Market Realist Farmers don't need to apply potash every year, unlike nitrogenous fertilizers , because they apply the nutrient to the soil and it isn't directly consumed by crops. From 2005 to 2008, inventory fell because farmers demanded more potash to take advantage ... and more »
Market Realist In the United States, maize (corn) takes up the majority of fertilizer use. So the price of corn is an important indicator. This is most important for potash producers because demand for potash is more elastic than nitrogenous fertilizers such as urea ...
Asia Times Online Again, Strezhnev was on the spot at the Governor's Mansion with the Louisiana Governor, Bobby Jindal, to explain that after exporting Russian-refined nitrogenous fertilizers to the US, Eurochem sees the "next logical step to establish our production ...
Market Realist Based on the latest fertilizer consumption data pulled from the International Fertilizer Industry Association, China and India heavily use nitrogenous fertilizers , with NK (nitrogen-to-potash) ratios of more than six times. These effects are most ... and more »
Market Realist But what caused potash fertilizers to underperform and drag the fertilizer industry's overall performance (including the Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (MOO)) in 2012 is consumer behavior. Unlike nitrogenous fertilizers or seeds, demand for potash ...
