Tag: Specialty Fertilizers

Simon Inglethorpe, editor of Fertilizer International, shares his thoughts on the hurdles facing the fertilizer industry and how best to vault these.

Grupa Azoty has started production of a new sulphur-enriched fertilizer at its Police complex in Poland.

Van Iperen International is pursuing an ambitious sustainability strategy to cut its carbon footprint by 50%.

In the ever-evolving landscape of agricultural inputs, a quiet revolution has been taking place across Latin America. Value-added fertilizers (VAFs), long operating in the shadows of traditional fertilizers, have emerged as a powerful force in the region’s agricultural transformation. Vatren Jurin of DunhamTrimmer explains more.

The last year has seen the first shipments of low-carbon ‘green’ fertilizers from companies such as Yara, Fertiberia, OCI and Sabic Agri-Nutrients. Partnerships with food manufacturers and retailers are helping to grow this emerging market and drive demand.

More than 370 delegates from over 150 companies and 40 countries gathered at the Hilton Warsaw City Hotel, Warsaw, Poland, 26-28 February, for CRU’s Phosphates 2024 conference.

We compare and contrast the 2023 financial performance of selected major fertilizer producers following the publication of fourth quarter results.

The 22nd New AG International Annual event is taking place at the Estrel Congress Centre, Berlin, Germany, 9-11 April 2024. Fertilizer International is delighted to be supporting the conference as media partner for the first time.

Specialty fertilizer products represent a small volume, high value segment of the overall fertilizer market that’s been growing at around four percent per annum in recent years. Economic, environmental, regulatory and agronomic imperatives are driving up their adoption – and an overall shift from volume to value in the fertilizer market.

ICL has developed a new generation of rapid biodegradable coatings for its controlled-release fertilizer (CRF) portfolio. The new coating technology reduces the environmental footprint of CRFs and will help farmers meet the requirements of Europe’s Green Deal. This patented innovation, named eqo.x, coats nitrogen fertilizers for field grown crops. Eqo.x has already been fully tested in the field – and shows excellent results in terms of production, nutrient use efficiency, volatilisation and leaching reduction. Ronald Clemens, ICL Global Marketing & Portfolio Manager CRF, explains the benefits.