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The Fertilizer Institute Commemorates National Infrastructure Week

May 17, 2018

One fact that consistently surprises people is that fertilizer is on the move all year round. Year after year, more people learn that our industry supplies nutrients for crops that nourish a more prosperous world. No less than half of all food grown around the world today is made possible through the use of commercial fertilizer.

Celebrate Earth Day with the Fertilizer Industry

April 19, 2018

Energy & Environment, Advocacy, Stewardship, The Feed

Before the first Earth Day was held in 1970, American farmers dealt with the aftermath of the Dust Bowl that hit the Southern Plains throughout the 1930s. Farmers recognized that their farming practices needed to change to prevent continued loss of topsoil. Today’s farmers continue to see the need to protect an array of cherished natural resources—clean water, clean air, pristine wilderness areas and other natural habitats, and abundant wildlife.

The Fertilizer Industry Celebrates National Ag Day

March 20, 2018

Advocacy, Events, The Feed

It’s official, Spring has sprung! Whether you look out your window and see daffodils in bloom, a couple inches of snow, or farm land welcoming what the coming season will bring, this is the time of year we celebrate National Agriculture Day. From the food on our tables, to the clothes on our backs, all of us very much depend on agriculture’s abundance. Key to our safe, reliable, and more affordable supply of food, fuel, and fiber is fertilizer.

Retailers and Crop Advisors Have a Prominent Role in EPA Action Plan for Lake Erie

March 19, 2018

Energy & Environment, Stewardship, The Feed

Lake Erie – A Complex Equation for Agriculture

March 6, 2018

Energy & Environment, Stewardship, The Feed

Illinois 4R Advocates Brief Congressional Fertilizer Caucus

February 9, 2018

Advocacy, Advocacy Updates, Stewardship, The Feed

2017 4R Advocates, Joe Huebner, CHS, and Kyle Brase, Brase Farms, briefed members of the Congressional Fertilizer Caucus and other Congressional staff on 4R Nutrient Stewardship. The event was attended by more than 65 staff members. Huebner and Brase were welcomed by Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), a third-generation farmer who served as the director of Washington state’s Department of Agriculture prior to being elected to Congress in 2014.

Global Fertilizer Day is October 13, 2017

September 15, 2017

Advocacy, Events, TFI News, The Feed

Join The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) in celebrating Global Fertilizer Day on October 13, 2017. On Global Fertilizer Day, agricultural professionals gather to celebrate the key role that fertilizer plays in meeting the growing global demand for nutritious and sustainably-grown food.

Weather Affects the Gulf Hypoxic Zone, but it Doesn’t Mean Ag’s Hands Are Tied

August 21, 2017

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

Research and experience tell us there is a delicate balance between sufficient fertilizer to make a crop and excess fertilizer resulting in environmental loss. The complexities of managing a system with biological, physical and chemical properties are confounding. And water “aka rain” - whether too little, just right or too much – creates even more consternation. We can’t let these challenges be excuses for inaction.

It Begins with the 4Rs

August 10, 2017

Energy & Environment, Stewardship, The Feed

Consider nutrient loss. Nutrient reduction strategies focus on reducing nutrient loss to improve water quality in a reasonable and cost effective manner. Fantastic, but let’s also consider nutrient loss as it affects a farmer’s bottom line. Conservation practices like grassed waterways, buffers and biofilters are absolutely part of the mitigation equation to reduce nutrient loss from the field to surface water – to argue otherwise is foolish.

Science: The Secret Link in the Fertilizer Value Chain

July 27, 2017

Energy & Environment, Stewardship, Research, The Feed

When most people think about fertilizer (if they even think about fertilizer), they probably imagine lush green lawns, mulch, tractors spraying fields, and quite possibly even manure. Science never even enters that picture. However, the truth is, without science agriculture wouldn’t be as productive as it is today. Technological advances have allowed us to produce the modern fertilizers that are responsible for 50 percent of the food grown in the world today.

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