The fire began in the fertilizer and seed building, but authorities still were trying to figure out the exact spot, the fire marshal's office said Monday.
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Reeling off the costs of farming, from paying for land, to fertilizer, seed and labor, Juliuson says that an extra nickel in the price of beans could help him retire someday.
The seed, fertilizer and pesticide company said the first quarter results are driven primarily from strength of its business in Brazil and Argentina.
Later, he told me, aid, seed, and fertilizer would be offered to the farmers around Tirin Kot, but not yet.
Hemisphere's devices significantly improve productivity by enabling the farmer to maneuver his tractor with precision and thus save money on seed, fuel and fertilizer.
Knapp gave him a list of simple innovations to follow things like deeper plowing and better soil preparation, the use of only the best seed, the liberal application of fertilizer, and more thorough cultivation to remove weeds and aerate the soil around the plants.
In contrast, seed giant Monsanto rose 3.5% and fertilizer maker CF Industries jumped 6%.
The volume of cottonseed garbage during the 1800s became so problematic that a number of states passed laws to regulate its disposal.16 But while the bolls and leaves were still trash, in the early 1900s the seed began to move up the value chain to be used as fertilizer and animal feed.
Michael Cembalest, chief investment officer of JP Morgan, says he is more interested in areas that work to counter-act rising food prices by adding innovation and expanded planting space, like seed companies, infrastructure and harvesting equipment makers, grain processors and fertilizer companies, than in agricultural commodities, which may be risky if conditions change earlier than expected.
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After their cotton had been ginned, farmers would keep some of the seed for next year's planting, plow some into the ground as fertilizer, and use the rest to feed their cows.
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