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The fertilizer industry transforms millions of tons of air, natural gas and mined ores into plant nutrition products based on the three essential nutrients nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. But how are fertilizers produced?
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Fertilizer. A farmer spreading manure to improve soil fertility. A fertilizer (American English) or fertiliser (British English) is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients.
Fertilizer is a substance added to soil to improve plants' growth and yield. First used by ancient farmers, fertilizer technology developed significantly as the chemical needs of growing plants were discovered.
The fertilizer industry is essentially concerned with the provision of three major plant nutrients - nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium - in plant-available forms. Nitrogen is expressed in the elemental form, N, but
How fertilizers are made. Let's talk about how different types of fertilizers are made: Nitrogen Fertilizers: These are made using a process invented over 100 years ago. Here's how it works: Nitrogen is taken from the air. The nitrogen is mixed with hydrogen from natural gas, coal (in the traditional process) or renewable energy sources.
Based on the two main end products, ammonium nitrate and urea, different fertilizer types are manufactured by mixing with ingredients such as phosphorus and potassium to form NPKs, dolomite to form CAN, or by mixing urea and ammonium nitrate solution to make UAN.
Understand fertilizer production and the logistics involved in how they are processed and delivered to farms.
