Environment
Fertilizer runoff disproportionately harms low-income communities’ drinking water. Treatment is expensive.
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Researchers are trying to find more cost-effective solutions.
Graphic of the Week
GRAPHIC: Seed and fertilizer make up more than half of the operating costs for corn and soybean producers
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Seeds and fertilizers make up 62% of the operating costs to produce corn and 51% of the operating costs to produce soybeans, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.
Agribusiness
Construction of Cronus fertilizer plant delayed as costs soar
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The construction of a major central Illinois fertilizer plant is further delayed and now projected to be more costly than originally touted.