| Getty Images Key Takeaways The demand for fertilizer increased from 20 million tons in 1950 to 190 million tons in 2019. A handful of recent events have impacted the manufacturing and shipment of fe...
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Fertilizer prices ease but is affordability a thing of the past: A deep dive
One could argue that the history of mankind is really a history of food systems. Humanity has come a long way from the days of hunter-gatherers and foragers. In millennia gone by, settlements were hig...
Brazil Has So Much Fertilizer That Cargo Is Being Rerouted
(Bloomberg) — Fertilizer firms are starting to see farmers in one of the world’s biggest food suppliers pushing back on high prices for crop nutrients. Most Read from Bloomberg Brazil has so muc...
Europe’s Other Crisis: Fertilizer Shortage For Farming
Dressed in the colors of Ukraine, European Union Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen delivers her … [+] State of the European Union address, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 at the European Parliamen...
Time To Sell Fertilizer, Oil Stocks? Others In IBD 50 Offer Opportunities
The market is struggling and has taken some of the IBD 50 stocks down with it. CF Industries (CF) and some of the oil stocks have hit 7% to 8% sell signals. Among consumer stocks, Lululemon (LULU) and...
Fertilizer Prices Spike Again As Russia Cuts Natural Gas Supply
Photo by IVAN PISARENKO/AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images Fertilizer values remain highly volatile as markets digest ongoing disruptions to Russian natural gas entering Europe. According to th...
Fill Your Dividend Basket With Food And Fertilizer
Tractor cultivating field at spring,aerial view getty The world needs to produce more food to feed everyone in the years ahead. Period. Food shortages are likely to be an unfortunate megatrend of the ...
Will Fertilizer Stocks Weather the Storm?
The conflict in Ukraine has had a direct impact on fertilizer stocks. Eastern Europe is a wheat belt and a significant fertilizer exporter. The war has escalated the price of wheat and also that of fe...
Fertilizer Stocks: Mosaic, CF Earnings Soar But Still Fall Short
Fertilizer plays Mosaic (MOS) and CF Industries (CF) both posted strong Q2 results that fell short of even greater expectations. Both CF and Mosaic stock fell in late Monday stock market action. This ...
CF Industries is the best buy among the fertilizer manufacturers
Fertilizer manufacturing companies are attractive investment candidates as demand grows. Top of this list is four companies. Nutrien Ltd (NYSE:NTR) is trading at $80 with a PE of 10.12 and a dividend...
Fertilizer Prices Drop 30% Following Demand Destruction
(Bloomberg) — Fertilizer prices that had hit records are now plunging as buyers reel from sticker shock, but that doesn’t mean the market squeeze is over. Most Read from Bloomberg The June spot ...
High fertilizer prices have seen this stock surge 55% since the start of 2022
Retail fertilizer prices seem to be increasing each week. As the war in Ukraine led to disruptions of supplies, the prices of fertilizers have doubled compared to the previous year. In April 2022 all...
Best Fertilizer Stocks To Buy In May
Key Insights Demand for fertilizer stocks remains strong after the recent pullback. Earnings estimates continue to move higher as analysts realize that high fertilizer prices would be sustainable. T...
Australia opens facility to convert human waste into fertilizer
A sewage treatment plant. The idea of reusing organic matter or waste in industrial processes and other initiatives is not a new one, and the last few years have seen a number of interesting projects ...
Is There A More Climate-Friendly Way To Fertilize Crops? The Answer May Be Blowin’ In The Wind
Crops like corn need nitrogen fertilizer, but it may be now be increasingly logical to harness wind … [+] or solar energy to make it dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Plants are naturally “s...
Surging Fertilizer Costs Are Pushing Food Prices Higher
Fertilizer costs have roughly doubled from a year ago as the war in Ukraine disrupted the flow of supplies from Russia, the world’s largest exporter of the commodity. That has contributed to higher gl...
Best Fertilizer Stocks To Buy Now
Key Insights Fertilizer stocks rally due to strong agricultural markets and supply disruptions. Stocks remain cheap as traders and analysts do not believe that current financial performance is sustai...
3 fertilizer stocks to buy as prices surge
Fertilizer prices are surging globally as a supply shortage rises because of the ongoing sanctions on Russia and Belarus. Russia has even halted exports of some fertilizers to punish western countries...
Soy Usurps King Corn as U.S. Farmers Dodge Pricey Fertilizer
(Bloomberg) — U.S. farmers are poised to plant more soybeans than corn for just the third time ever as the highest fertilizer prices on record prompt growers to turn away from the cost-intensive...
How Putin’s War Made These 3 Fertilizer Producers Hot Stocks
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Since Russia invaded Ukraine, shares of Saskatoon, Canada’s Nutrien , the Western Hemisphere’s top fertilizer maker, have climbed 37%. The Energy Select Sector SP...
No Caviar Comes From Russia, The Deep Roots Of Regenerative Farming And The Brink Of A Global Hunger Catastrophe
Most American farmers overapply fertilizer. That’s the standard. It’s also a leading cause of waterway pollution and dead zones like the massive one in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as of soil degradati...
Fertilizer prices just hit a record high sparking fears of global starvation and the worst food insecurity level since World War II
Farmers worldwide are feeling the sting of sanctions, as the Ukraine War has sent fertilizer prices soaring to new all-time highs, prompting concerns over a global food shortage. Fertilizer prices las...
A Food Crisis Is Looming. This Fertilizer Stock Stands to Gain.
Text size The invasion of Ukraine could be one of the most disruptive events in the food and agricultural supply chain in decades. Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty Images Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its ...
I Went All In on Fertilizer Stocks and CF Industries Has Really Paid Off
The best part of my job here at Real Money is receiving feedback from happy readers after a profitable stock call. We are all on the same team here. We are all rooting for wins via active portfolio ma...
Organic Agriculture Nightmare Tanks Sri Lanka’s Economy
A tea plantation near the Nuwara Eliya plateau at an elevation of 1,900 meters. Government-forced … [+] organic farming methods have devastated the industry and the people in it. Vyacheslav Arge...
SQM Stock Breaks Out On Earnings, Lithium Growth, Fertilizer Rally
SQM (SQM) easily beat Q4 earnings estimates late Wednesday, powered by higher lithium and fertilizer prices. SQM stock cleared a buy point in Thursday’s stock market action. X Meanwhile, the who...
Fertilizer Shortage To Boost Plant Food Stocks
Ukrainian Military Forces servicemen of the 92nd mechanized brigade use tanks, self-propelled guns … [+] and other armored vehicles to conduct live-fire exercises near the town of Chuguev, in Kh...
Caribbean Food Security Likely To Be Impacted By Russia-Ukraine Conflict
As Russia began its invasion of neighboring Ukraine on February 24th, the world watched— and reacted. On top of the deeply devastating human elements of war have been the unavoidable global political ...
Fertilizer producer Mosaic says demand strong, but stock falls on Q4 earnings miss
Shares of Mosaic Co. MOS, -1.80% dropped more than 6% in the extended session Tuesday after the fertilizer and feed producer missed fourth-quarter expectations and said rising agricultural commodity p...
Fertilizer Markets Roiled by Belarus Potash Force Majeure
(Bloomberg) — A Belarusian potash miner that accounts for a major chunk of global supply has declared force majeure, shaking up a market that’s already contending with soaring prices. Most Read ...
Stock Market Today: Global Shares Rise as U.S. Markets Pause for M.L.K. Jr. Day
Text size Wall Street trading will return in force Tuesday. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Global stocks moved slightly Monday in what is expected to be a quiet trading session, with U.S. markets c...