing sugar cane.
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He says that because the Chen family only used organic fertilizers and rarely watered their plantation, the roots of the trees were visibly resilient.
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"Farmers are dealing with increased regulation which prevents them from just applying a lot of chemicals and fertilizers like they used to," he said.
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Chemical pesticides, fertilizers and industrial chemicals — whole cocktails of them — are making their way into sloughs, rivers, lakes, streams, aquifers, wells and even rain.
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Ms. Watson warns of deforestation and chemical fertilizers, among other contemporary threats, yet she maintains optimism for sites still densely occupied and vigilantly preserved.
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In this case, the water is polluted with agricultural fertilizers and pesticides that algae can filter out and use to fuel its own growth.
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Many of the start-ups at the San Francisco event are trying to use greenhouse gases to produce valuable chemicals like fertilizers and biofuels.
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But the use of these fertilizers has not been very efficient, resulting in the release of large amounts of reactive nitrogen into the environment.
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That same property means that water also dissolves and delivers harmful toxins, when present, like mercury, lead, arsenic, industrial chemicals, fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides.
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In 2017, it formed a joint venture with Bayer AG to develop bacteria that can perform similar functions to fertilizers without the associated pollution.
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One study showed that the nitrogen fertilizers farmers applied to their crops during and after planting stayed in the soil through a drought year.
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The report also suggested growing new crops with reduced greenhouse gas emissions as well as improving the fertilizers we use to reduce nitrogen runoff.
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State agriculture scientists developed fertilizers and additives to fix the acidic, nutrient-poor earth and created soybean strains that could thrive in the tropics.
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The symbiotic relationship between these three crops makes efficient use of farmland, regulates moisture and sunlight, and eliminates the need for fertilizers and pesticides.
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One of the biggest stories in agriculture right now is the jaw-dropping consolidation among companies that sell the world's seeds, pesticides, and fertilizers.
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And we have to consider the nitrous oxide gas that's being produced from the fertilizers we're feeding to the microbes that live in the soil.
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Sources of these nutrients include fertilizers from agriculture, golf courses, and suburban lawns, erosion of soil packed with nutrients, and sewage discharge from treatment plants.
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Fertilizing is still done today, of course, whether it be on large farms with commercial fertilizers or just adding some Miracle-Gro to a houseplant.
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The nutrients are usually phosphorus and nitrogen, which can be found in products used agriculturally and in homes, such as fertilizers, detergents, and cleaning products.
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Formerly known as FBN Procurement, FBN Direct allows users to buy 500 different farm chemicals, fertilizers, seeds and seed treatments, at prices they set themselves.
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All I could really gather is that "the progress" of modern agriculture, especially the introduction of industrial fertilizers, have cut the legs off the melano.
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But when it's laced with a century's worth of fertilizers and pesticides, as it is on the playa of the Salton Sea, it's more dangerous.
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The researchers predict that it will take 30 years for nitrogen levels to return to normal, even if nobody uses nitrogen fertilizers again after today.
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Many fertilizers contain nutrients that are great for your plants but stormwater pollutes local bodies with byproducts from your lawn that seriously hurt aquatic life.
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At the seminar, she said in her speech that the ministry is proposing increased independence for industries including meat-packing, wine production and even fertilizers.
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In recent coverage, he highlighted oil and gas drillers, metal and glass containers, fertilizers and agricultural chemicals, IT consulting, tanker stocks, and metals and mining.
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These microbes are already helping crops grow in low-water conditions, and one day they could replace the chemical fertilizers that modern agriculture relies on.
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Instead, it's recommended that farmers cut down on other sources of methane, like fertilizers, while also improving their cows' diets to help curb methane emissions.
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The rule required farmers to get permits before applying pesticides and fertilizers that could run into certain bodies of water, protections that could be lifted.
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Florida's plentiful agricultural runoff is loaded with nutrients in the form of chemical fertilizers, which could prolong and exacerbate red tides once they get going.
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While there are multiple reasons for the algae outbreak, one likely cause is industrial logging practices and the resulting pollution from clearcutting, chemicals and fertilizers.
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In Iowa, the problem is nitrate pollution from the overabundance of fertilizers used in corn country and the millions of animals confined in factory farms.
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While it didn't make national news, citizens in Toledo, Ohio couldn't drink the water in 28503 after fertilizers caused toxic algae blooms, Manning points out.
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Settlement and agriculture in fertile bottomlands contributed further silt, plus an unwelcome gout of fertilizers and pesticides that poisoned river ecosystems from the bottom up.
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And when the US consumers purchase overseas farm products, the SDG index records the pollution associated with the fertilizers used in the overseas farm production.
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When science fair time comes around, fourth graders tend to take on modest projects: They compare plant fertilizers, for example, or construct paper mache volcanoes.
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Sarah Werning: So... All reptiles are internal fertilizers, which means they've got to get the sperm inside the females to hook up with the eggs.
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Those who've joined FBN can ostensibly save money on seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and more by being invited to comparison shop through FBN's own online store.
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Companies that would be affected by a tariff increase on Friday span a range of industries, from seafood and fertilizers to handbags and copper alloys.
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When the chemical fertilizers used in industrial agriculture or the manure from livestock wind up in the ocean they can fuel huge blooms of microorganisms.
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According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nitrite is likely a carcinogen used in fertilizers, food preservation and even munitions and explosives.
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The allegations center on Pemex Fertilizers, a subsidiary of the firm created during Pena Nieto's term, which purchased two fertilizer plants in 2013 and 2016.
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When Cuban trade with the Soviet bloc ended in the early 1990s, food production collapsed due to the loss of imported fertilizers, pesticides, tractors and petroleum.
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The blooms feed on nutrients like fertilizers that wash into coastal seawater, and thrive in water that is a little bit warm, but not too hot.
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He also grows wheat and said the business is generally tougher for farmers due to the rising costs of equipment, fertilizers and other needed agricultural inputs.
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ICL is the world's sixth-largest producer of potash, a key ingredient in fertilizers, with exclusive rights in Israel to extract minerals from the Dead Sea.
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That includes the oil to make synthetic fibers, fertilizers to grow cotton and toxic chemicals to dye, treat and produce the textiles used to make clothes.
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Commodity-linked shares were also weak, with Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co (SAFCO) missing analysts' forecast and reporting a 68 percent decline in third-quarter net profit.
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Most farm-related emissions come in the form of methane (the hilariously-named but seriously detrimental "cattle belching") and nitrous oxide (from fertilizers and the like).
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The farmland may be lush and fertile here, but it is also awash with pesticides and fertilizers that can leach into the (usually unfiltered) water supply.
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Experts say some of the contamination in the Central Valley involves nitrates and is due to fertilizers applied by farmers, livestock operations and bad septic systems.
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An IOC official said the Ennore terminal is connected to only three customers, including IOC subsidiary Chennai Petroleum Corp, Madras Fertilizers Ltd and Tamil Nadu Petroproducts.
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Under the rule, farmers or companies would need federal permission before using certain fertilizers if their land was near a stream or a wetland, for example.
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Indian Potash Ltd, IFFCO, Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corp, Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd, Coromandel International Ltd are some of the top potash players in India.
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Drones with multispectral sensors took aerial images of the field, while smaller machines at crop level took samples to assess what fertilizers to apply and where.
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Plus, it doesn't hurt knowing that the pullover is made from organic cotton, which means no harmful fertilizers or pesticides were used in the growing process.
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In contrast, government subsidies on fertilizers, which usually come in the form of paper vouchers handed out by government extension officers, are easily attributable to politicians.
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In previous eras, inventions like fertilizers and mechanized farming helped us find ways to tap into more resources and produce more food to address our needs.
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When soil is healthy, free from pesticides or synthetic fertilizers, it's able to produce a series of vital functions – nutrient cycling, water filtration and water retention.
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How this happened: Algae blooms occur when environmental conditions favor the rapid growth of algae, which feed off of nutrients found in fertilizers and waste products.
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That view appeals to DuPont, the American seed giant, which offers Mr. Li and his family discounts on seed, pesticides and fertilizers to cultivate those views.
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While chemical fertilizers can help increase food production, they can have the dangerous side effect of contaminating groundwater through nitrates that pass passed through the soil.
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Pure hydrogen is mostly used in oil refining and the production of ammonia, mainly for fertilizers, while mixed gases are supplied for methanol and steel production.
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But agribusiness, under the banner of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, lobbies governments to subsidize expanding fossil-fuel-based fertilizers and commercial seeds.
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And along with using less land, the oil palm gobbles up significantly fewer pesticides and chemical fertilizers than coconut, corn or any other vegetable oil source.
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ICL is the world's sixth-largest producer of potash, a key ingredient in fertilizers, with exclusive rights in Israel to extract minerals from the Dead Sea.
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Autonomous tractors sowed the seeds, drones with sensors monitored the crops, and smaller machines took samples to assess what fertilizers and pesticides to apply and where.
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Saudi Arabia Fertilizers rose a further 1.1% a day after its board proposed a dividend of 1.5 riyals per share for the second half of 2019.
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After I walked through the kolkhoz's dilapidated buildings and a church where the Soviets stored fertilizers and chemicals I asked Olena what her life was like.
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The first is organic wine (made from grapes grown without chemical fertilizers or fungicides), while the second are wines vinified without supplemental yeast or other additives.
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The world's population is increasing, leading to higher food demand, but this then threatens increasing deforestation, pesticide use and some fertilizers that are responsible for greenhouse emissions.
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Changes to the trade agreement would likely affect smaller industries, too: Top import categories include breads, pastries and empty medicine capsules; chemical and mineral fertilizers; and tires.
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Canadian National Railway Co reported better-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue on Tuesday, as the railroad moved higher volumes of commodities including Canadian grains and fertilizers.
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In the 1970s, the area became known as America's Ruhr, because it produced 60% of America's nitrogen fertilizers and vinyl chloride, and a quarter of America's chlorine.
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It's still the most important application we know — one that could aid in the design of everything from batteries and solar cells to fertilizers and lifesaving drugs.
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The rule would require farmers or companies to obtain federal permission before they used certain fertilizers, for example, if their land was near a stream or wetland.
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Historically, it's been more life science investors who've diversified into agriculture, applying investment expertise in genetics and biology to startups developing pesticides, fertilizers, feedstocks and crop varieties.
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We often encourage people to use fertilizers during the grow seasons (spring-summer) as that helps to revitalize old soils and promote nutrient uptake in the roots.
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But over the course of Opson, investigators also found sugar cut with fertilizers, peanuts sold as pine nuts, illegal monkey meat, and huge numbers of fake labels.
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Meanwhile, food scraps that are unusable are finding a new life in the form of fertilizers and cooking gas, thanks to energy companies like Israel-based Homebiogas.
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Chinese laborers were exploited with strict daily quotas of guano to collect under inhuman conditions, until the business eventually ran into trouble, being replaced by alternative fertilizers.
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Where it is coming from: Nitrogen fertilizers are made by converting inert nitrogen in the atmosphere to a "fixed" chemical form plants can use as a nutrient.
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Another official said there may be a new $870 million program for farmers, where scientists would test their soil and then recommend fertilizers to boost agricultural yields.
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The company is the world's sixth-largest producer of potash, a key ingredient in fertilizers, with exclusive rights in Israel to extract minerals from the Dead Sea.
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In streams and rivers, most algal blooms are caused by fertilizers, animal waste and other pollution that runs off farms and paved suburban areas during heavy rain.
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Nitrogen fertilizers frequently used in soybean and corn production, for example, release nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas with 300 times the heat-trapping capacity of carbon dioxide.
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Norway's Yara, a global producer and distributor of fertilizers, agreed in November to buy mining giant Vale's fertilizer complex in Cubatão, Brazil, for $255 million in cash.
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The villagers requested two things: training in organic farming¬ -- meaning they wouldn't have to buy expensive chemical fertilizers and pesticides -- and quality healthcare that they could afford.
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Hilltops were leveled, forests and native vegetation cleared, streams destroyed and polluted, wildlife poisoned and killed, public land turned into dumping grounds for trash, pesticides, and fertilizers.
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To accomplish this, he eliminated the use of herbicides and fertilizers, developed techniques for training the roots downward and began trials for both organic and biodynamic viticulture.
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Discharge from Lake Okeechobee, where the water has high concentrations of phosphorus and nitrogen from fertilizers, has also led to an unusually large blue-green algal bloom.
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Animal waste, antibiotics, hormones, fertilizers, pesticides used on feed crops, bacteria, viruses, and sediments from eroded land wash into our waterways, sometimes leaching into drinking water supplies.
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He estimated that cadmium would not build up in the soil as long as fertilizers contained less than an average of 73 milligrams per kilogram of phosphate.
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It usually means that we're going to get more pesticides and fertilizers on the crop, which I know is a concern for a lot of cannabis consumers.
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The new crop financing will allow Brazilian producers to purchase agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilizers and pesticides at reduced interest rates to better plan future production.
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Grown aeroponically, the produce is grown in a matter of days with 95% less water and a fraction of the fertilizers of conventional farming, according to AeroFarms.
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Plus, it doesn&apost hurt knowing that the pullover is made from organic cotton, which means no harmful fertilizers or pesticides were used in the growing process.
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In fact, last year local rice prices rose 13 percent, versus a 16 percent drop in the Asian benchmark, partly due to the misallocation of subsidized fertilizers.
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In January, LG Chem, South Korea's top chemicals firm, also agreed to buy seeds, pesticides and fertilizers maker Dongbu Farm Hannong for 515.2 billion won ($430.05 million).
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The bigger picture is even more exciting: Robotics can be applied to fungicides, insecticides, and even fertilizers, reducing agrochemicals in large-scale farming by 90-plus percent.
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The plant is one of ICL's core assets, producing potash that goes into fertilizers, bromine for flame retardants and other products sold for billions of dollars worldwide.
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Crude oil, coal, fertilizers and frozen fish are some of the more substantial exports Russia makes to China, according to trade data from the Observatory of Economic Complexity.
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By doing that, Bayer and Ginkgo have the potential to disrupt the $250 billion global fertilizer market by replacing chemical fertilizers with a cheaper, more environmentally-friendly solution.
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That has forced farmers like Macharia, who struggle with low yields, to seek cost-efficient alternatives to fertilizers in order to improve the soil and boost crop production.
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WORRY-FREE For farmers like Macharia, synthetic fertilizers are also costly and - apart from the risk to humans, animals and the environment - they harden the soil, experts say.
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But then Szaky convinced big-box retailers like Home Depot and Walmart, which were already stocking established fertilizers like Miracle-Gro, to take a chance on his product.
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It allowed people working in agriculture to anonymously share information about what they were paying for seeds, fertilizers and other "inputs" that they need to raise healthy crops.
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Total volumes rose 2 percent as increases in coal and forest products, including lumber and paper products, more than offset declines in fertilizers and agricultural and food products.
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The trick works because mold secretes the enzyme urease, which breaks down urea (a nitrogen-rich compound that's commonly found in fertilizers and urine) into carbonate and ammonium.
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Researchers from the University of Waterloo showed that nitrogen fertilizers have caused nitrates to accumulate in the Mississippi River Basin, and that they won't be clear for decades.
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"This is a $43 billion firm, I do not believe we are talking about basic nitrogen-based fertilizers but some very high value products," he said on Wednesday.
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Using food waste to enrich your soil benefits the earth in a number of ways, including reducing the use of chemical fertilizers and decreasing methane emissions in landfills.
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Petrochemicals that are derived from oil and gas feed-stocks form the building blocks for products that range from plastic bottles and beauty products to fertilizers and explosives.
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Ferreira told a news conference after the investor meeting that plans to sell Vale's fertilizers unit are on track and a deal could be announced soon, without elaborating.
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In Romania, Cargill entered the crop inputs market in 2001 and has distributed a wide variety of seeds, pesticides and fertilizers since 2008, according to a company website.
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In Ethiopia, the Moroccan firm expects its chemical plant to be operational by 2023 or 2024, with an initial capacity of 2.5 million tonnes of fertilizers, he said.
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In 2018, RTC was the market leader in rail transportation of grain in Russia and Kazakhstan and of timber and mineral fertilizers in Russia, according to the company.
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Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd fell as much as 5.4 percent after the company said on Wednesday that the government would divest 5 percent stake in the firm.
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T. Rowe Price and Temasek led a $110 million investment in Farmers Business Network, a marketplace that helps farmers lock in a fair price on seeds and fertilizers.
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Access to affordable energy gives U.S. manufacturers a competitive edge, reducing power and materials costs for producers of steel, chemicals, refined fuels, plastics, fertilizers and numerous other products.
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Angel Dorante, an opposition activist and former rice farmer said he felt ashamed Venezuelan output had collapsed, blaming nationalizations under late leader Hugo Chavez and lack of fertilizers.
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Farmers like Ramnaryan Mandloi from Sehore in the central state of Madhya Pradesh spent more on seeds and fertilizers as market prices and the weather both looked good.
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Included, too, as an asset was the gold extracted from the teeth of deceased laborers, the value of their bones used in fertilizers, value of personal belongings, etc.
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"With the income from selling solar lamps and clean stoves, I pay for fertilizers and laborers for my field, which helps me to grow more," Magdalene told CNN.
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Yet, fertilizers can push this waifish modern tree to grow about 50 full-size apples, compared to as many as 300 or so on the old-style trees.
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Here, the problem isn't just carbon dioxide, but also methane emitted by burping livestock and their manure, plus nitrous oxide, released from both synthetic and natural soil fertilizers.
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"The price problem has not allowed producers to nourish the plants with fertilizers and practice cultural care, and the drought has added up impacting the farms," Ordonez said.
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CSX officials said in the statement that several of the derailed cars were reported to be leaking molten sulfur, which is used in making rubber, detergent and fertilizers.
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Tawfik also said that state-controlled companies Alexandria Container & Cargo Handling Company and Abu Qir Fertilizers are ready to offer some of their shares on the stock market.
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Raising animals for food is resource-intensive, requiring the production of feed and fertilizers that result in greenhouse gases -- not to mention the methane that comes from cows.
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Nitrogen-based fertilizers, which came into wide use after World War II, helped prompt the agricultural revolution that has allowed the Earth to feed its seven billion people.
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Diverting and tapping water from streams and springs, exhausting underground aquifers, and overloading watersheds with pesticides, rodenticides, and fertilizers are other ways that illegal grows decimate the environment.
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Other factors that can contribute to cracking include the overuse of certain fertilizers, high growth temperatures, heavy soil texture and the strength of the outer layer of the root.
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Preston, who also said Jett suffered from asthma, blamed household cleaners, fertilizers and pesticides for causing her son's autism disorder and lobbied for more detailed labeling on chemical products.
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Chemistry has revolutionized our lives through drugs to cure our illnesses, batteries to power our smartphones, fertilizers to grow our food and plastics to be formed by our imaginations.
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An official at state-run RCF said the government has also taken the rare step of restricting movement of imported fertilizers in an effort to cut down on imports.
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For those farmers who are living at the top of the mountain, it's too expensive to transport a couple of bags of fertilizers to the top of the village.
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But it's industrial uses for natural gas, such as chemicals and fertilizers, that are the biggest drivers of growth in most areas of the world, per the IEA report.
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Biosphere 23's farm was the most productive half acre of farmland ever – and recycled its nutrients and water, maintained soil fertility without chemical fertilizers or any toxic chemicals.
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Revenue in the petroleum and chemicals segment, including crude-by-rail shipments, rose about 25% in the second quarter, while revenue in the grain and fertilizers unit rose 8.4%.
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The company says its formula of coating seeds in microbes will one day help crops to withstand environmental stresses and allow farmers to forgo chemical fertilizers, herbicides and insecticides.
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For a number of years now, the Saudi oil and chemical giants have been moving away from just producing crude oil to basic and advanced chemicals, metals and fertilizers.
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"The beach species is exceptionally tolerant of salt, because it evolved on sand dunes," Stewart said—a compelling quality, because drought and fertilizers cause salts to accumulate in soil.
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His fertilizers are made of potassium compounds and phosphate produced by Agrium of Calgary, Alberta, which on Monday agreed to combine with the fertilizer producer Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan.
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Shop all jeans at Levi's hereIn 2010, Levi's launched the Better Cotton Initiative, which trains farmers to use less water, pesticides, insecticides, and synthetic fertilizers when growing cotton plants.
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The industry includes efforts to develop new fertilizers and pesticides, Internet-connected devices to help farmers better raise crops, and data services that help food producers analyze their businesses.
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Today, although mass-produced wines are still largely farmed industrially, the best producers have mostly abandoned the fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides and supplements that are the foundation of chemical farming.
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A new rule will allow landowners and property developers to dump pollutants such as pesticides and fertilizers directly into many waterways, and destroy or fill in wetlands for construction.
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Saudi Arabia Fertilizers (SAFCO) rose 2.2 percent after it reported net income of 423 million riyals, at the high end of forecasts; the consensus estimate was 406 million riyals.
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JPMC is one of the largest producers of phosphates in the world, producing up to seven million tonnes a year of rock phosphates, used as to make crop fertilizers.
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One company, Indigo, has been analyzing the bacterial composition of agricultural staples to see how pesticides and fertilizers may have changed the balance of the plants' symbiotic bugs over time.
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They labor under the punishing sun, barely eking out a living from maize and beans as supplies of seeds, fertilizers, and water — like everything else in this country — have dwindled.
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Use of any chemicals in national forests is against federal law, as pesticides have killed sensitive species and fertilizers can cause algae blooms and bacteria problems in rivers and streams.
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So besides all the fertilizers, pesticides and water they use, farms also burn a lot of fossil fuels and money to keep the lights on, tractors rolling and refrigerators humming.
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But these contaminations are more systemic — driven by fractional infrastructure spending in rural communities and the encroachment of nitrates found in chemical fertilizers — and lack an easy company to prosecute.
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Did you know... The Nobel prize in 1918 went to German national Fritz Haber, whose Haber-Bosch process is credited with both the large-scale synthesis of fertilizers and explosives.
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For farmers, drone-gathered data yields heat maps and other visualizations that can guide them to irrigate only where moisture is needed, or apply pesticides, fertilizers or herbicides precisely too.
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The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the Netherlands-based OCI, a producer and distributor of natural gas-based fertilizers and chemicals, are joining forces, the companies announced Monday.
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Meanwhile Saudi Arabia Fertilizers (SAFCO) rose 0.7 percent after it reported net income of 423 million riyals, at the high end of forecasts; the consensus estimate was 406 million riyals.
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Sales in the chemical industry increased by 6.2 percent on increased shipments of pesticides and fertilizers while machinery sales grew by 8.9 percent after three consecutive month-on-month declines.
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But scientists like Dr. Norman Borlaug figured out how to use genetic engineering and synthetic fertilizers from natural gas to grow more food on less land and feed more people.
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Last year, Ginkgo raised $100 million in a joint venture with pharma company Bayer to create bacteria that can decrease farmers' reliance on chemical fertilizers by focusing on nitrogen fixation.
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Carbon capture involves taking the emissions from coal and natural gas-burning power plants and industrial facilities, then burying the carbon deep underground or repurposing it for fertilizers and chemicals.
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Canadian rival Nutrien Ltd this month reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, driven by higher prices for potash and nitrogen fertilizers and raised its forecast for potash sales volumes.
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"It can pollute the lands and waters in the areas where it's cultivated, as well as poison wildlife through the use of pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, and petroleum fuels," Carah said.
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In the past 30 years, the bay, which once supported a robust clamming industry, has been affected by leaking septic systems and storm-water runoff containing lawn fertilizers and herbicides.
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Her analysis looked at livestock manure that is used as fertilizer and assumed that it would have to be replaced with synthetic fertilizers, which are often made from natural gas.
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But according to Jean Bonhotal, the director of the Cornell Waste Management Institute, humans have interrupted that circular system by entombing valuable nutrients in landfills and relying on chemical fertilizers.
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For the first time in decades, landowners and property developers could dump pollutants such as pesticides and fertilizers directly into many waterways, and destroy or fill in wetlands for construction.
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The feeds given to cattle are grown with petroleum-based fertilizers, and the animals' digestive systems produce methane, a pollutant 25 times as damaging to the environment as carbon dioxide.
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There are plenty of fertilizers and pesticides that fit the technical definition of organic (naturally occurring, not made in a lab) but are hard on the environment, like copper sulfate.
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Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co (SAFCO) has hired Samba Capital, while Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) has chosen HSBC's Saudi Arabian unit, the two companies said in separate bourse statements on Monday.
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Macharia noted that vermiculture is popular in countries like the United States, which is where he stumbled across the technique while on a study trip to learn about farming without fertilizers.
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Saudi Arabian Fertilizers Co (SAFCO) dropped 0.4 percent after it said quarterly profit halved to 299 million riyals, broadly in line with an average forecast by analysts for 290.5 million riyals.
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Senator Chuck Grassley, the Iowa Republican, backed the president after China announced retaliatory measures on products such as frozen spinach, natural honey, and potassium sulfate, which is often used in fertilizers.
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Planting vast acres of these identical crops alongside ample application of pesticides and other chemicals can deplete the soil's structure and resilience, leading to runoff of pesticides and fertilizers into waterways.
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In 2015, the American Farm Bureau Federation led a lawsuit against the rule, arguing it puts the burden on farmers to get a permit for using fertilizers near ditches and streams.
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Malthus worried about the fixed amount of land we could farm to sustain growing populations, but today, we use fertilizers, machines, and engineered crops to get more out of that land.
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Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co fell 1.0 percent after its board proposed a first-half cash dividend of 0.75 riyal per share, down from 1.5 riyals for the first half of 2016.
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Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co may see selling after its board proposed a first-half cash dividend of 0.75 riyal per share, down from 1.5 riyals for the first half of 2016.
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Dow, which makes a vast range of products like packaging material, chemicals for fertilizers and car brake fluids, said overall volumes rose 3 percent in the second quarter ended June 13.
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The petrochemical sector was one of the main drags with Saudi Basic Industries and Saudi Arabia Fertilizers, the two largest petrochemical producers by market value, falling 1.1 and 0.7 percent respectively.
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And as larger plastics linger in the water, they break down into microplastics that scientists are now finding everywhere: in fish, fertilizers, table salt, and in 93 percent of bottled water.
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A mainly plant-based diet could also reduce other environmental impacts, such as those from fertilizers, and save up to quarter use of both farmland and fresh water, according to Springmann.
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Hamilton and Hare offers a range of environmentally friendly underwear made from a blend of cotton and lyocell, a cellulose nanofibre fabric that's made Eucalyptus trees, requiring no fertilizers or pesticides.
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Moreover, conventional dairy farms rely on shipped-in animal feed, such as corn and alfalfa, which is produced using tons of pesticides and fertilizers and transported using carbon-polluting fossil fuels.
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For food to be certified organic by the Department of Agriculture, produce must be grown without the use of most synthetic fertilizers and pesticides and may not contain genetically modified organisms.
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With the Mekong's nutrients diminished and water flows unpredictable, farmers have increased their use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, which are costly and harmful when used in excess, agricultural groups said.
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In 2003, the Federal Aviation Administration approved the Yamaha RMAX as the first drone weighing more than 55 pounds to carry tanks of fertilizers and pesticides in order to spray crops.
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Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co fell 0.8 percent after its board proposed a first-half cash dividend of 0.75 riyal per share, down from 13 riyals for the first half of 2016.
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Disorderly distribution and scant oversight have also allowed many of the country's 244,2000 state-approved farm retailers to collude amongst themselves to sell subsidized fertilizers at higher prices, the investigator added.
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SQM, which is also an important producer of fertilizers and iodine, reported net income of $103.2 million in the three months to end-March, up from $58.5 million a year ago.
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The two companies are collaborating on the development of seeds that require less fertilizer for growth — something that could save the industry millions and decrease pollution associated with traditional chemical fertilizers.
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But that revolution came at a cost: Artificial fertilizers, often applied in amounts beyond what crops need to grow, are carried in runoff from farmland into streams, lakes and the ocean.
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More than a third of residential waste consists of food waste and yard refuse, organic materials that could be separated out, composted and turned into fertilizers or biogas, city officials say.
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They do not tackle other pollutants, like ammonia released by nitrogen fertilizers used in agriculture, which, some scientists have said, may contribute up to 20 percent of the smog in China.
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However, asked if they planned to participate in the sale, Ciech said it was not interested in the sale, CF Industries and Yara declined to comment and Koch Fertilizers did not respond.
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In the market, there is also a $450 million refinancing loan for Egyptian Fertilizers Company, a subsidiary of Netherlands-listed OCI N.V.., a company led by Egyptian billionaire Nassef Sawiris, sources said.
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Severe flooding in the U.S. farm belt across Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and several other states delayed spring farming and has hit agricultural companies like Mosaic, which sell fertilizers directly to farmers.
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The approach of the first Green Revolution — which was fossil-fuel-dependent, limited to five crops and required heavy use of fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides and water — is simply not appropriate for today.
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Food production for billions of people depends on this method for producing nitrogen fertilizers, but Haber's role in building chemical explosives also gave him a reputation as the "father of chemical warfare."
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That's very good news, because it's unlikely the world is going to wean itself off nitrogen fertilizers anytime soon—not if we hope to feed an extra two billion people by 2050.
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Tending to a massive farm requires a huge investment in manpower and equipment—GPS-rigged tractors, the latest genetically modified seeds, chemicals for killing bugs and weeds, fertilizers to replenish exhausted soils.
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Additionally, cattle require extensive food supplies, which increases the destruction of native habitats for farming while in the process placing increased demand on fossils fuels used to produce fertilizers, pesticides, and energy.
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David M. Gates, an ecologist who sounded early warnings that fossil fuels, fertilizers and pesticides posed a potentially fatal threat to the global environment, died on March 4 in Ann Arbor, Mich.
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After nearly two decades of subsidized prices, inputs (such as fertilizers and fungicides) became more expensive, while coffee sales became much more unstable—plummeting some seasons well below formerly fixed government prices.
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Getting a mature plant in just a few months — with less fertilizer than needed for industrial crops like corn, and without chemical fertilizers or bug sprays — makes the potential for profit huge.
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He was referring to sales of garden-related products such as fertilizers and mulch, which account for 15 percent to 20 percent of revenue, and took a beating in the first quarter.
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The blue-green algae, which grows when stagnant warm waters get nutrients from runoff agricultural fertilizers, flowed down the Caloosahatchee River into the Gulf of Mexico, where it mixed with red tide.
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They don't end up getting enough of a yield increase to pay for the inputs, and their land becomes more acidic, less fertile, with the repeated corn crops fed by these fertilizers.
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This is partly because raising animals for food is resource-intensive, requiring the production of feed and fertilizers that result in greenhouse gases -- not to mention the methane that comes from cows.
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By the second half of the 20th century, Catalonians began abandoning the steepest, hardest-to-farm hillsides in favor of the valleys, where machines and fertilizers made farming easier and more productive.
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Canadian fertilizer maker Nutrien Ltd on Tuesday reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly profit and forecast full-year earnings below analysts' estimates on weak global demand for fertilizers and lower potash prices.
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Farmers and property developers will now be able to release pesticides, fertilizers and other pollutants directly into many of those waterways, as well as destroy or fill in wetlands for construction projects.
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In a video on Vale's website, Chief Executive Murilo Ferreira said the company never had the opportunity to become a world leader in fertilizers as it has with iron ore and nickel.
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Mr. Tsatsarov said a Finnish laboratory, enlisted by Mr. Gebrev, had found traces of organophosphates, which are used in fertilizers, but no evidence of any substances banned by the Chemical Weapons Convention.
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Since the collapse of the U.S.S.R. in 4013, Cuban farmers have had no access to pesticides or fertilizers, so there is none of the chemical flow-off that can devastate marine life.
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Egypt's blue-chip index inched 2316 percent higher as Abu Qir Fertilizers and Chemical Industries rose 20.2 percent, a day after it reported that profit jumped by 24 percent in the first quarter.
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On the fertilizer side (potash, phosphate and nitrogen), transactions have been driven by companies looking to expand retail distribution or add capacity to boost profits at a time where there's oversupply in fertilizers.
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Fertilizers running into the ocean can cause algal blooms, which gobble up oxygen to form dead zones where fish can't thrive, but that's not the only thing stripping the ocean of its O2.
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Environmental group Audubon International notes that this is thanks to golf courses' use of water, chemicals like fertilizers, and the fact that, through their very construction, large swathes of land must be altered.
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Plants may also excrete less carbon into the earth when bathed in synthetic fertilizers, causing the ancient relationship among plant roots, soil fungi and microbes — the symbiosis that increases soil carbon — to fray.
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At the same time, the regulator's promise of free fertilizers, pesticides, spraying and seedlings had discouraged private sector participation and made farmers unhealthily dependent on free products rather than buying on the market.
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The technique requires adherence to an astrological calendar and centers around nine "preparations" used to charge compost with mystical properties to support plant growth—all without the use of pesticides or chemical fertilizers.
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Many of the problems at Pemex Fertilizers, a subsidiary created under Pena Nieto's liberalization of the energy sector, stem from its purchase of two fertilizer plants in 2013 and 2016, the report said.
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Organic growers are prohibited from using synthetic fertilizers and pesticides and instead must rely on practices like crop rotation, cover crops and composted manures to enrich the soil and prevent insects and weeds.
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 14 (Reuters) - India's Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd has agreed to finance the first phase of Karnalyte Resources Inc's Canadian potash mine for $700 million, Karnalyte said on Monday.
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On Thursday, for example, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture urged farmers and homeowners to look out for spilled or leaked pesticides and fertilizers, offering citizens advice on how to deal with them.
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The Obama rule, if implemented, could have prevented farmers and developers — particularly of water-rich properties like golf courses — from using chemical fertilizers and pesticides that might have drained into streams and wetlands.
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Koch, whose oil refineries, chemicals, fertilizers and forest products generate estimated annual revenues of $100 billion, is the second-largest privately owned American business after agricultural commodity producer Cargill, according to Forbes magazine.
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But I point out that we have all kinds of safety regulations for aerospace, nutrition, power plants, cancer medicine and pharmaceuticals — for the types of fertilizers and pesticides that are allowed or not.
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According to the yet-to-be-published government report, parts of which were seen by Reuters, as much as 213 percent of subsidized fertilizers were misallocated in some areas of Indonesia last year.
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To fertilize their fields, regenerative farmers use nutrient-rich manure or compost, avoiding as much as possible chemical fertilizers and pesticides, which can kill huge quantities of organic matter and reduce plants' resilience.
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About 28% were related to transportation, 14% to electricity generation from coal-fired and gas plants and 15% to pollution caused by farm activities like the application and storage of manure and other fertilizers.
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Syria is among the world's largest exporters of the rock phosphate, a raw material used in the production of phosphatic fertilizers, although the war has marred its ability to mine and market its supply.
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Spraying fields with pesticides and fertilizers, the drones -- which can cover up to 60 acres a day -- could boost crop yields, save time and make backbreaking field work much easier, according to Bug Away.
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A deal to sell its 50 percent holding in chemical fertiliser producer Ibn Al-Bayttar to affiliate Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co. is currently being evaluated by SAFCO and other moves are in the pipeline.
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If we stop using nitrogen fertilizers today, there will still be a three-decade legacy of excess nitrogen in water—and there's a lawsuit right now that will decide who will foot the bill.
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"If you want to farm, you have to use fertilizers and pesticides," said Wu Yaqiang, a site manager at a plantation owned by Jiangong Agriculture, one of the largest Chinese banana growers in Laos.
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Pollution from the large amounts of synthetic fertilizers applied to crops, like sugarcane and citrus, along with manure from factory farms is a major contributor as runoff carries the excess nutrients to the lake.
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Monsanto's shares are down about 21400 percent from a year earlier amid a steep commodities price downturn and declining farm incomes that have blunted demand for crop inputs such as seeds, fertilizers and pesticides.
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Canadian rival Nutrien, formed by the merger of Agrium Inc and Potash Corp of Saskatchewan in January, raised its full-year adjusted profit forecast last week, driven by strong demand for its potash fertilizers.
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These natural fertilizers spread across the valley bottom, a shot of adrenaline that nourishes plants in the flood plain such as willows and aspen, which in turn draw birds and beavers, elk and caribou.
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About a third of residential waste is made up of food scraps and yard rubbish — organic materials that can be composted and turned into fertilizers or biogas, which can be used to produce energy.
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About a third of residential waste is made up of food scraps and yard rubbish — organic materials that can be composted and turned into fertilizers or biogas, which can be used to produce energy.
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Aiming for quality rather than quantity, they use methods that might have been recognizable to farmers before the mid-20th century, when "conventional agriculture" came to mean chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and routine mechanization.
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The creation of the joint venture, which would group Vale's fertilizers and phosphate business with Anglo-American's, has been under discussion for weeks, said the first source, who requested anonymity since talks are ongoing.
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A U.S.D.A. advisory board in November unanimously recommended that standards for organic foods exclude gene-edited crops even if they were grown without chemical fertilizers and abided by the other strictures of organic farming.
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About 28% was related to transportation, 14% to electricity generation from coal-fired and gas plants and 15% to pollution caused by farm activities like the application and storage of manure and other fertilizers.
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In 2002, the Department of Agriculture started the National Organic Program to create uniform standards, like not using synthetic fertilizers or genetic engineering, for farms and other businesses that produce, handle or process food.
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Planting corn and soy, year after year, depletes soils, and the fertilizers used to prop up those exhausted lands wash into surrounding watersheds, degrading drinking water and driving the formation of coastal dead zones.
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Every summer, somewhere in the tropical north, a cyclone generates enough rain to inundate the low-lying suburbs of coastal towns, decimate banana crops and wash topsoil and fertilizers onto the Great Barrier Reef.
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The hope is that by digitizing the lives of the farming communities, from getting loans to buying fertilizers to leasing lands to city developers, China could bolster the economy in smaller cities and countryside hamlets.
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Suzanne Lambert: My supervisor came up with it while he was researching how to make fertilizers out of urine... But he found that the urea was not hydrolizing [breaking down with the help of water].
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Some of these questions relate to agriculture, such as whether organic farms can eventually close the yield gap with conventional farms and whether there are enough organic fertilizers to produce all the world's food organically.
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Some farmers are forced to cope with the drop in prices by cutting spending on fertilizers, pesticides, and other things that protect their crops — leaving them vulnerable to insects and disease, and jeopardizing future harvests.
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Unable to afford the fertilizers and pesticides that 19803th-century agriculture had taken for granted, the country faced extreme weather events and a limit to the land and water it could use to grow food.
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Those customers include companies like Geltor, the manufacturer of a collagen replacement; Modern Meadow, the company that's looking to make a leather replacement; and Pivot Bio, which makes supplements for agriculture to replace chemical fertilizers.
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BAD BUSINESS Many of the problems at Pemex Fertilizers, a subsidiary created under Pena Nieto's liberalization of the energy sector, stem from its purchase of two fertilizer plants in 2013 and 2016, the report said.
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The share of organic wines - those produced on vineyards cultivated without chemical pesticides or fertilizers - of the global wine market would remain relatively low at 3.6 percent, compared with 2.4 percent in 0003, IWSR said.
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Tunisia was once one of the world's largest producers of phosphate minerals, which are used to make fertilizers, but its market share fell after a 2011 uprising against then president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali.
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Aside from pesticides, AmVac sells specialty fertilizers, a $2 billion market in Brazil, said Thomas Britze, country general manager and head of Defensive & Agrovant, a local firm AmVac acquired for an undisclosed sum in January.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Germany's Bayer AG, one of the world's biggest agricultural chemical companies, is joining a $100 million bet that the next big breakthrough in crop fertilizers will be found inside a biological Petri dish.
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The fund's aim was to buy farms that had been growing commercial products — soybeans, corn, wheat — and lease the land to organic farmers to revive soil that had been pumped full of pesticides and fertilizers.
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In Vermont, like all over the world, most winemakers use modern techniques in the vineyard and cellar, working with fertilizers and fungicides, relying on yeast additions to jumpstart fermentation, and often removing acidity through additives.
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The cloistral space speaks softly of an orderly old rural England in which social ties are an organic fact of life, and all farming is necessarily organic because industrially produced nitrate fertilizers don't exist yet.
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To be clear, the entire agricultural world, not just dairy farms, plays a role in global warming through its vast fossil-fuel-fed transportation network, high energy consumption, and use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
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In Africa, the African Centre for Biodiversity, a research and advocacy organization, has urged the Tanzanian government to phase out subsidies for chemical fertilizers and speed a transition to agroecology through support to small farmers.
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Farmers generally buy inputs like seeds and fertilizers through barter arrangements with traders, used as a form of credit until the crop is harvested, and such deals are way behind schedule, farmers and companies said.
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Thursday's IPCC report called for wiser land use, including protecting forests from being cut down for crops and grazing, and eco-friendly farming that uses fewer chemicals, such as fertilizers which emits planet-warming nitrous oxide.
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Rose Marcario, president and CEO of Patagonia, and David Bronner, CEO of Dr. Bronner's, argued that farmers should rotate crops, compost, plant cover crops and reduce tillage rather than rely on fertilizers and soil-mixing machines.
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The American Farm Bureau Federation led a lawsuit against the rule in 2015 arguing that it puts an extra burden on farmers to have to get a permit to use certain fertilizers if they're near water.
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Norwegian fertilizer maker Yara also got a boost from broker Liberum raising it to 'buy' from 'sell', saying prices of urea, a key ingredient in fertilizers, are close to a trough with fewer capacity additions ahead.
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And we know that wasting food is also a driver of climate change; when we throw food away, we're throwing away everything it took to make that food: climate pollution, water, pesticides, fertilizers, energy, packaging, labor.
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A significant cut in the price paid to farmers could hurt production, initially through lower use on inputs such as fertilizers and eventually through a potential switch back to other crops such as palm or rubber.
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Over in China, Beijing has rolled out drastic agriculture reforms to protect food security, such as the introduction of tax on fertilizers and pesticides and incentives for domestic farmers to grow crops in a sustainable manner.
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The unnatural cause has to do with the Amazon River, which pours nutrients into the ocean during the spring and summer—nutrients that are now in overabundance owing to deforestation and the excessive use of fertilizers.
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Francisco Abello, who manages 7,000 hectares of land in western and north-central Buenos Aires province, said he and other growers are out to take advantage of high prices by investing in fertilizers to increase yields.
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The two Canadian companies produce the materials — nitrogen, potassium compounds known as potash, and phosphate fertilizers — that farmers use to raise healthy crops, and their combination would create the largest crop nutrient company in the world.
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Fertilizers used to grow feed, along with cattle manure, can produce nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas about 22.34 times more potent than carbon dioxide explains Michael Webber, acting director of the University of Texas Energy Institute.
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The total global fertilizer market is expected to reach as high as $250 billion in the coming years, though potash-based fertilizers are also a significant component of supply in addition to nitrogen-based soil nutrients.
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The artificial fertilizers commonly used across the United States are produced by sucking in atmospheric nitrogen gas, which plants can't use, into chemical plants that then convert the gas into a solid form plants can use.
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An inexpensive mobile phone empowers poor rural farmers to gain access to micro-loans, real-time pricing, weather forecasts and direct access to information on best practices in animal husbandry, crop rotation, varietals, fertilizers and more.
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Products being produced include an incredible array of possible working carbon uses: concretes and other building materials, liquid fuels, proteins for fish feed, precursors for paints and fertilizers, and advanced materials such as graphene and nanotubes.
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But it became a target for rural landowners, an important part of President Trump's political base, since it could have restricted how much pollution from chemical fertilizers and pesticides could seep into water on their property.
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According to scientists studying this problem, approximately 173 percent of the nitrogen currently used in agriculture (primarily synthetic and other fertilizers, like manure) is lost to the environment at some point in the food supply chain.
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Back on shore, the EPA advises all of us to minimize the use of fertilizers in our gardens and install rain barrels to catch water that would otherwise runoff into storm drains — eventually reaching the ocean.
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Perhaps most importantly, FBN allows farmers to share and review aggregate pricing data on "inputs," as they're called in agriculture, meaning the costly seeds, fertilizers and other chemicals added to the soil to generate a healthy crop.
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"We want to be able to grow food at the same crop yields we get today but without using the polluting chemical fertilizers that we use today," Shetty says of the goals of Ginkgo's partnership with Bayer.
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The government, under President Raul Castro, says it is serious about producing more food for Cuba's 2340 million citizens, and some environmentalists have praised it for supporting organic urban farming, which uses no chemical pesticides or fertilizers.
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The world's largest phosphate exporter, which is 95 percent state-owned, is also considering a factory in Ghana in 2020 as it seeks to bring customized fertilizers closer to key African markets, Karim Lotfi Senhaji told Reuters.
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The synthetic herbicides and pesticides used in conventional agriculture can be harmful to farm workers and wildlife, especially pollinators and birds, while the natural-gas derived fertilizers are responsible for deadly algae blooms and high methane emissions.
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Makers of fertilizers that boost corn and palm growth are taking advantage of higher profit margins for uses in other industries, such as oil drilling and livestock feed, to ride out a severe slump.
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U.S. prices of potash, urea and phosphate fertilizers sit well below five- and 10-year averages, as do corn and soybean values, Agrium and Potash said in a joint presentation at a Scotiabank investor conference in Toronto.
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Omnia, which makes fertilizers, mining explosives and chemicals used in manufacturing, said headline earnings per share (EPS) came in at 371 South African cents in the six months ended September, compared with 494 cents a year earlier.
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These blue-green algae, which appear in the lake almost every year, are promoted by stagnant water, high temperatures and nutrients from sources like fertilizers, said Christopher J. Gobler, professor of marine science at Stony Brook University.
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The Waters of the United States rule, enacted in 2015, limited crop selection and agricultural techniques, and it required farmers to obtain EPA permits to use certain fertilizers and pesticides if they were near a protected area.
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Houlton's work on nitrogen modeling and the often-overlooked climate effects of fertilizers has helped improve global comprehension of just how much our food system impacts global warming, and lets lawmakers craft more targeted and effective agricultural policies.
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It's what we now call regenerative organic farming and it's back-to-basics: Instead of using excessive amounts of fertilizers in vast single-crop fields, farmers can diversify and rotate crops, compost, plant cover crops and reduce tillage.
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Weisberg said a "perfect storm" of water current, warmth, bacteria and nutrients come together to form algae blooms, but other contributing factors are the result of humans, such as water contamination by fertilizers, sewage and septic tank runoff.
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"Nigeria and the Kingdom of Morocco also agreed to develop integrated industrial clusters in the sub-region in sectors such as manufacturing, Agro-business and fertilizers to attract foreign capital and improve export competitiveness" the foreign minister added.
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At the same time, the agency acknowledges that growing plants for fuel has generated a great deal of debate about whether the land, fertilizers, and energy used to grow biofuel crops should be used to grow food instead.
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The crown jewel in a company whose operations run the gamut from building submarines to fertilizers, the elevator division has received interest from bidders since the company in May disclosed plans to list it in a public offering.
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SQM, which also produces iodine and specialty fertilizers, said net income rose to $55.8 million, or 21 cents per American Depositary Receipt (ADR), in the third quarter, from $13.7 million, or 5 cents per ADR, a year earlier.
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We've had more than enough major crops like corn and soybean to meet demands, which drove the prices down, which in turn led farmers to start tightening belts and spending less on products such as pesticides and fertilizers.
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Among the largest regulations Mr. Pruitt aims to roll back, at Mr. Trump's direction, is an Obama-era clean water rule, known as Waters of the United States, which would have restricted the chemical fertilizers used by farmers.
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To sustain the illicit operations, the authorities say the heavily armed cartels often steal water from rivers and streams, and poison the environment with toxic fertilizers and pesticides while leaving behind hundreds of thousands of pounds of trash.
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The repeal is a win for some farmers and rural landowners who no longer need a permit to use pesticides and fertilizers that could run off into water or are restricted from some types of plowing and planting.
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Unlike other years, grain handlers did not launch barter campaigns in December attempting to lock in farmer's 2019/20 harvests, as prices for imported fertilizers rose and locally priced soybeans fell on a stronger real, the buyer said.
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The 2014 water crisis failed to spur a state or federal crackdown on large farms in the Maumee River basin, where fertilizers used for crops contain phosphorus, which is washed into streams and eventually the river during rainstorms.
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Last May, Indian fertilizer producers including Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd (RCF), IFFCO and Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals agreed to import a total of 4.5 million tonnes of potash, with an option to increase that to 5.2 million tonnes.
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The deal, which Yara expects to be completed by the second half of next year, will give the Norwegian company the ability to produce in Brazil nitrogen-based fertilizers such as ammonium nitrate, largely used in sugar cane cultivation.
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The Haber-Bosch process, which converts atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia by a reaction with hydrogen, was used to manufacture munitions in Germany during World War I, but half the world's population now depends on food grown with nitrogen fertilizers.
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But conquering heroes take what they think is theirs, and even while fighting very long wars inside and outside Pakistan's borders, the armed forces have managed to deal in real estate, make fertilizers, run bakeries and sell breakfast cereals.
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Mr. Brown's approach is very different from the techniques of industrial-scale farming that have taken hold in the United States and other wealthy countries, where single crops stretch over many acres, and fertilizers and pesticides are used heavily.
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Perhaps most important, he said, it can endure Rio's poor soil and water quality and meets the strict environmental regulations that prohibit the use of chemical fertilizers and weed killers on the course, which is on a nature preserve.
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Along with the Rockefeller Foundation, it financed the Green Revolution, which, by introducing new seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and methods, enormously increased India's agricultural production at a time of terrible food shortages—India doubled its rice output in six years.
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Meanwhile, shares of Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals tanked 4.38% to an over three-year low after the company on Wednesday said the country's telecom regulatory body had issued a demand notice to pay 150.20 billion rupees ($2.11 billion).
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Egypt has announced that it will offer shares in several state-controlled companies, including Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Co and Abu Qir Fertilizers and Chemical Industries Co. The offerings were delayed after turbulence in emerging markets in 2018.
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Prosecutors had accused the four of paying bribes to officials in India and Libya - including to the family of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's oil minister and the family of a financial adviser in India's Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
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"When I apply the worm juice in the morning, I can pick my vegetables in the evening and prepare a meal with the greens without worrying about getting sick," he said, referring to his concerns over exposure to synthetic fertilizers.
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DUBAI, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co (SAFCO) has invited banks to pitch for an advisory role in its potential acquisition of stakes in five agri-nutrients businesses now held by Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), two sources told Reuters.
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The volume of banned or restricted pesticides and illegally applied fertilizers in the woods dwarfs estimates by the U.S. Forest Service in 0009, when a top enforcement official testified that the pollution was threatening forest land in California and other states.
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Up by the driver's seat, the company had outfitted its Pellenc harvesters with an iPad, which displays geo-referenced maps that route drivers to the correct part of the field where they need to pick fruit, irrigate or apply fertilizers.
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Even with that relatively onerous regulatory burden, Canada exported nearly $34 million worth of merchandise to Belarus in 2014, mostly in pork; and imported nearly $50 million more, mostly in fertilizers, according to data supplied by the Government of Canada.
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As Gomes on Friday accepted the presidential nomination of the center-left Democratic Labor Party (PDT) at a convention, he called for nationalist industrial policies to bolster Brazil's production of fertilizers, defense products and equipment for the oil and gas industries.
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Immediately, we feel the power of the place; Ramaz tells us that he has not cultivated these fields in 15 years—no tilling, no weeding, and definitely no pesticides, herbicides, nor fertilizers—and they are absolutely vibrant, pulsing with life.
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Yield gaps can often be explained by inadequate fertilizer or water, or by losses to pests or disease, but vast increases in use of fertilizers, water, and pesticides are not only economically impractical, but would have many negative environmental consequences.
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However, running Vale as a multinational put him on a collision course with Brazil's ruling Workers' Party, which wanted Vale to shift from exporting raw minerals to more value-added products such as steel and fertilizers to create more jobs.
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Experts estimate that we have fewer than 60 harvests remaining if we don't move away from destructive industrialized farming practices – marked by concentrated production of a single crops, reliant on fossil fuel fertilizers and chemical pesticides – to more sustainable farming techniques.
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But what's even crazier is that this is just the latest in a long list of big mergers of agricultural companies this year, meaning the options for where farmers buy their seeds, pesticides, and fertilizers are shrinking at lightning speed.
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Challenges to operating in Brazil remain, however, including unfavorable tax rules that make it uneconomical to produce fertilizers locally and recent efforts in congress to change rules governing farmer bankruptcies, which have increased risks for input suppliers selling on credit.
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Because of that, golf communities in the United States and elsewhere in the world are focusing on things as varied as eliminating plastic and foam cups in their snack shops and reducing fertilizers and chemicals in the upkeep of the fairways.
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Like most successful American exports, soybeans are produced at high efficiency by a small number of workers using cutting-edge technologies, like tractors connected to satellites so the optimal mix of fertilizers can be spread on each square foot of farmland.
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To stave off the worst effects of climate change, humans need to stop converting land and destroying the soil with fertilizers and by cutting down trees, said Campari, adding that we already have enough farmland to feed the global population.
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The new water rule for the first time in decades allow landowners and property developers to dump pollutants such as pesticides and fertilizers directly into hundreds of thousands of waterways, and to destroy or fill in wetlands for construction projects.
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BEJUMA, Venezuela, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Venezuelan citrus farmer Carlos Romero for years struggled to find the fertilizers and pesticides he needed to keep his fruit trees healthy amid chronic product shortages, or was unable to afford them because of hyperinflation.
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In Egypt, the benchmark index rose 20.5 percent, lifted by the chemical sector with Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals surging 24 percent, as it announced a 2431 percent net profit increase quarter-on-quarter, and Abu Qir Fertilizers and Chemicals rising eight percent.
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The company hyped its new multispectral drone as the world's first fully integrated multispectral imaging drone to enable more efficient land management, and the Agras T16, which is a spray drone to apply fertilizers and pesticides to field crops and orchards.
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With no El Niño or La Niña weather phenomena forecast, Brazil will have a bumper grain crop, though CNA officials warned that farmers will face higher costs, such as imported fertilizers and other foreign products due to a weaker currency.
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On March 13, Mr. Pruitt met with agriculture lobbyists, including Dale Moore, executive director of the American Farm Bureau Federation, which has lobbied heavily for the repeal of an Obama-era regulation that could restrict the use of fertilizers near waterways.
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Winding over 220,21 miles to the Bay of Bengal, Ma Ganga — "Mother Ganges"— eventually becomes one of the planet's most polluted rivers, a mélange of urban sewage, animal waste, pesticides, fertilizers, industrial metals and rivulets of ashes from cremated bodies.
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A number of scientific studies have shown that the environmental benefits of corn ethanol are limited, reducing carbon dioxide only slightly compared with conventional gasoline, partly because a large amount of fuel goes into growing corn, including in fertilizers and farm equipment.
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But Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co rose 1.2 percent after it and Saudi Basic Industries said they had hired investment banks to advise on the potential sale of a stake in the Ibn Al-Baytar fertiliser company, a 50-50 joint venture between them.
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But falling stocks outnumbered gainers by about two to one, with Saudi Arabian Fertilizers Co (SAFCO) dropping 0.8 percent after it said quarterly profit halved to 299 million riyals, broadly in line with an average forecast by analysts for 290.5 million riyals.
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In another typical case, FarmLogs users can see if an irrigation system has stopped working properly and part of their field is over- or under-watered, then go out and fix the system before washing away expensive inputs, like fertilizers or organic pesticides.
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As the cities and markets grew (Edo had a million people by 1721) and as intensive paddy-farming increased, prices of fertilizers, including night soil, rose dramatically; by the mid-18th century, the shit owners wanted silver—not just vegetables—for payment.
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U.S. industrial electricity costs are 30 percent to 50 percent lower than those of our foreign competitors as a result of the U.S. energy renaissance, giving producers of steel, chemicals, refined fuels, plastics, fertilizers and numerous other products a major competitive advantage.
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It is targeting to reach a combined annual production of 1 million tonnes of grains by 2022, it said in a statement, adding that it plans buying a logistics operator at Constanta Port to facilitate grain exports and the import of fertilizers.
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In an attempt to corner the global food market, the U.S. government encouraged farmers to buy more land, and to harness the power of chemistry—especially newly developed pesticides and fertilizers—to make sure that land yielded as much food as possible.
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Ruppert had become something of an environmentalist in his retirement, trying to persuade area corn and soybean growers to switch to no-till farming and to plant buffer strips along their streams to keep their fertilizers from adding to the toxic runoff.
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Industrialized agriculture essentially turns farms into a factories, requiring inputs like synthetic fertilizers, chemical pesticides, large amounts of irrigation water, and fossil fuels to produce outputs like genetically modified crops (corn, soy, wheat) and livestock (meat, poultry, pork) by mechanized production means.
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Why it matters: U.S. farmers are crying foul, and lobbying the United States Department of Agriculture to crack down on what they allege are shipments that do not actually meet the Department's "organic" standards, such as not using pesticides and certain fertilizers.
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In Ginnie Springs, they used their last gold feathers to rent diving gear and then descended into a cavern whose transparent water had not yet been dimmed by the runoff of agricultural fertilizers, which exacerbated the red tide that closed beaches this summer.
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The Obama clean water regulation, which would have limited the use of pollutants like chemical fertilizers that could run off into small streams, came under fierce criticism from the rural landowners that make up a key component of Mr. Trump's political base.
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These calculations of livestock emissions exclude the fertilizers used to grow food for livestock and they typically don't look at alternative-use scenarios, like what would happen if we removed cows from grasslands and let wild ruminants like bison and deer take over.
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Alongside rising diesel costs, prices of key fertilizers such as potash and phosphate have jumped nearly 22018 and 219 percent respectively in a year, as companies pass on the rise in global prices and the impact of the weak rupee to farmers.
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Under the deal, privately-owned Algerian dairy company Tifralait and the American International Agriculture Group (AIAG) will set up a joint venture to develop projects over an area of 25,000 hectares covering cereals, potato, fertilizers, dairy and cattle feed, the ministry said.
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"It emerged as a surprise to us that agriculture is the largest user of microplastics", Vainio said, referring to a widely-used technology to encapsulate agricultural fertilizers within tiny plastic shells that emit them slowly into the soil but leave behind microplastics.
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SUKOHARJO/JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Millions of dollars worth of subsidized fertilizers meant for small Indonesian farmers are being sold to big plantations, such as palm oil and rubber, at huge profits by state-backed retailers, a government report viewed by Reuters shows.
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The use of crop diversity and companion planting to enrich the soil and manage pests, for example, is essential to reducing the need for chemical fertilizers and chemical insecticides, though most industrial farms still rely on a mono-cropping approach to food production.
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Farmers are notoriously reluctant to offer their neighbors advice about farming, and cover cropping carries with it an implicit criticism of practices — reliance on fertilizers and pesticides, and so forth — that farmers for the last generation have used to increase productivity and reduce work.
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Ecologist Mourad Gabriel, who documents the issue for the Forest Service as well as other state, local and federal law enforcement agencies, estimates California's forests hold 24 times more solid fertilizers and 2000 times more liquid pesticides than Forest Service investigators found in 2500.
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It has made little inroads so far in improving the rural environment, where large amounts of land and water have been contaminated as a result of negligible waste treatment infrastructure, the overuse of fertilizers and pesticides, and the construction of substandard backyard industrial plants.
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Correlating vine data with information about drought, storms, and inputs– or the different fertilizers, pesticides and seeds that may be used throughout a season– can help wine makers home in on what works in their field to achieve a certain taste and mouthfeel, every harvest.
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The quality of Argentina's wheat crop will jump to help meet growing world demand as farmers in the Pampas grains belt invest more in fertilizers and high-protein seed varieties, the head of the country's wheat industry chamber said in an interview.
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Under the Obama rule, some farmers using land near water bodies were restricted from several types of land use, including plowing and planting, and would need permits from the EPA to use chemical fertilizers and pesticides that could run off into water on their property.
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The bank is ready to manage the initial public offering of the state-owned Engineering for Petroleum and Process Industries company (ENPPI) and the offering of an additional stake in the listed Abu Qir Fertilizers and Chemical Industries, Hazem Badran said at a news conference.
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This doesn't just hurt family budgets, it also hurts the environment as marginal land — land that natural or would otherwise be left fallow or to rest between crop cycles — is tilled, depleting the soil and requiring greater levels of nitrogen-heavy fertilizers to remain productive.
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I still see the wide expanses of green, but I also see the high cost of keeping these nonnative monocultures growing: the wasted water, the overuse of fossil-fuel fertilizers, the threats to human and environmental health, even to the health of our dogs.
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Food production fell by more than 19903% from 5.45 million metric tons in 2017 to 4.95 million metric tons last year, in part due to "shortages of arable land, lack of access to modern agricultural equipment and fertilizers and recurrent natural disasters," it said.
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But Saudi Basic Industries gained 0.9 percent after it and Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co (SAFCO) said they had hired investment banks to advise on the potential sale of a stake in the Ibn Al-Baytar fertiliser company, a 50-50 joint venture between them.
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LAGOS, July 11 (Reuters) - The private sector arm of the World Bank said it has granted a $73.5 million loan to support development of a terminal to export fertilizers at Port Harcourt in Nigeria's Niger Delta, which will help increase the country's non-oil exports.
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It's less expensive and scientifically easier to modify a single gene to make plants tolerant of herbicides and pesticides than it is to make them withstand drought or less dependent on fertilizers full of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change, said Gurian-Sherman.
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The decomposing corpses are strewn among 7,000 pounds of propane tanks, tarps, car batteries, fertilizers, pesticides, banned rodenticides from Mexico, and other trash, plus 4,83 pounds of irrigation line blanketing an abandoned 20,000 plant illegal marijuana grow site in northeastern California's Lassen National Forest.
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The 2015 regulation also limited farmers from certain types of plowing and planting certain crops on land near wetlands or streams, and mandated that farmers seek permits from the Environmental Protection Agency in order to use chemical pesticides and fertilizers that could run off into the water.
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In one famous case, a team of scientists led by Louisiana State University and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium found a New Jersey-size "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, caused largely by the runoff of fertilizers and other waste from farms around the Mississippi River.
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