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Use of nanofertilizers in agriculture: advantages and safety concerns

Presently agriculture all across the world is facing a wide range of challenges; the important challenges are (a) crop yield stagnation (b) decrease in arable land due to land degradation and urbanization (c) low nutrient use efficiency (d)…

Minister reiterates Indian govt commitment for Bio-Fertilizers in House

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar reiterated Government commitment on encouraging use of Bio-Fertilizers over Chemical Fertilizers in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Government of India has been encouraging the…

Nitrogen Leads Fall 2019 Fertilizer Prices Lower

Fertilizer prices dramatically increased last Spring. After anhydrous ammonia spent most of 2018 around $500 per ton, prices jumped to more than $600 per ton in early 2019. Prices remained mostly unchanged until late summer. This week’s…

Russia, US, Trinidad face five-year EU tariffs on fertilizer

EU imports of rapeseed have hit record levels this season as the continent tries to meet its import requirements. A difficult growing season for both the domestic and the European crop has left the continent requiring c.5.5Mt in imports, according…

EU nitrogen ferts excluded from US tariffs

The US will not impose tariffs on nitrogen fertilizer imports from the EU after receiving approval from the World Trade Organization (WTO) to levy up to $7.5bn of penalties on EU goods. Agricultural goods face a 25pc tariff, effective 18…
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Russia faces threat of longer European tariffs on fertilizer

The European Union may renew quarter-century-old trade protection on Russian ammonium nitrate, risking a backlash from EU farmers opposed to the import curbs. The European Commission began a probe into whether to reimpose tariffs on the fertilizer…

China's fertilizer import increased by 32.4% and export up by 75.9% in July

China exported 2.82 million tons of fertilizer in July, the largest monthly export volume in 2019, up by 32.4 percent year-on-year and 42.4 percent month-on-month, according to the latest statistics released by China Customs. From January…

US EPA Considers Labeling Biostimulants as Pesticides

Biostimulants may soon be listed as a pesticide, requiring similar regulatory oversight. EPA has written a draft guidance to that effect, and the comment period closes this coming Friday. In its draft guidance, the EPA says: “In recognition…

Vietnam aims to raise the proportion of organic fertilisers to 15% by 2020

Identifying organic fertilisers as the key to organic agriculture, Vietnam’s agriculture ministry has set a target to raise the proportion of organic fertilisers to 15% and the consumption of organic fertilisers industrially produced at home…