Sentences with phrase «cotton fertilizer use»

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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.

Synthetic fertilizers, almost 973 million pounds of which were used on U.S. upland cotton in 2015, [23] are considered detrimental to the environment, causing leaching and runoff affecting freshwater habitats and wells.

These beige bloomies are neither bleached nor dyed, and are made from cotton grown without the use of fertilizers or pesticides.

However others were not taken up, for example that labels should stress the importance of sustained breastfeeding after 6 months, that industrial by - products such as de-fatted cotton - seed flour (used as animal feeds or fertilizer) should not be used in baby foods.

When you buy products featuring organic cotton, you are supporting a process that eliminates the use of harmful pesticides and fertilizers, which not only preserves the biodiversity of the land, but preserves a healthy environment for the cotton farmers.

This means that the cotton is grown and harvested without the use of pesticides or man - made fertilizers.

Living Crafts» organic cotton is grown and handpicked in Mali and India, without the use of chemical fertilizers during its production and without any chemical additives during the manufacturing.

For one, the company really places an emphasis on using quality materials like organic cotton grown without the use of toxic pesticides and fertilizers.

The Organic Trade Association says organic cotton is also beneficial to the environment because the methods used replenish and maintain soil fertility, reduce the use of toxic and persistent pesticides and fertilizers and build biologically diverse agriculture.

In the normal cotton growing process, pesticides and poisonous fertilizers are used.

Organic fabrics like organic cotton is made without the use of harmful things like pesticides, chemicals and fertilizers etc. and hence is a good choice.

It's true that conventional baby clothing and bedding — conventional referring to that made with cotton grown using synthetic pesticides and fertilizers and bleached and dyed with yet more harsh chemicals — hasn't seemed to present a problem thus far for generations and generations of babies.

But the chief beneficiary is the large corporate farm and the cartels that buy their products — chiefly cotton, corn and soy — America's three main crops, which are usually grown as monocultures on large farms, requiring extensive use of artificial fertilizers and pesticides.

Organic cotton is grown without the use of toxic and persistent pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.

Woven of 100 % organic cotton; Organic cotton is grown without the use of toxic and persistent pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.

Organic cotton, grown without the use of pesticides or chemical fertilizers, is becoming a popular material that manufacturers are using in pet bedding, according to Jean Chae director of sales and new business relations at Simply Fido.

Pauline Delli - Carpini chatted with us about the ways that linen outperforms cotton: conventional linen growing practices use 80 % fewer pesticides and fertilizers and no irrigation, and its processing is mechanical and requires no water or solvents.