ABC Feeds1d ago

Farmers desperate for nitrogen 'drug' search for substitutes
By Bec Pridham

A war thousands of kilometres away from Australia's farms is quietly reshaping what crops are planted and what will be available at supermarkets in the future.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-28/synthetic-fertiliser-reliance-on-australian-farms/106723890

#Fertilisers #UnrestConflictandWar #AgriculturalCrops #SustainableandAlternativeFarming #BecPridham

Can farmers become less reliant on synthetic fertiliser? Some are trying

A war thousands of kilometres away from Australia's farms is quietly reshaping what crops are planted and what will be available at supermarkets in the future.

Via Baltica2d ago

The State Security Department (VSD) of #Lithuania has warned against proposals to resume #transit shipments of Belarusian #fertilisers via the port of #Klaipeda. VSD director Remigijus Bridikis noted that doing so would contravene EU #sanctions without reducing #security threats posed by #Belarus.

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-state-security-warns-against-belarus-fertiliser-transit/

Lithuania: State security warns against Belarus fertiliser transit

Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD) has warned against proposals to resume transit shipments of Belarusian fertilisers through the port of Klaipeda, BNS reports.

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Via Baltica6d ago

The US State Department has sent a letter to #Lithuania, #Poland, and #Ukraine, asking them to lift #sanctions on potash from #Belarus and allow transit shipments. The letter stated that US companies were interested in buying Belarusian #fertilisers shipped via #Baltic or Ukrainian #ports.

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-us-asks-to-allow-belarusian-fertiliser-exports/

Lithuania: US asks to allow Belarusian fertiliser exports

The US Department of State has sent a letter to Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine, asking them to lift sanctions on Belarusian potash and allow transit shipments through their territories, RFE/RL reports.

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Richard Michael BlaberMay 22
https://theconversation.com/decarbonising-everything-is-impossible-heres-why-280677. "Roughly 15-20% of all #fossilfuel #consumption is never burned at all. It is transformed into the #physical #fabric of #modern #life: #plastics, #polymers, #fertilisers, #adhesives, #solvents & #synthetic #textiles... The #chemical #industry is the upstream #engine of many modern #materials, using about 14% of global #oil #demand & 8% of global #gas demand. Much of that is used as a raw #material rather than #fuel."
Decarbonising everything is impossible – here’s why

The solution is not to eliminate carbon from industry but to change where it comes from.

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Richard AshwellMay 20

The #nature and #wildlife we all love is under attack. They are silently being poisoned by a group of greedy chemical companies making billions selling toxic #pesticides and #fertilisers.

The UK government are failing to act so please sign the petition to save UK wildlife: https://act.gp/4nsygU4

SIGN to defend UK nature from toxic chemical companies

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Home ━ The European Conservative [Unofficial]May 19

EU Promising to Back Farmers Against Wartime Fertiliser Price Surge

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/eu-aims-to-back-farmers-against-wartime-fertiliser-price-surge/

Via BalticaMay 17

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda denied that the US was pressuring #Lithuania to reopen #transit shipments of #fertilisers from #Belarus. Earlier, Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys told MPs that the US was exerting pressure on Lithuania and other countries in the region on the issue.

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-president-denies-us-pressure-on-belarus-fertiliser-transit/

Lithuania: President denies US pressure on Belarus fertiliser transit

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda denied that the US was pressuring Lithuania to reopen transit shipments of fertilisers from Belarus, BNS reported. He stressed that Belarusian fertilisers were…

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Richard Michael BlaberMay 14
https://theconversation.com/how-the-world-can-avoid-millions-going-hungry-when-supply-chains-collapse-282441. All this would be good, @ConversationUK, but without real #action to deal with both #climatechange & the #biodiversity #crisis, & without changing #farming #methods to eliminate #monoculture & the intensive use of #artificial #fertilisers & #pesticides, we are heading for a Malthusian catastrophe. People had better start believing me, because if they don't, my prophecy will turn into reality - & I don't want it to do so! See: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/wef2n_v1.
How the world can avoid millions going hungry when supply chains collapse

The world is too dependent on the Gulf states for energy and fertiliser.

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Show threadVicki Van LommelMay 1

👆 ...the best solution is that people take responsibility not only for themselves, but also for each other and the natural environment. In this way, people, rather than technology, ensure a stable society.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sh9Cj4CtNIg

#StraitOfHormuz #Fertilisers #FoodRationing #ECB

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European Central Bank President warns of food shortages and rationing

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Show threadVicki Van LommelMay 1

...Governments should do everything to maintain trust in the world economy. A digital ID and CBDC can only stabilise the world economy but increase distrust. Based on that, it is only a short-term solution. In the long term, it could possibly destroy social cohesion. However, there is always a group in society that undermines society. When this group becomes too large, you also lose social cohesion. Perhaps...👇

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sh9Cj4CtNIg

#StraitOfHormuz #Fertilisers #FoodRationing #ECB

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European Central Bank President warns of food shortages and rationing

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