Australia's fertilizer squeeze revives domestic manufacturing push
Rising fertilizer prices and supply disruptions are pushing Australia back toward a more serious discussion about domestic fertilizer capacity and phosphate processing.
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Rising fertilizer prices and supply disruptions are pushing Australia back toward a more serious discussion about domestic fertilizer capacity and phosphate processing.
French startup Agriodor has raised €15 million to expand its olfactory biocontrol platform, including a sugar beet product that reduced green aphid pressure in field trials.
More than a year after Hurricane Helene, farms in Tennessee and North Carolina are still rebuilding the topsoil that floodwater stripped away or buried under sand and silt.
Nepal’s Banke district is producing more wheat even as the planted area keeps falling, helped by better seed, wider irrigation and favorable weather.
Türkiye is preparing a network of AI-supported farms, university training programs and robotics-based livestock operations to make agriculture more attractive to younger workers.
A new project in Idaho is studying soil far below the normal plow layer to see how deep horizons store carbon, water and long-term resilience for agriculture.
Ghana has launched a new phase of agricultural policy through a Sentuo Group agreement that combines crop processing, storage infrastructure and domestic fertilizer production.
The FAO says a long disruption in the Strait of Hormuz could quickly move from a shipping problem to a food crisis by lifting energy, fertilizer and farm…
Australia has launched a government-industry working group on urea because a large share of supplies still depends on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.