As Fertilizer Prices Stay High, Potash is the Pro's Favorite (Indie Research via Yahoo! Finance)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:23:00 GMT

The price of potash, a key fertilizer, is expected to reach $767 of a ton in September domestically.

More fertilizer research needed in world (Moldova.org)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:27:42 GMT

Funding and research on fertilizers is badly needed since cuts to Tennessee Valley Authority programs in the 1990s, say analysts.Nearly 75 percent of fertilizers and fertilizer technology used around the world were developed or improved from the 1950s through the 1970s by TVA scientists. But funding cuts meant the end of the development of more efficient fertilizers badly needed in the world, ...

DA, Manila to convert public mart veggie wastes to fertilizer (Philippine Star via Yahoo! Philippines News)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:03:43 GMT

The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the city government of Manila are pilot-testing an ecology-friendly project that will convert vegetable wastes into organic fertilizer.

Price hike deprives farmers of fertilizer (Sun Star)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:35:22 GMT

BACOLOR -- Help keep prices of fertilizers affordable to Pampanga farmers.

Fertilizer Technology Used Worldwide, But Few New Products Since 1970s (Science Daily)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:20:47 GMT

Most fertilizers used worldwide today were developed from 1950 to 1970 by the Tennessee Valley Authority based in Muscle Shoals. A $41 million investment in fertilizer research returned $57 billion to US agriculture. Public funding for fertilizer development has dropped dramatically since the TVA fertilizer program closed in the 1990s. Research is needed to develop a new generation of ...