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The Fertilizer Industry Celebrates National Ag Day

March 20, 2018

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.

5 Reasons Why Regulatory Reform Makes Sense

March 30, 2017

Advocacy, Advocacy Updates, TFI News, The Feed

Since President Trump’s Inauguration on January 20, 2017, regulatory reform has been the talk of the town inside the D.C. beltway. The gulf between those on opposite sides of the issue is pretty wide, but TFI believes reform is necessary to improve efficiencies of both government and business without compromising environmental protections, health, safety and security, and other regulations. Here are TFI’s top 5 reason why we believe regulatory reform makes sense:

The State of the Fertilizer Industry Report Highlights Industry Sustainable Growth

February 27, 2017

Energy & Environment, Advocacy, Stewardship, Transportation, Press Releases, Safety & Security, TFI News, The Feed

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2017 – Tomorrow night, President Trump will give an unofficial State of the Union address. While we don’t know for certain that fertilizer will play a central theme in the President’s vision for making America great again, the fertilizer industry is hard at work to sustain the future of people everywhere.

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