fertilizers

Urine and wood ash may be as fertilizer for food crops

harminka — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:03:14 -0500

Results of the first study evaluating the use of human urine mixed with wood ash as a fertilizer for food crops has found that the combination can be substituted for costly synthetic fertilizers to produce bumper crops of tomatoes without introducing any risk of disease for consumers.

Water quality improves after lawn fertilizer ban

harminka — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:27:58 -0500

A new study shows that elderly patients who underwent endoscopy within one day of presentation for peptic ulcer bleeding had a two-day shorter hospital stay and were less likely to require upper gastrointestinal surgery than patients who did not receive endoscopy within the first day of presentation. Researchers from University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, note that unless specific contraindications exist, the data supports the routine use of early endoscopy for upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Nile Delta fishery grows dramatically thanks to run-off of sewage

harminka — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:57:22 -0600

While many of the world's fisheries are in serious decline, the coastal Mediterranean fishery off the Nile Delta has expanded dramatically since the 1980s.

Fertilizers are growing threat to sea life

harminka — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:41:39 -0500

New study on landscape around Chesapeake Bay says imbalance in nitrogen cycle is damaging water quality and fish populations

TVA fertilizer technology used worldwide

harminka — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:27:16 -0500

About 75% of fertilizers and fertilizer technology used around the world today were developed or improved during the 1950s to 1970s by scientists and engineers at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in the United States, says John Shields, a former TVA official.

Improving swine waste fertilizer

harminka — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:19:46 -0500

Swine production generates large amounts of waste. While this waste contains nutrients that may serve as fertilizer when applied to agricultural fields, the ratio of nutrients in the waste is different than what a crop requires.

Coal reemerges as important raw material in chemical manufacturing industry

harminka — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:36:24 -0500

With oil prices hovering around $100 per barrel, coal is reemerging as a key raw material in the manufacture of the basic chemical materials used to make plastics, fertilizers, and hundreds of other products, according to an article scheduled for the March 17 issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS’ weekly news magazine.

China vows to keep fertilizer prices stable

seher — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:13:42 -0600

As the spring plough begins, China is vowing to keep fertilizer prices stable to ensure smooth production this year.

Compost can turn agricultural soils into a carbon sink

harminka — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:19:40 -0600

Applying organic fertilizers, such as those resulting from composting, to agricultural land could increase the amount of carbon stored in these soils and contribute significantly to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research published in a special issue of Waste Management & Research (Special issue published today by SAGE).

Everglades phosphorus limits on the right track, but more is needed

harminka — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:35:13 -0500

State and federal standards for phosphorus releases into the Everglades seem sufficient to protect the huge wetland’s resident plants and animals from damage, but pollutant levels still reach double or triple safe levels near some of the Everglades’ outer edges.

China Agritech Signs $7.8 Million Liquid Organic Fertilizer Contract

harminka — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:12:56 -0500

China Agritech, Inc. (“China Agritech”, the “Company”), a leading liquid fertilizer manufacturer in China, announced that it has signed a contract with Sinochem Fertilizer Co., Ltd. (Sinochem Fertilizer) to deliver a minimum of 1,000 metric tons of its liquid organic fertilizer “Green Vitality” over the next twelve months.

Human urine as safe, inexpensive fertilizer for food crops

harminka — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:13:40 -0500

Researchers in Finland are reporting successful use of an unlikely fertilizer for farm fields that is inexpensive, abundantly available, and undeniably organic -- human urine.