"Peak Fertilizer" To Make Manure A Valuable Commodity

Manure, runny. Image credit: USDA Synthetic fertilizer is likely to become significantly more costly for US farmers. This trend will make manure a valuable commodity once again (as it was prior to the 1950s). There are two main reasons for the anticipated cost rise. 1.) Traditional US natural gas production has already gone ‘past peak,’ while natural gas is increasingly needed for producing electricity. * (Ammonia fertilizer is made from natural gas, remember.) If a Federal climate bill is ever passed, the transition from coal- to… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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"Peak Fertilizer" To Make Manure A Valuable Commodity

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