And a key production being closed is ammonia for fertilizer production .so more expensive rare fertilisers and so food issues next yearThings like this:
So if production's not physically happening then fair chance we'll see shortages / price increases for the products in due course.
Bearing in mind the plant in question isn't some run of the mill factory. The entire complex is more than 5km long and up to 2km wide with it's own CBD-like grid of streets.
To put that into perspective, for comparison the Melbourne CBD grid is a comparatively tiny 1.9km x 0.95km.
Was listening o the country hour yesterday when driving back from a sale, and they interviewed someone who runs a gypsum mine in Northern Victoria.
am surprised they hadn't been using gypsum much earlier in the saga ( especially in heavy clay soils )
This is when a crystal ball is needed to foresee the future. Anyone's guess
We have been using gypsum and lime for many years now on our property and also in contract work. Applied at the right time is magic.
But nitrogen still required in huge quantities for European wheat fields Hardly any real soil left from my 40y old souvenirs of wheat fields in France Marne Aube area. Chalk gravel plus fertilisers was the soil then and I doubt it has improvedthis is what is feeding Africa and part of asia.you can not have 8. Billions on Earth wo these American or European surpluses,and nitrogen aka fossil fuels are key.
We still us superphosate and mixes and urea too. It just a balancing act on our minimal top soil. Would love that 30 so feet of top soil that USofA and parts of the old CCCP has.
Not a real time farmer but gypsum helps to break down clay releasing/making available clay locked elementsIs gypsum an actual alternative to ammonium based fertilizers? Logic tells me it wouldn't be given the very different chemical composition.
from memory as a bit of a part-time farm-hand , helps not replaces , especially difficult ground , other stuff like wood ash can help in certain circumstances , but the old time solution is nitrogen fixing plants like legumes or forage sorghum ( read all the extra stuff with the forage sorghum , it is dangerous to livestock before it matures properly) but when mature let the livestock in to add manure to your soil
Pretty well spot on. Gypsum is a bonus on the heavy clay soils by opening and softening the ground. Also helps to retain any water that would otherwise just run-off when the ground is as hard as concrete.
Not the same and the use of it in my enterprise is just to open up and heavy clay soils have a fair bit of granite country, grey clay, sets in summer like concrete, and soup in winter. Been hopelessly booged over the years with many vehicles trying to pull the prvious one out of the mire.Is gypsum an actual alternative to ammonium based fertilizers? Logic tells me it wouldn't be given the very different chemical composition.
Strangely, Saxo presented me from buying some last night..whereas I have no option or any negative risk in that portfolio.
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