When you think about a thriving ecosystem, it’s easy to see the symbiotic relationship between plants and animals. Plants feed animals and, in return, animals fertilize plants through scat and ...

Today, nitrogen fertilizer is made in fossil fuel-fired factories that can be thousands of miles from the nearest farms, but one California company is working on a game-changer. It produces fertilizer ...

If you like to keep things as organic as possible in the garden, making your own fertilizer is an excellent ecological choice, and you’ll save yourself a few dollars in the process. Gardening experts ...

When strolling the aisles of your local grocery store, odds are you don’t think too much about the soil and minerals used to grow the shiny bushels of apples or bins of juicy tomatoes. But without ...

There’s no doubt farmers are hunting to cut costs in 2025 — and one of the targets to trim is fertility. “If your fertility is in good shape, there’s probably room to pull back a little bit,” says Ken ...

FERTILIZER PRODUCERS in the U.S. and Canada are glowing as demand for their products soars. The increase in demand, however, is not coming from growers of crops destined for traditional food and ...

It’s only been since 1988 that the International Plant Nutrition Institute has credited the 4R framework—application of the right nutrient source or product at the right rate, right time and in the ...

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Fertilizer stocks are rising. Why? It’s kind of a strange thing to see go up. The answer is oil. Oil is used to make fertilizer. So, high oil prices also make fertilizer more expensive. And now, many ...