fertilizer industry News
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First of its Kind Economic Report Shows Fertilizer Industry Supports More than a Half Million U.S. Jobs
Fertilizers are well known for their contribution to the world’s food supply, but until now, the economic value and jobs provided by the fertilizer industry have not been known. The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) is proud to announce the release of a first of its kind economic impact study that quantifies the fertilizer industry’s contribution to the U.S. economy and at the state and ...
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Macrotek Featured in World Fertilizer Magazine
World Fertilizer Magazine, an international B2B journal for the fertilizer industry, approached Macrotek Inc., global air pollution control provider, to highlight its expertise in pollution control for the fertilizer industry. Macrotek has significant experience with these applications, completing large projects in the Carribbean, North America, and other destinations worldwide. The magazine ...
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TFI Urges STB to Prioritize Market Fairness and Reciprocity
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) thanks the Surface Transportation Board (STB) for holding its oversight hearing to review excessive demurrage and accessorial charges levied against shippers. “TFI deeply appreciates the Board’s interest and oversight of railroad demurrage and accessorial charges,” said TFI President and CEO Chris Jahn. “The Board is ...
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Mr. Mostafa Terrab Becomes Global Fertilizer Industry Association’s First Chairman from the African Continent
Mr. Mostafa Terrab, CEO of Morocco-based OCP Group, is set to become the first Chairman from the African continent of the International Fertilizer Association in its 90-year history. Mr. Terrab succeeds Rakesh Kapur, Joint Managing Director of IFFCO, India, as Chairman of the influential global industry body. Sustainable nutrient use, science-based approaches to plant nutrition and capacity ...
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TFI Welcomes STB’s Action to Prioritize Market Fairness and Reciprocity
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) President and CEO Chris Jahn today welcomed the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB’s) proposed reforms related to railroad demurrage and accessorial charges levied against shippers. “Rail is critical to the movement of fertilizer,” said Jahn. “The fertilizer industry appreciates the Board’s ...
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Fertilizer Industry Associations to Bolster Scientific Research Capabilities by Absorbing the International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI)
The members and the Board of Directors of the International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) voted this week to undertake a major organizational restructure which will include the transfer of key scientific assets and programs to The Fertilizer Institute (TFI), Fertilizer Canada and the International Fertilizer Association (IFA). Through this move, these three organizations will receive enhanced ...
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IFA Welcomes the FAO International Code of Conduct for the Sustainable Use and Management of Fertilizers
The International Fertilizer Association welcomes the FAO Code of Conduct, which was officially approved this week during the FAO Conference. “IFA and our members around the world, welcome the Code as a useful framework for nutrient stewardship, which is aligned with the commitments of the fertilizer industry,” stated IFA DG Charlotte Hebebrand, “and we are pleased that several ...
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IFA Represents the Fertilizer Industry at the UN’s Highest-Level Decision-Making Meeting on the Environment
Held from December 4 - 6, the assembly is the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment, bringing together over 2,000 heads of state, ministers, business leaders, UN officials and civil society representatives to discuss how to tackle pollution. IFA was proud to be a founding member of the Governing Consortium of the UN Global Science-Policy-Business Forum on the ...
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TFI Statement on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
The Fertilizer Institute supports the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which is currently waiting Congressional approval. TFI's President and CEO Chris Jahn issued the following statement: "The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) report released this week is a reminder of the positive impact the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will have on globally traded ...
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EU Nitrogen Expert Panel presented to the European Parliament
The “Forum on Fertilizers and Nutrients for Growth” took place in the European Parliament on the 9 December 2014. The meeting was chaired by Julie Girling (ECR, UK) alongside Vice-chairs Peter Jahr (EPP, Germany) and Jan Huitema (ALDE, the Netherlands) who together managed and contributed to a lively debate. Pierre Bascou, Director, DG Agriculture and Rural Affairs and member of the ...
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Fertilizer manufacturing industry CEOs call upon heads of state to streamline 2030 strategy
On 27th February 2014, IFIEC Europe organized a Press Conference and official release of their new Manifesto calling upon Heads of State to put industry competitiveness in terms of energy and climate policies high on the EU agenda. IFIEC Europe represents the interests of industrial energy users in Europe for whom energy is a significant component of production costs and a key factor of ...
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States and fertilizer industry collaborate to more efficiently report tonnage data
Michigan, South Carolina and Georgia are ready to go paperless. The states will begin accepting June fertilizer tonnage data from fertilizer retailers electronically - a big step in a larger effort to achieve paperless tonnage reporting by the end of 2016. Full implementation of a paperless system will afford cost efficiencies while ensuring greater accuracy in reporting at both the state level ...
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TFI Optimistic STB Report Will Spur Reform
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) President & CEO Chris Jahn today praised the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) recently released report from the Rail Reform Task Force on recommending improvements to the process for reviewing excessive rail rates. “This report is good news for rail shippers,” said Jahn. “With rate review cases costing an ...
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3Bar Biologics Wins the Inaugural Plant Nutrition Startup Showcase $20,000 Grand Prize
After an extensive global search, over 50 applications from all over the world, three days of presentations and a two-hour pitch session by seven selected startups, the International Fertilizer Industry (IFA) and Larta Institute today crowned 3Bar Biologics as the winner of the first ever Plant Nutrition Startup Showcase, for its innovative on-farm microbe fermentation technology. "3Bar ...
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Announcing IFA’s New Scientific Panel on Responsible Plant Nutrition
A new scientific panel will provide crucial data and research to facilitate continued progress towards sustainable plant nutrition required for feeding the world’s growing population in the face of climate change and other challenges to agricultural systems. Following an inaugural organizational meeting among seven scientists held in Versailles, France on November 17, the International ...
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The Fertilizer Industry Embraces the Sustainable Future at IFA’s Annual Conference in Berlin
Over 1350 international fertilizer industry executives and plant nutrition organization representatives convened for a fascinating discussion about the future at the 86th annual meeting of the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) in Berlin from June 18th to the 20th. Highlights of the meeting included: Preparing for the Future with IFA2030 IFA announced the outcomes of its “IFA2030 ...
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EU decides to maintain anti dumping measures on ammonium nitrate from Russia
The European fertilizer industry welcomes the decision, backed up by a 15 month European Commission investigation, to maintain the existing anti-dumping measures on ammonium nitrate. The European Commission findings from the investigation which are fully explained in the Official Journal confirm that the Russian industry continues to conduct dumping and continues to represent a very significant ...
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IFA2030 Launched at Strategic Forum
The global fertilizer industry provided in 2016 almost 190 million tons of nutrients to crops, and with global food demand increasing in line with population growth, it is clear that fertilizers will play an even larger role in global food security in the decades ahead. At the same time, forces impacting the agricultural sector, technological developments, environmental constraints, consumer ...
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IFA’s Strategic Forum Examines Plant Nutrition Related Developments in China and India While Reiterating Industry Commitment to Fertilizer Stewardship and Stakeholder Engagement
Global fertilizer industry leaders gathered this week for the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) 2018 Strategic Forum to discuss the implications of the IFA2030 strategic review. Held in Beijing, China on November 13th and 14th, the record-breaking event welcomed more than 200 registered delegates representing 94 fertilizer companies from 31 countries. With a focus on two key countries ...
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IFA’s Annual Conference in Montreal: The Global Fertilizer Industry Continues to Evolve and Connect
More than 1250 representatives from 67 countries met in Montreal to advance the industry’s commitments to industry stewardship, partnerships and innovation at IFA’s Annual Conference, IFA2019, the most important global plant nutrition event. The tone was set by two outstanding keynote speakers. Jim Collins, CEO of newly launched Corteva, which brings together the agricultural ...
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