Sentences with phrase «[nitrogen fertilizer»

It makes seaweed - based food, agricultural and chemical products, ranging from dehydrated «sea vegetables» for salad and pasta dishes to pet food to crop fertilizer to additives for brewing.

The returns at harvest time, he calculated, wouldn't cover the fertilizer.

Whether it's switching to «no till» farming (which stirs up the soil less and requires less fuel), buying GPS - tracking systems to efficiently apply fertilizer or — as the Lambricks do — selling their products at a stand on the side of the road, many growers have already tried squeezing as much profit as they can from their operations.

Peter Lambrick estimates his planting costs, which include seeds, diesel for his combine and fertilizer, are about 44 % of his total expenses each year.

Liquid fertilizer can be added along with the water droplets, minimizing groundwater contamination.

Seeking to muscle its way into the fertilizer business, the Anglo - Australian mining gargantuan bid $ 38.6 billion to buy all of Potash, the world's largest producer.

A Canadian company called IC Potash changed its name last year to Belgravia Capital International, and intends to produce specialized fertilizers for cannabis firms and form partnerships with growers in Canada and the U.S. Belgravia also proposes to use «blockchain technology software» to track seed sales and quality.

In the absence of any official statement, pundits contemplated a range of theories on the Potash rejection — that Ottawa regarded potash (a crucial fertilizer ingredient) as a strategic asset, that it had adopted a sudden aversion to foreign intrusion on major natural resource companies, or perhaps simply that Harper's Tories sought to improve their chances in the then - upcoming federal election.

For example, fertilizer has jumped to $ 490 per tonne in the fall, from $ 440 per tonne in the spring.

Using historic yield and fertilizer data, he created an algorithm that prescribed the optimal level of potash for each 40 - by 40 - foot zone in his fields.

Kelly hopes that in the next 10 years he can inspire enough homeowners and businesses to come on board that 50 percent of America's 40.5 million acres of lawn will be switched to organic care, reducing by half the 3 million tons of synthetic fertilizers and 30,000 tons of pesticides used annually.

The second episode follows the story of a man who purchased 600 kg of fertilizer, telling store staff he was using it for his allotment, when he really had more sinister plans.

The decision never sat well with Kelly, and in his spare time he researched organic fertilizers, trying to find a cost - effective, results - driven and natural lawn - care regimen.

An AeroFarm uses 95 percent less water than a field farm, 40 percent less fertilizer than traditional farming, and no pesticides.

Making matters worse, India, one of the world's largest fertilizer customers, has cut the potash subsidies it pays to local farmers.

The water in which the beans are fermented is recycled, for instance, and pulpy casings from the beans are fed to earthworms to produce high - quality organic fertilizer.

The team's design uses solar energy (captured with photovoltaic panels) to power an electrochemical reactor that converts water and human waste into fertilizer and hydrogen.

(«We have to see if this smell lasts,» Hsieh says, referring to the lingering scent of fertilizer.)

One Acre Fund is dedicated to changing the lives of families in Africa (Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and other countries) by providing access to seed, fertilizer, financing and training in agricultural techniques.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters Wednesday that the President has delayed the speech in order to spend more time meeting with victims of the West, Texas fertilizer explosion Thursday.

In tests the team conducted, the EcoScraps soil grew plants as large as or larger than plants grown in soils using chemical fertilizers.

Atlin says the goal is to ultimately increase crop yield by up to 50 % in 10 years without having to increase fertilizer.

In 2010, one of its properties, Fern Road Farm, avoided using about 19,600 pounds of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers and 595 pounds of pesticides — while boosting revenue some 40 percent.

Nitrogen is also derived from natural gas, a fossil fuel that will likely become more expensive, putting fertilizer out of reach for farmers in the developing world who can barely afford it today.

When asked recently in a Compas Inc. poll whether the Canadian government should step in to block the sale of the nation's largest fertilizer company to Sinochem, CEOs agreed strongly, with a mean of 5.7 on a seven - point scale.

Nitrogen is a key ingredient in fertilizer, and while it has been instrumental in boosting agricultural output, it is a huge environmental problem.

Poor distribution and high prices keep synthetic fertilizers out of their hands for the most part.

«African farmers use a fraction of the fertilizer farmers in other regions are able to apply,» he says.

Farmers are earning huge profits on their wheat, soybeans, cotton and other crops; strong demand for (and relatively tight supplies of) grain, oilseeds and other key food inputs encouraged them to use large volumes of fertilizer (notably potash, phosphate and nitrogen) to boost their crop yields.

Potentially closer to development are plants that use fertilizer more efficiently.

CARGILL»S LATEST MOVE TO STAY PRIVATE involves selling $ 24.3 billion worth of shares in fertilizer company Mosaic (MOS).

Today, the company operates an online marketplace that helps farmers lock in fair prices on seeds, fertilizers and other costly «inputs» they use to grow healthy crops, as well as sell their crops to buyers.

The #MeToo movement has created «a kind of compost or fertilizer to make the next stage happen,» Bill Murray says.

But in the 1960s, «technology» had a more expansive meaning and meant not just computers, but also airplanes, medicines, fertilizers, materials, space travel — all sorts of things.

Bright pink flower graphics adorn the exterior, and the custom racks - and - bins assembly holds all the tools of the trade — bouquets, watering cans, fertilizer.

That waste can dry up, leaving its bacteria - strewn dust to be blown away by the wind, or it can seep into groundwater, or be sprayed as fertilizer onto other fields.

Since the garden is organic, it also uses cow dung as a natural fertilizer.

A fertilizer company shifts focus.

The leftover product is something called biochar, a charcoal - like material which can then be used as fuel or fertilizer.

In 2016 CHS saw its revenues drop 12 % to $ 30.3 billion, the product of lower prices for the grain, fertilizer, and energy products that comprise the majority of its business.

Or a gardener — how nice to wander around in gardens, plucking a few leaves here and there, adding some fertilizer and generally having a nice old time.

If you get a chemical engineering degree, you'll focus on the chemical processes and equipment used in the manufacturing of everything from plastics to fertilizers.

Proteak's wood comes from Latin America and is cultivated without the use or irrigation or fertilizer, thereby producing top - quality teak with minimal impact on the environment.

Of course, there's also the growth systems, irrigation controls, lights and piping, fertilizers, hydroponics, hothouse supplies, all the things involved in farming and harvesting, and even oil extraction — everything except the seeds and plants.

In keeping with the idea that every company is a tech company, we'll have plenty of speakers representing other industries, including General Motors President Dan Ammann, who is trying to keep his company relevant in an era of ride sharing and self - driving cars; Charles Koch, CEO of Koch Industries, which owns oil pipelines, a lumber business, and a fertilizer producer; and Toys R Us CEO Dave Brandon, who must grapple with the shift by customers to buy online.

When the Canadian oil discount hit a four - year high at $ 31 in January, Alberta oil companies started calling Ceres Global Ag Corp, a grain and fertilizer handling facility on the Canada-U.S. border at Northgate, Saskatchewan.

Potash prices, fertilizer companies and analysts alike received a shock Tuesday as Russia's Uralkali, the world's largest potash producer, pulled out of its Belarusian Potash Company (BPC) agreement, leaving a murky view of the potash industry's future and several unanswered questions.

The second - largest private company, $ 115 billion (in sales) Koch Industries manufactures everything from fertilizer and Dixie Cups to asphalt and biodiesel.

The offering will include additional shares in firms such as Eastern Tobacco and Abou Kir Fertilizers & Chemicals.

Russell told CNBC that the depreciation of the Malaysian currency has more than offset the benefits that cheaper oil have on the price of fertilizers, resulting in higher input costs for the tea grower.