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Fertiliser company fined after hundreds of complaints about manure stench
By Eugene Boisvert

An Adelaide Hills business that piled chicken manure, coffee grounds and other waste up to twice the allowed height has been fined by a South Australian court after more than 700 complaints about the smell.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-15/neutrog-fined-over-smelly-fertiliser-piles/106913052

#EnvironmentalHealth #Courts #EnvironmentalImpacts #AirPollution #Fertilisers #EugeneBoisvert

Fertiliser company fined after hundreds of complaints about manure stench
By Eugene Boisvert

An Adelaide Hills business that piled chicken manure, coffee grounds and other waste up to twice the allowed height has been fined by a South Australian court after more than 700 complaints about the smell.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-15/neutrog-fined-over-smelly-fertiliser-piles/106913052

#EnvironmentalHealth #Courts #EnvironmentalImpacts #AirPollution #Fertilisers #EugeneBoisvert

Today we have a #PhDdefence from our Environmental Science department: Floris Neijnens will defend his thesis on the influence of nutrients on freshwater organisms. 🏞️ Read more!
https://www.ru.nl/en/about-us/events/on-murky-waters-the-influence-of-nutrients-on-freshwater-organisms
#research #pollution #fertilisers #eutrophication #freshwater #biodiversity #mosquitos

Today we have a #PhDdefence from our Environmental Science department: Floris Neijnens will defend his thesis on the influence of nutrients on freshwater organisms. 🏞️ Read more!
https://www.ru.nl/en/about-us/events/on-murky-waters-the-influence-of-nutrients-on-freshwater-organisms
#research #pollution #fertilisers #eutrophication #freshwater #biodiversity #mosquitos

#Fertilisers are critical for crop growth, yield stability and quality & farmers need reliable access to affordable fertilisers.
The Fertiliser Action Plan that was presented on 19/5 by the Commission focuses on ensuring fertilisers’ affordability, predictability in supply and resilience for agricultural production 💚
https://x.com/euagri/status/2054821193694237149?s=12&t=rUVa0ijJxwykE_n36sZtBg

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/

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/

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/

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/

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."

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."

EU Promising to Back Farmers Against Wartime Fertiliser Price Surge

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

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/

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/

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.

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.

#Strait that Shook the World. From #fertilisers 2 #helium, 3rd #GulfWar is redrawing map of who pays, who profits. Consider #food. #Urea is most widely used nitrogen-based fertiliser in #agriculture. Its industrial production is ntensely energy-hungry process, wholly dependent on natural gas. Gulf region produces approximately 40% of world’s exported urea Roughly 30% of global fertiliser exports, 20% of liquefied #naturalgas past thru #StraitofHormuz https://www.bespacific.com/the-strait-that-shook-the-world/ #hunger #war

#Strait that Shook the World. From #fertilisers 2 #helium, 3rd #GulfWar is redrawing map of who pays, who profits. Consider #food. #Urea is most widely used nitrogen-based fertiliser in #agriculture. Its industrial production is ntensely energy-hungry process, wholly dependent on natural gas. Gulf region produces approximately 40% of world’s exported urea Roughly 30% of global fertiliser exports, 20% of liquefied #naturalgas past thru #StraitofHormuz https://www.bespacific.com/the-strait-that-shook-the-world/ #hunger #war

#Italy - Sicily was once a major producer of sulphur but has shut down its hundreds of #mines. Seeing as #sulphur is a key ingredient in some #fertilisers and sulphur #exports have been interrupted by the US-Israel vs Iran conflict, maybe Sicily could look into reopening its mines?

#Italy - Sicily was once a major producer of sulphur but has shut down its hundreds of #mines. Seeing as #sulphur is a key ingredient in some #fertilisers and sulphur #exports have been interrupted by the US-Israel vs Iran conflict, maybe Sicily could look into reopening its mines?

#agrochemical
#alternatives
#biological
#fertilisers
#nontoxicbacteria
#agriculture
#rhizobia
#nitrogen
#fixing
#legume
#crops

https://theconversation.com/south-africas-farmers-arent-yet-replacing-chemical-fertilisers-with-sustainable-alternatives-this-is-why-278144

#agrochemical
#alternatives
#biological
#fertilisers
#nontoxicbacteria
#agriculture
#rhizobia
#nitrogen
#fixing
#legume
#crops

https://theconversation.com/south-africas-farmers-arent-yet-replacing-chemical-fertilisers-with-sustainable-alternatives-this-is-why-278144

The Commission has proposed to suspend, for one year, the most favoured nation (MFN) duties on imports of several key nitrogen fertilisers and inputs for their production (ammonia, urea).
This measure aims to strengthen the EU's #agrifood sector, lowering costs for farmers and the #fertilisers industry🤔
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/mex_26_462

"We are facing the greatest global energy security threat in history"

“The war in the Middle East is creating a major energy crisis, including the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market. In the absence of a swift resolution, the impacts on energy markets and economies are set to become more and more severe,” said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol."

"Reduce demand:

1. Work from home where possible
Displaces oil use from commuting, particularly where jobs are suitable for remote work.

2. Reduce highway speed limits by at least 10 km/h
Lower speeds reduce fuel use for passenger cars, vans and trucks.

3. Encourage public transport
A shift from private cars to buses and trains can quickly reduce oil demand.

4. Alternate private car access to roads in large cities on different days
Number-plate rotation schemes can reduce congestion and fuel-intensive driving.

5. Increase car sharing and adopt efficient driving practices
Higher car occupancy and eco-driving can lower fuel consumption quickly.

6. Efficient driving for road commercial vehicles and delivery of goods
Better driving practices, vehicle maintenance and load optimisation can cut diesel use.

7. Divert LPG use from transport
Shifting bi-fuel and converted vehicles from LPG to gasoline can preserve LPG for cooking and other essential needs.

8. Avoid air travel where alternative options exist
Reducing business flights can quickly ease pressure on jet fuel markets.

9. Where possible, switch to other modern cooking solutions
Encouraging electric cooking and other modern options can reduce reliance on LPG.

10. Leverage flexibility with petrochemical feedstocks and implement short-term efficiency and maintenance measures "
>>
https://www.iea.org/news/new-iea-report-highlights-options-to-ease-oil-price-pressures-on-consumers-in-response-to-middle-east-supply-disruptions

What energy crisis? It seems Bellingen motorists haven't heard the news yet.

#energy #oil #OilandGas #fertilisers #petrochemicals #IEA #speed #cars #idling #10kmh #roads #war #EnergyCrisis #FossilFuels #dependency #COVIDDéjàVU

"We are facing the greatest global energy security threat in history"

“The war in the Middle East is creating a major energy crisis, including the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market. In the absence of a swift resolution, the impacts on energy markets and economies are set to become more and more severe,” said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol."

"Reduce demand:

1. Work from home where possible
Displaces oil use from commuting, particularly where jobs are suitable for remote work.

2. Reduce highway speed limits by at least 10 km/h
Lower speeds reduce fuel use for passenger cars, vans and trucks.

3. Encourage public transport
A shift from private cars to buses and trains can quickly reduce oil demand.

4. Alternate private car access to roads in large cities on different days
Number-plate rotation schemes can reduce congestion and fuel-intensive driving.

5. Increase car sharing and adopt efficient driving practices
Higher car occupancy and eco-driving can lower fuel consumption quickly.

6. Efficient driving for road commercial vehicles and delivery of goods
Better driving practices, vehicle maintenance and load optimisation can cut diesel use.

7. Divert LPG use from transport
Shifting bi-fuel and converted vehicles from LPG to gasoline can preserve LPG for cooking and other essential needs.

8. Avoid air travel where alternative options exist
Reducing business flights can quickly ease pressure on jet fuel markets.

9. Where possible, switch to other modern cooking solutions
Encouraging electric cooking and other modern options can reduce reliance on LPG.

10. Leverage flexibility with petrochemical feedstocks and implement short-term efficiency and maintenance measures "
>>
https://www.iea.org/news/new-iea-report-highlights-options-to-ease-oil-price-pressures-on-consumers-in-response-to-middle-east-supply-disruptions

What energy crisis? It seems Bellingen motorists haven't heard the news yet.

#energy #oil #OilandGas #fertilisers #petrochemicals #IEA #speed #cars #idling #10kmh #roads #war #EnergyCrisis #FossilFuels #dependency #COVIDDéjàVU

@viacampesina

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/19/blocking-fertilisers-the-hormuz-strait-and-agricultural-shock/

#AgroEcology #Capitalism #Fertilisers #Hormuz #Iran #ViaCampesina

@viacampesina

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/19/blocking-fertilisers-the-hormuz-strait-and-agricultural-shock/

#AgroEcology #Capitalism #Fertilisers #Hormuz #Iran #ViaCampesina

#Lithuania should de-escalate tensions with #Belarus, presidential adviser Deividas Matulionis stated. Earlier, Belarus freed political prisoners in exchange for the US lifting #sanctions on Belarusian #fertilisers. Also, Belarus pledged to stop smuggler balloons flying into Lithuania.

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-presidential-adviser-urges-de-escalation-with-belarus/

#Lithuania should de-escalate tensions with #Belarus, presidential adviser Deividas Matulionis stated. Earlier, Belarus freed political prisoners in exchange for the US lifting #sanctions on Belarusian #fertilisers. Also, Belarus pledged to stop smuggler balloons flying into Lithuania.

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-presidential-adviser-urges-de-escalation-with-belarus/

New genomic techniques can help develop better crop varieties faster & with specific features (e.g. greater resilience to #climatechange, lower use of #fertilisers & #pesticides), and in a way that can also occur in nature… (1/2) www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

New genomic techniques: Counci...

#Wayanad #Fertilisers #Crisis #Farmers #India #AgricultureNews #Kerala #shortage #Price #Hike https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kerala-farmers-hit-by-fertiliser-shortage-and-price-surge-during-crucial-cropping-season-vp63rlai?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Zero is not for all: EU scraps #tariffs on US #fertilisers, but anti-dumping duties remain https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/zero-is-not-for-all-eu-scraps-tariffs-on-us-fertilisers-but-anti-dumping-duties-remain/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it

Zero is not for all: EU scraps #tariffs on US #fertilisers, but anti-dumping duties remain https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/zero-is-not-for-all-eu-scraps-tariffs-on-us-fertilisers-but-anti-dumping-duties-remain/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/18/the-guardian-view-on-food-and-farming-climate-chaos-hits-crops-hard-and-that-should-worry-everyone. #Food #production, as I have argued, will be adversely affected, not just by the #climate #emergency, but also by the #biodiversity #crisis & the use of intensive #industrial #farming methods, entailing #monoculture, application of #artificial #fertilisers, & #pesticides. With a rising global #human #population, we are facing a #Malthusian catastrophe.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/18/the-guardian-view-on-food-and-farming-climate-chaos-hits-crops-hard-and-that-should-worry-everyone. #Food #production, as I have argued, will be adversely affected, not just by the #climate #emergency, but also by the #biodiversity #crisis & the use of intensive #industrial #farming methods, entailing #monoculture, application of #artificial #fertilisers, & #pesticides. With a rising global #human #population, we are facing a #Malthusian catastrophe.

"Talking about sewage is not as glamorous as renewable energy, but preventing resource wastage by creating a circular economy is also key to the green transition.”
Dr Johannes Lehmann, Cornell University

#Biochar #Agriculture #Fertilisers #Farming #Carbon

Biochar from human waste could solve global fertiliser shortages, study finds | Agriculture | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/aug/11/biochar-from-human-waste-could-solve-global-fertiliser-shortages-study-finds

"Talking about sewage is not as glamorous as renewable energy, but preventing resource wastage by creating a circular economy is also key to the green transition.”
Dr Johannes Lehmann, Cornell University

#Biochar #Agriculture #Fertilisers #Farming #Carbon

Biochar from human waste could solve global fertiliser shortages, study finds | Agriculture | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/aug/11/biochar-from-human-waste-could-solve-global-fertiliser-shortages-study-finds

European fertiliser plants use US ammonia made with shale gas, investigation reveals https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/28/european-fertiliser-plants-use-us-ammonia-made-with-shale-gas-investigation-reveals

#Europe #UnitedStates #USA #US #environment #fertilisers #gas

European fertiliser plants use US ammonia made with shale gas, investigation reveals https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/28/european-fertiliser-plants-use-us-ammonia-made-with-shale-gas-investigation-reveals

#Europe #UnitedStates #USA #US #environment #fertilisers #gas

EU Parliament backs higher #tariffs on Russian #fertilisers https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/eu-parliament-backs-higher-tariffs-on-russian-fertilisers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it

EU Parliament backs higher #tariffs on Russian #fertilisers https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/eu-parliament-backs-higher-tariffs-on-russian-fertilisers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it

Far-right Patriots to lead agriculture opinion on Russian fertiliser tariffs https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/far-right-patriots-to-lead-agriculture-opinion-on-russian-fertiliser-tariffs/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it #agri #Belarus #EuropeanParliament #fertilisers #imports

Far-right Patriots to lead agriculture opinion on Russian fertiliser tariffs https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/far-right-patriots-to-lead-agriculture-opinion-on-russian-fertiliser-tariffs/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it #agri #Belarus #EuropeanParliament #fertilisers #imports

Commission proposes sharp tariff hike on Russian fertilisers https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/commission-proposes-sharp-tariff-hike-on-russian-fertilisers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it #EU #fertilisers #Russia #tariffs #trade

Commission proposes sharp tariff hike on Russian fertilisers https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/commission-proposes-sharp-tariff-hike-on-russian-fertilisers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it #EU #fertilisers #Russia #tariffs #trade

EU: Fertiliser #imports from Russia are growing in 2024, with #urea & urea-ammonium nitrate reaching 30% of the total. The EU #Fertilisers Market Observatory warns that the dependency on #Russia seems to be increasing: https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/research-fertiliser-imports-from-russia-are-growing-in-2024/ #agriculture #fertilizer #prices #trade #markets

Nitrous oxide emissions surge in climate threat

"#Agriculture is the biggest offender, accounting for nearly three-quarters of human-related, #NitrousOxide in the 10 years to 2020, the report said.

Other culprits were fossil fuels, waste and wastewater, and biomass burning.

In the four decades to 2020, agricultural emissions of the gas surged 67 per cent, it found, with most of the blame placed on nitrogen-based #fertilisers and animal waste."

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/esg/nitrous-oxide-emissions-surge-climate-threat-study
#nitrogen

Tool launch: Production of renewable nitrogen #fertilisers is still limited. However, they are critical for global efforts to reach net zero, given the size of the fertiliser industry’s production-related #emissions. 1/x

A ‘fertile’ ground for better nutrient management https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/special_report/a-fertile-ground-for-better-nutrient-management/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EventReport #fertilisers #nutrientmanagement