According to the DNR's 2006 Water Quality Report, more than 13,000 miles of stream in Missouri are "impaired," meaning the stream doesn't meet one or more of several criteria, including water quality that doesn't interfere with aquatic life, and nearly 7,500 miles may be impaired. The pollution comes from soil that is washed into the state's waterways, soil that often contains fertilizers and pesticides, which can hurt water supplies and kill aquatic life. According to the DNR's 2006 Water...

The plant will produce gas feedstock for three fertilizer plants in Aceh which are currently producing well below capacity because of a lack of gas supply. The three fertilizer plants have an installed capacity of greater than 1.7 mln tonnes per annum, but are currently producing only 300,000 tonnes. Incitec chief executive Julian Segal said his company has been in discussions with the Indonesian parties for some months, but it remains too early before they can be completely satisfied that...

It becomes necessary to take decision to provide fertilizer according to demand of 1.5 lakh metric ton DAP and same quantity of urea then it would be in farmers interest. Meanwhile, the Union government has refused to help and the state government has decided to purchase 70000 metric ton fertilizer worth Rs 65 crore. The farmer is hassled due to the distribution system of union and state government and unable to understand that when fertilizer would be made available as monsoon is at the doors.

Significant rainfall in parts of the Corn Belt over the past three weeks has many producers wondering how much of the nitrogen (N) fertilizer they applied is still available to the crop. Ammonia volatilization Nitrogen supplied from urea-based fertilizer (urea or urea-ammonium nitrate solution [UAN]) can be lost as ammonia gas to the atmosphere under certain conditions. Rainfall of 1/2 inch or more generally is adequate to move fertilizer into the soil and protect it from ammonia...

Department of Agriculture recommends wearing disposable clothes for fungicide spraying if rust is detected in a field because rust spores can cling to clothing. The disease causes plants to defoliate prematurely, and it also affects the number of seeds in each soybean pod, leading to lower yield and early plant death. Some varieties of soybean have been developed to be partially resistant to the disease, and it can be managed somewhat with fungicides. Department of Agriculture also...