Australian farmer warns urea supply crisis could halt normal life within weeks
- AdBlue needed for diesel vehicles — half of all trucks on Australian roads run on diesel (along with a quarter of all registered vehicles.)
- Fertilizer for food:
“'Not only will we not be able to grow cattle and we will not be able to grow food and we will not be able to grow grain or anything like that, but even if we could, we can't move it, because we can't turn a wheel in a truck because we have no Adblue,'
As of February we might not have a truck on the road in Australia, we might not have a train on the tracks.
'So quite literally the whole country comes to a standstill as of February.'
#fertilizer #Australia
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/farmer-reveals-the-terrifying-reality-of-australia-s-urea-shortage/ar-AARGHto
- AdBlue needed for diesel vehicles — half of all trucks on Australian roads run on diesel (along with a quarter of all registered vehicles.)
- Fertilizer for food:
“'Not only will we not be able to grow cattle and we will not be able to grow food and we will not be able to grow grain or anything like that, but even if we could, we can't move it, because we can't turn a wheel in a truck because we have no Adblue,'
As of February we might not have a truck on the road in Australia, we might not have a train on the tracks.
'So quite literally the whole country comes to a standstill as of February.'
#fertilizer #Australia
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/farmer-reveals-the-terrifying-reality-of-australia-s-urea-shortage/ar-AARGHto
Rolling out the sewage for crops. Disgusting.
“In the UK, not only are farmers scrambling for animal compost, but many are even trying to get their hands on treated sewage sludge containing human excrement, or biosolids.
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“The market for manure — from pigs, horses, cattle and even humans — has never been so hot, thanks to a global shortage of chemical fertilisers.”
… and THIS is part of why they want to eliminate animal agriculture!
“Just ask Andrew Whitelaw, a grains analyst at Thomas Elder Markets based in Melbourne, Australia, who runs a commercial pig farm in his spare time. Whitelaw said that he has completely sold clean of animal waste, as farmers hunt for alternatives to the more commonly used phosphate- and nitrogen-based fertilisers that are vital to boosting crop yields.
“We don’t have any left,” he said. “In a normal year, you’d probably get a couple phone calls a year, not a couple of phone calls a week.”
The demand for dung is playing out globally. In Iowa, manure is selling for $40-$70 per tonne, up about $10 from a year ago and the highest levels since 2012, according to Daniel Anderson, assistant professor at Iowa State University and a specialist on manure.
In the UK, not only are farmers scrambling for animal compost, but many are even trying to get their hands on treated sewage sludge containing human excrement, or biosolids.
#AnimalAg #fertilizer
https://www.businesslive.co.za/bloomberg/news/2021-12-10-the-world-is-desperate-for-manure-amid-fertiliser-shortage/
“In the UK, not only are farmers scrambling for animal compost, but many are even trying to get their hands on treated sewage sludge containing human excrement, or biosolids.
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“The market for manure — from pigs, horses, cattle and even humans — has never been so hot, thanks to a global shortage of chemical fertilisers.”
… and THIS is part of why they want to eliminate animal agriculture!
“Just ask Andrew Whitelaw, a grains analyst at Thomas Elder Markets based in Melbourne, Australia, who runs a commercial pig farm in his spare time. Whitelaw said that he has completely sold clean of animal waste, as farmers hunt for alternatives to the more commonly used phosphate- and nitrogen-based fertilisers that are vital to boosting crop yields.
“We don’t have any left,” he said. “In a normal year, you’d probably get a couple phone calls a year, not a couple of phone calls a week.”
The demand for dung is playing out globally. In Iowa, manure is selling for $40-$70 per tonne, up about $10 from a year ago and the highest levels since 2012, according to Daniel Anderson, assistant professor at Iowa State University and a specialist on manure.
In the UK, not only are farmers scrambling for animal compost, but many are even trying to get their hands on treated sewage sludge containing human excrement, or biosolids.
#AnimalAg #fertilizer
https://www.businesslive.co.za/bloomberg/news/2021-12-10-the-world-is-desperate-for-manure-amid-fertiliser-shortage/
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The world is desperate for manure amid fertiliser shortage
Prices of synthetic fertilizer have soared during an energy shortage and export restrictions by Russia and China