Technology

The State of Fertilizer Sustainability

March 1, 2020

Economy, Energy & Environment, Advocacy, Stewardship, Transportation, Safety & Security, Technology, The Feed

In the past few months, we’ve seen the business community make some major announcements regarding their role in combating large societal challenges. Larry Fink, CEO of the investment firm BlackRock, acknowledged that climate change is “driving a profound reassessment of risk,” and therefore they plan to realign a significant portion of their capital to match their investors’ values.

Increasing Interest in Fertilizers Bodes Well for Industry

February 3, 2020

Energy & Environment, Advocacy, Stewardship, Technology, The Feed

This article was originally published in the January/February 2020 issue of Argus Media's Fertilizer Focus magazine.

TFI Statement on Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s August 8, 2019, Status Report

August 8, 2019

Energy & Environment, Stewardship, Press Releases, Technology

Agriculture is at the frontline of adaptation to climate change. In the last twelve months, the record-breaking flood events and challenging precipitation frequencies in the Midwest challenged farmers and the fertilizer industry to adapt to a dramatically shortened fall field work and spring planting season.

Fertilizer Industry Associations to Bolster Scientific Research Capabilities by Absorbing the International Plant Nutrition Institute

December 17, 2018

Energy & Environment, Stewardship, Press Releases, Research, Technology, TFI News, The Feed

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2018 - The members and the Board of Directors of the International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) voted this week to undertake a major organizational restructure which will include the transfer of key scientific assets and programs to The Fertilizer Institute (TFI), Fertilizer Canada and the International Fertilizer Association (IFA).

State of the Fertilizer Industry Report Highlights Industry Sustainable Growth

February 14, 2018

Economy, Energy & Environment, Stewardship, Transportation, Press Releases, Research, Safety & Security, Technology, TFI News

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2018 – The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) today released its 2017 State of the Fertilizer Industry report. The report, which is a major component of TFI’s stewardship and sustainability programs, quantifies fertilizer manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers’ performance record on environmental, economic and social indicators.

TFI Joins Ag Organizations to Promote Ag Technology and Natural Resource Stewardship

December 13, 2016

Energy & Environment, Stewardship, Press Releases, Technology, TFI News

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2016 – The Fertilizer Institute today joined eight other agribusiness organizations in signing a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service calling for broad cooperation in accelerating technology and approaches that will improve agricultural production and natural resource stewardship.

Nutrient Use Efficiency Important to Energizing the World

March 22, 2013

Technology, The Feed

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.

Is an Agricultural Certainty Program a Useful Tool?

November 9, 2011

Energy & Environment, Technology, The Feed

In recent months, Chesapeake Bay states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and stakeholders from both the agricultural and environmental community have been discussing a proposed voluntary effort termed “agricultural certainty”. If implemented correctly, the program could provide farmers certainty that states would not impose additional regulations on them for a given period of time with regard to environmental protection.

Freezing the Footprint of Food?

September 20, 2011

Energy & Environment, Stewardship, Technology

An interesting article, “Freezing the Footprint of Food,” from a recent issue of the journal Nature landed in my e-mail inbox this morning. In the article author Jason Clay of WWF (formerly World Wildlife Fund) outlines eight steps that taken together could enable farming to feed 10 billion people and keep the world inhabitable.