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AI6YR Ben Mar 5

The Guardian: ‘A big burden for farmers’: Gulf shipping crisis threatens food price shock

Iranian blockade of the strategic strait of Hormuz is hitting global fertiliser supply chain

"...Between a quarter and a third of the global trade in the raw materials for fertiliser passes through the strait, as well as a fifth of seaborne crude oil and gas.

The de facto closure of the strait is affecting the transport of ammonia and nitrogen, which are key ingredients in many synthetic fertiliser products...."

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/05/big-burden-for-farmers-gulf-shipping-crisis-threatens-food-price-shock

#inflation #foodsupply #foodsecurity #fertilizer

‘A big burden for farmers’: Gulf shipping crisis threatens food price shock

Iranian blockade of the strategic strait of Hormuz is hitting global fertiliser supply chain

The Guardian

*** I wonder where I can get some cheap nitrogen for my garden. 🤪

@ai6yr where can we get ammonia and nitrogen

it's a mystery

Cavedale Rhônes Mar 5

@CavedaleRhones @sarae @ai6yr
Those aren’t puppies… ☹️

Cavedale Rhônes Mar 5

@MsMerope @sarae @ai6yr True. Our pregnant mom is talented but she can’t lay eggs.

@ai6yr Duh. The air.

What? You didn't say it had to be easy or in a specific form. You just said you wanted nitrogen. There's plenty there.

Michael Busch Mar 5

@nazokiyoubinbou

That is in fact how the Haber-Bosch process works.

The question becomes if other fertilizer producers can adjust production to meet demands.

@ai6yr 's jokes aside.

@ai6yr
ooooooooooooh, I have a few suggestions....

@ai6yr I know that you are being tongue in cheek here… but - coffee grounds. Starbucks or any coffee shop or gas station
They are not acidic. At least the hot brew grounds are not. Cold brew I do not know.

Gabriel N Mar 5

@Da_Gut @ai6yr I understand that coffee grounds — at least from expresso machines— should be composted first.

AI6YR Ben Mar 5

@wtrmt @Da_Gut I frequently dump Starbucks coffee grounds in the garden, whenever I happen to be near a Starbucks with available grounds. I don't drive much now (trying to minimize my CO2 footprint), so only if I have to run somewhere and happen to be near one and check. Although I did find the local store within bicycling range where I can definitely make regular runs that way.

MCDuncanLab Mar 5

@ai6yr @wtrmt @Da_Gut

This summer, I had such a dilemma, I wanted to boycott Starbucks to support the union, but it is the best place for coffee grounds.

In the end, I boycotted, and they closed that shop because it was one of the ones with union strikers.

AI6YR Ben Mar 5

@MCDuncanLab @wtrmt @Da_Gut So, I don't buy any coffee there, I just mooch the grounds. 🤔

MCDuncanLab Mar 5

@ai6yr @wtrmt @Da_Gut

I always buy something since the folks usually package the grounds up for me immediately when I ask.

@wtrmt @ai6yr you will have to gauge this by experience.
In North Georgia with the nice heavy red clay soil then no it is not needed.
The earthworms will pull it right down into the soil and it will melt away.
In Maine, even with invasive earthworms, it would probably benefit from it.
To make a noticeable difference, it will require a lot of coffee grounds.
Over three years I dumped over 2000 pounds on to 1/3 of an acre in Georgia. It made a huge difference.

Jim Hubbell Mar 5

@ai6yr
Modern smokeless gunpowder is mostly nitrogen and ammonia.

@ai6yr Got a Bat Signal?

diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱Mar 5

Well, I guess I'm gonna have to do sustainable gardening this year to grow healthy food that naturally adds nitrogen and other nutrients into the soil like a peasant 😸

6H057rUNN3r Mar 5

@ai6yr urine luck! I have just the liquid for need

FreddyB Aviation Photography Mar 5

@ai6yr the ammonia is a bigger hit

It is used in refrigeration, chemical feedstock and as noted fertilizer