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Plan to join us in Montreal for TFI’s World Fertilizer Conference
by Linda McAbee
May 20, 2013 Discussed (0)
Conferences
The Fertilizer Institute’s (TFI) 2013 World Fertilizer Conference website is officially open for business. The conference is scheduled for Sept. 22-24, at the Le Centre Sheraton Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Delegates at the conference will have the opportunity to network with colleagues and learn about business and policy issues affecting the agriculture community and the fertilizer industry. Attendance at the conference will be robust with more than 900 delegates. Read More »
We share the public's concern
by Ford West
April 25, 2013 Discussed (0)
TFI Updates
The fertilizer industry shares America's sympathy for the people of West, Texas. The stories of lives lost, lives uprooted and a community that has been devastated are heartbreaking.
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Fact sheet related to Texas retail fertilizer facility incident
by Ford West
April 20, 2013 Discussed (0)
Fertilizer News
TFI Members and Friends,
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Nutrient Use Efficiency Important to Energizing the World
by Laura Kubitz
March 22, 2013 Discussed (0)
This week, the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) released an issue paper titled, “Food, Fuel, and Plant Nutrient Use in the Future.” Two authors of the paper, David Zilberman, chair of the department of agricultural and resource economics at the University of California at Berkeley, and Bruce Dale of the department of chemical engineering and materials science at Michigan State University in East Lansing, presented key points of the paper in Washington, D.C.
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Search committee formed following TFI president's announced retirement
by Ford West
January 8, 2013 Discussed (0)
Ford B. West, president of The Fertilizer Institute (TFI), plans to retire effective December 2013 after 33 years of service to TFI. TFI’s Board of Directors has established a Presidential Search Committee comprised of five Executive Committee members who will operate under the leadership of TFI Board Chairman Jim Prokopanko. Spencer Stuart, one of the world's leading executive search committee consulting firms, will be assisting in the search for qualified candidates for the position of TFI President.
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It has been an honor to serve the fertilizer industry
by Ford West
January 7, 2013 Discussed (3)
Effective December 2013, I will be retiring from The Fertilizer Institute (TFI). I joined TFI on November 1, 1979, and have served as its President since September 6, 2005. It has been an honor to represent the fertilizer industry over the past 33 years.
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One Acre Fund: Working for Positive Change
by Kathy Mathers
September 7, 2012 Discussed (9)
Fertilizer News
The One Acre Fund is a remarkable agriculture nonprofit that provides smallholder farmers in East Africa with the tools they need to achieve food security and in doing so, increase their incomes. The organization currently works with 130,000 farm families in Kenya, Rwanda, and Burundi.
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Meeting the Challenge of Measuring Food Insecurity
by Laura Kubitz
July 16, 2012 Discussed (1)
TFI Updates
The only time I ever went hungry was when I was sent to bed without dinner. I often deserved it, too. But millions, if not billions, of people go to sleep every night with sharp pangs of hunger slicing through their stomach. And it is not because they didn’t clean their rooms or do the dishes.
Expanding the Science of Fertilizer Best Management Practices
by Lara Moody
May 29, 2012 Discussed (2)
In the Field, Nutrient Stewardship
As the fertilizer industry continues to engage in the promotion and implementation of 4R Nutrient Stewardship (implementation of fertilizer practices to address the right nutrient source applied at the right rate, the right time and in the right place), it is necessary that we also continue to develop and expand the science behind fertilizer best management practices.
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Roots for Growth
by Ford West
May 19, 2012 Discussed (3)
Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011, Fertilizer News
TFI President Ford West highlights a new effort to highlight fertilizers' role in global sustainability
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