(Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest maker of crop nutrients said fertilizer demand is just now starting to stabilize from seismic shocks of the past few years that left the company with wild profit swings. Most Read from Bloomberg “We’re getting back at least to a market that we would call stable,” Nutrien Ltd. Chief Executive […]
Food’s role in climate change has emerged as one of the defining challenges of our time. The journey of a steak, fruit or salad from the vast expanses of agricultural lands to the plates on our tables leaves a significant footprint on the environment. At the heart of this challenge is the prodigious use of […]
May 27—JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A circuit judge in Cole County recently closed a legal loophole that could have allowed wastewater processing companies to restart land application in Southwest Missouri with waste from various food processing industries. The process has been controversial, with meetings organized by area residents drawing hundreds of people who called the […]
With toxic chemicals still used across industries, their effects on aquatic life are equally widespread. It then leads to pressure on food systems, as declining fish fail to meet the demand of a growing population. Toxic spills cause concern when the effects on fish become large-scale. What’s happening? The New York Times reported that a […]
It was a combination soap company and fertilizer store where the trademarked Sàpone brand of granulated soap was manufactured by the T. Hersom Co, in New Bedford. Thomas Hersom registered the soap under the brand name Thos. Hersom & Co.’s Sàpone on Oct. 1, 1889, according to Library of Congress records. The trademark for Thos. […]
More than 60 Iowans have signed a letter to the state’s environmental chief asking her to investigate a massive nitrogen fertilizer spill in March that killed about 750,000 fish for 50 miles along the Nishnabotna and East Nishnabotna rivers. “We formally request you investigate this incident of water pollution to determine the cause and identify […]
(Bloomberg) — Kenyan lawmakers are demanding the dismissal of the nation’s agriculture secretary after government agencies distributed fake fertilizer through a subsidy program, the latest scandal to hit President William Ruto’s government. Most Read from Bloomberg Eighty percent of legislators present in parliament on Thursday voted in favor of Mithika Linturi’s removal for allegedly flouting […]
Minnesota would tax farmers $0.40 per ton of fertilizer to help test and clean up thousands of private wells contaminated with agricultural runoff under a bill that cleared the House’s main agricultural committee. The proposed tax is smaller than earlier versions that had called for charging up to $0.99 per ton in the first year […]
Florida cities and counties once again may pass new fertilizer ordinances and strengthen existing ones, including summer rainy season bans, since the Legislature did not extend a one-year moratorium on such home rule. Lawmakers took no action on the moratorium during the 2024 January-March legislation session, after enacting the controversial moratorium in what critics called […]
Advocacy groups are pressuring the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen regulations over the fertilizer production industry with a new lawsuit that seeks action from the federal agency. A group of 11 environmental advocacy groups notified the EPA they intend to file a lawsuit against the agency that seeks a response to a rulemaking petition for […]
(Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest producer of nitrogen fertilizer used for corn and other crops posted sharply lower quarterly profit and sales as prices tumbled. Most Read from Bloomberg CF Industries Holdings Inc.’s fourth-quarter sales dropped 40% from a year earlier to $1.57 billion, the company reported after the close of US markets on Wednesday. […]