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  1. 'Spoiled soil' is nowhere near the whole story, and fertiliser is nowhere near everything a plant needs.

    This article comes with a whole new simulator: Magnesium's way from field through wheat into the body and out again: Where it comes from, how much is absorbed, how much gets lost and where.

    Evolutionary Association, Chapter 8: Fertiliser

    butterbei.de/en/posts/evolutio

    #nutrition #food #health #fertilizer #fertiliser #agriculture #grains #wheat

  2. In the West, cyclospora infections are called an 'outbreak', but, in India, where people traditionally use farmland as a public toilet, they're very common. They develop resistance to it and avoid it by cooking most food, but it often causes 'traveller's diarrhoea' in tourists.

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

    #west #cyclospora #diarrhoea #diarrhea #outbreak #india #fertiliser #fertilizer #farmland #toilet #tourism #cooking #food #parasite #infection #health #publichealth #sanitation

  3. @libroraptor
    #Phosphorus was once extracted by boiling large quantities of somewhat aged #urine.
    A fictional account is in #NealStephenson's #BaroqueTrilogy. 2nd volume IIRC

    Quite fun.

    Less fun is that our next problem is a world shortage of Phosphorus/Phosphate for #fertiliser.

  4. Even in grass-based systems like Ireland, the #livestock sector is a net consumer of nitrogen from #fertiliser and the negligible use of #manure on cropland cannot address structural fertiliser dependency: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #grassfed #dairy #beef #cattle

    Underlying: bsky.app/profile/ajst...

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bdbuhq46rj2nerrfacwh4flu/post/3mqomnkz2wc2k

  5. The EU depends on imported #fertiliser, as shown again by the war in Iran. But manure—suggested by some as solution—cannot replace mineral fertiliser because the #livestock sector itself is a net consumer of it. Scaling up #manure “production” would increase fertiliser use: doi.org/10.1111/1746... +

  6. ✍️Forest #wildfires, on-farm #fertiliser strategies & protection for fruit #orchards experts are called to apply for the @eucapnetwork Focus Group experts by 31 July 2026.
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    ✍️Ειδικοί στους τομείς των δασικών πυρκαγιών, των στρατηγικών λίπανσης στα αγροκτήματα και της προστασίας οπωρώνων καλούνται να υποβάλουν αίτηση συμμετοχής στις Ομάδες Εστίασης (Focus Groups)του @eucapnetwork έως τις 31 Ιουλίου 2026.
    Μάθετε περισσότερα👇
    linkedin.com/posts/eucapnetwor

  7. ✍️ Farmers, foresters, advisors, researchers & other innovators with specific knowledge and experience in forest #wildfires, on-farm #fertiliser strategies & protection for fruit #orchards may apply for the @eucapnetwork call for Focus Group experts by 31 July 2026.
    linkedin.com/posts/fgwildfirep

  8. A multi-stressor scenario for the ocean and waterway ecosystems:

    * The ocean is 'cooked' by the combustion of fossil fuels.
    * Add a generous heap of 'nutrient-rich' floodwaters (runoff) from farms and suburbia.
    * Get a harmful algal bloom (HAB) disaster, killing bio-diverse marine life and threatening the hip pocket nerve of coastal dwellers.

    "A survey found that Australians remained far more concerned about disasters such as bushfires and flooding than they did HABs, despite 22 million people living with seven kilometres of the coastline and climate change modelling predicting more frequent and severe blooms."

    "The study also found Australians had a "relatively low prioritisation of disasters — and HABs in particular — when compared with everyday socio-economic concerns"...Cost of living and healthcare dominated respondents' concerns in Australia, while environmental and climate change-related risks were perceived as less pressing.' >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-06-25/sa-
    #ocean #MarineLife #waterways #Biodiversity #FossilFuels #ClimateDisasters #disasters #MarineHeatwaves #ToxicBlooms #eutrophication #SystemicDisaster #MassMortalities #fish #hypoxia #FishKills #farms #fertiliser #Impervioussurfaces #runoff #pollution #Sewerage #Infrastructure #HipPocket #mindsets

  9. Driven by Iran war, #Thai #farm #debtcrisis deepens in test for Anutin government
    🧐""Once they won & formed the #government, they disappeared," said Chaon.. Retail diesel prices in #Thailand surged by more than 60% at their peak as a result of the conflict, while #fertiliser costs have risen by more than 30%. "The government is not tackling the problem," Chaon said.. Overall #household #debt in Thailand stands at 86.7% of gross domestic product, among te highest in #Asia"
    straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/

  10. Iran War causing millions to go hungry, due to fuel / food prices, fertiliser shortages:

    “The [UN World Food Programme] agency asserted that estimations made in March, warning that 45 million people would fall into acute food shortages if oil prices remained at $100 a barrel by the end of June, were beginning to materialise.“

    aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/5/us

    #IranWar #Food #Famine #Hunger #EnergyCrisis #Hormuz #UN #Poverty #Fertiliser

  11. "Aurin is the only mineral fertiliser made entirely of human urine that is certified on the market. It is approved for use on all plants by the Swiss and French authorities and is sold to farmers, for use in gardens and on house plants and is being tested by city authorities in Paris, Lausanne and Zurich"

    #Aurin #Urine #Recycling #Fertiliser

    ‘This is not a hippy thing’: the startup recycling urine to make natural fertiliser | Farming | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/environment/20

  12. Q: I need to increase potassium, magnesium, and oxygen saturation in my plant soil. What chemical compounds should I buy for this to create a fertiliser mix?
    A: Potassium peroxide and Magnesium sulphate

    I'm not quite sure about that. Thanks AI...

    #chemistry #plants #fertiliser #soil