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World’s Largest Fertilizer Company Warns Crop Nutrient Disruptions Through 2023
World’s Largest Fertilizer Company Warns Crop Nutrient Disruptions Through 2023 The world’s largest fertilizer company warned supply disruptions could extend into 2023. A bulk of the world’s supply has been taken offline due to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. This has sparked soaring prices and shortages of crop nutrients in top growing areas worldwide; […]
Ukraine war: World Bank warns of ‘human catastrophe’ food crisis
Ukraine war: World Bank warns of ‘human catastrophe’ food crisis IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES The world faces a “human catastrophe” from a food crisis arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, World Bank president David Malpass has said. He told the BBC that record rises in food prices would push hundreds of millions people into poverty and […]
Will We Have Food Shortages In America?
Will We Have Food Shortages In America? Aerial shot of a milling tractor (Tom Fisk/Pexels). Higher Food Prices And Shortages? Our system has been betting on higher food prices since earlier this year, and of course the war in Ukraine has put upward pressure on food an energy. But now one of our Twitter correspondents […]
Why You Might Need To Replace Your Seeds
Why You Might Need To Replace Your Seeds If you are not saving your own seeds from year to year, purchase good, fresh seed stock from a reputable source. You should also look for organic heirloom seeds since anything else can be hit or miss when it comes to saving your seeds from year to […]
One-Third of Ukraine Farmland May Go Unplanted As Russia Begins ‘Second Phase’ Of War
One-Third of Ukraine Farmland May Go Unplanted As Russia Begins ‘Second Phase’ Of War About one-third of Ukraine’s farmlands may not be harvested or cultivated this year as Russia begins the second phase of the conflict in the war-torn country. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) noted in a report on Tuesday that […]
Global Rice Production Set To Plunge 10%, Threatening Half Of Humanity
Global Rice Production Set To Plunge 10%, Threatening Half Of Humanity Farmers in China, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Vietnam — the largest rice-producing countries could experience reduced output due to soaring fertilizer prices. The International Rice Research Institute warns that harvests could plunge as much as 10% in the next season, equating to about 36 […]
Is ammonia from green hydrogen a false prophet?
Is ammonia from green hydrogen a false prophet? Defra has just launched a package of measures to help farmers facing huge increases in the price of fertiliser. The cost of nitrogen fertiliser is currently three times higher than it was last year. This makes it an appropriate moment to consider the dependence of intensive agriculture […]
How You Can Prepare For the Next Global Food Crisis
How You Can Prepare For the Next Global Food Crisis Whether we choose to look the other way or not, the planet is facing a food crisis. Even if your grocery store is fully stocked, it won’t take long for food to run out if people come from towns over because their store is out. […]
Black Swan Event? Top US Fertilizer Producer Hit With Rail Delays To Midwest
Black Swan Event? Top US Fertilizer Producer Hit With Rail Delays To Midwest A fertilizer supply shock is imminent for US farmers as CF Industries Holdings, Inc. warned Thursday that rail shipments of crop nutrients would be reduced to top agricultural states, which couldn’t come at the worst time as the Northern Hemisphere spring planting season is […]
Europe To Cap Potash Imports As Planting Season Begins
Europe To Cap Potash Imports As Planting Season Begins The EU is expected to deliver another shock to its agricultural sector by capping Russian imports of potash, a crucial ingredient for growing food, according to Bloomberg, citing a Dow Jones report. The European Commission is expected to imminently unveil broad new sanctions on Russia. Much of […]
The Biden administration will pay farmers more money not to farm
The Biden administration will pay farmers more money not to farm iStock/Warren_Price The goal is to add 4 million acres of farmland to the Conservation Reserve Program, which takes land out of production to blunt agriculture’s environmental impact. The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it would expand a program that pays farmers to leave […]
Limits to Growth: Natural gas fertilizer that feeds 4 billion of us
Limits to Growth: Natural gas fertilizer that feeds 4 billion of us Preface. In chapter 4 of my book “Life After Fossil Fuels: A Reality Check on Alternative Energy“, I explain how it came to be that fertilizer is made out of natural gas, using the energy of natural gas, and why it allows at least […]
“Fertilizer Is Out Of Control” – US Farmers Ditch Corn For Soy To Save On Costs
“Fertilizer Is Out Of Control” – US Farmers Ditch Corn For Soy To Save On Costs Fertilizer prices are at record highs following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine puts massive pressure on American farmers to transition to crops that need less fertilizer. A Bloomberg survey found that farmers will plant 2 million more acres of soybeans and about […]
Farmers on the Brink
Farmers on the Brink “Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower It was a spooky time to be out at sea off the US East Coast on Halloween in 1991. A strong storm system over the maritime provinces in […]
Severe Drought And “Dust Bowl Conditions” Threaten To Create A Disastrous Winter Wheat Harvest In The U.S.
Severe Drought And “Dust Bowl Conditions” Threaten To Create A Disastrous Winter Wheat Harvest In The U.S. Food prices in the U.S. have already been soaring, and now we are on track for an absolutely horrible winter wheat harvest. Of course this comes at a time when the war on the other side of the […]
