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We Can’t Keep Using Phosphorus Fertilizers — Just Ask Industry Stakeholders | Ambrook Research

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A new study from North Carolina State University surveyed people throughout the phosphorus industry, finding dim views on its long-term sustainability.

A new study from North Carolina State University surveyed people throughout the phosphorus industry, finding dim views on its long-term sustainability. Phosphorus, an element present in all living things, is an essential nutrient for growing crops; conventional farmers have relied on it as a main ingredient in the fertilizers that fuel their soil for many decades. But rock phosphate, the raw material that is mined and transformed into fertilizers, is a non-renewable resource in high demand — and supply is not abundant. Read Next Fertilizer Is Making Flowers Repel Bumblebees Iowa’s Water Crisis

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