fertilizantes

Interesting facts

A Russian city that supplies Brazilian soy is being swallowed by the ground itself, provides 40% of the potassium chloride imported by Brazil, and has 390 km² of caves at a depth of 450 meters collapsing.

Noel Budeguer 08/06/2026 at 20:11

Agribusiness

War in Iran raises fertilizer prices, triggers alert in Brazilian agribusiness, and leads the government to seek new suppliers to avoid impacts on the harvest.

Jefferson Augusto 03/06/2026 at 12:47

Economy

Fertilizer giant will close operations in Araxá, sell assets, and could cause more than 1,200 layoffs in the city.

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 22/05/2026 at 09:25

Agribusiness

Rio Grande do Sul receives license to operate the state’s first natural phosphate plant. Production starts with 150,000 tons per year and could double by 2027, reducing Brazil’s dependence on imported fertilizers.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 21/05/2026 at 18:27

Agribusiness

BHP bets on a potash mine in Canada with phase 1 costing $8.4 billion, production expected by 2027, and a plan to reach 8.5 million tons per year; the project in Saskatchewan targets fertilizers and could become one of the largest mines in the world.

Carla Teles 19/05/2026 at 22:42

Oil and Gas

Lula celebrates the revival of the fertilizer industry in Bahia, reinforces the defense of Petrobras, and criticizes privatizations that increased Brazil’s external dependency.

Jefferson Augusto 15/05/2026 at 22:53

Science and Technology

Brazilian researchers develop new coating to improve fertilizer utilization and reduce waste in the soil

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 13/05/2026 at 19:27

Agribusiness

Fertilizers seized in Hormuz triggered a UN alert and reveal how a forgotten maritime route can disrupt crops, food, and millions of lives.

Viviane Alves 11/05/2026 at 23:08

Agribusiness

Advance in fertilizer use: Embrapa scientists find national solution for phosphate fertilizers and agribusiness sees chance to save on imports

Hilton Libório 11/05/2026 at 16:19

Agribusiness

Tons of algae invade China’s coast every summer, destroying marine ecosystems, but Chinese laboratories have transformed the problem into biological fertilizer sold in over 60 countries, with 50 registered patents for harvesting, drying, and processing the material directly from the ocean.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 09/05/2026 at 02:03

Economy

With an investment of R$ 870 million and an annual capacity of 720,000 tons, Petrobras returns to producing urea in Paraná and addresses the dependence on approximately 80% of Brazilian imports of nitrogen fertilizers, a segment pressured by the war in Ukraine and conflicts in the Middle East.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 05/05/2026 at 23:13

Agribusiness

Petrobrás resumes urea production after years of shutdown in Paraná and reinforces strategy to reduce external dependence on fertilizers in Brazil

Keila Andrade 05/05/2026 at 08:03

A Russian city that supplies Brazilian soy is being swallowed by the ground itself, provides 40% of the potassium chloride imported by Brazil, and has 390 km² of caves at a depth of 450 meters collapsing.

War in Iran raises fertilizer prices, triggers alert in Brazilian agribusiness, and leads the government to seek new suppliers to avoid impacts on the harvest.

Fertilizer giant will close operations in Araxá, sell assets, and could cause more than 1,200 layoffs in the city.

Rio Grande do Sul receives license to operate the state’s first natural phosphate plant. Production starts with 150,000 tons per year and could double by 2027, reducing Brazil’s dependence on imported fertilizers.

BHP bets on a potash mine in Canada with phase 1 costing $8.4 billion, production expected by 2027, and a plan to reach 8.5 million tons per year; the project in Saskatchewan targets fertilizers and could become one of the largest mines in the world.

Lula celebrates the revival of the fertilizer industry in Bahia, reinforces the defense of Petrobras, and criticizes privatizations that increased Brazil’s external dependency.

Brazilian researchers develop new coating to improve fertilizer utilization and reduce waste in the soil

Fertilizers seized in Hormuz triggered a UN alert and reveal how a forgotten maritime route can disrupt crops, food, and millions of lives.

Advance in fertilizer use: Embrapa scientists find national solution for phosphate fertilizers and agribusiness sees chance to save on imports

Tons of algae invade China’s coast every summer, destroying marine ecosystems, but Chinese laboratories have transformed the problem into biological fertilizer sold in over 60 countries, with 50 registered patents for harvesting, drying, and processing the material directly from the ocean.

With an investment of R$ 870 million and an annual capacity of 720,000 tons, Petrobras returns to producing urea in Paraná and addresses the dependence on approximately 80% of Brazilian imports of nitrogen fertilizers, a segment pressured by the war in Ukraine and conflicts in the Middle East.

Petrobrás resumes urea production after years of shutdown in Paraná and reinforces strategy to reduce external dependence on fertilizers in Brazil

Mother and daughter build a 70 m² house with more than 8,000 discarded glass bottles and impress with their creativity; known as the Casa de Sal, the property is located on Itamaracá Island, in Pernambuco.

Workers were opening a new road connection near the Marginal Tietê when they found, in the underground of the construction site, remnants of locomotives, wagons, and boilers from the 19th century linked to the forgotten history of Lapa.

Instead of burning or burying old tires, an American city is transforming about 2,000 of them into the street itself, paving its first sections with a quieter and more durable rubber asphalt.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

Greek island offers free housing for volunteers, but there’s a condition: you need to take care of rescued cats.

Engineers want to carve through Africa with a giant canal to bring water from the world’s second-largest river to a dying lake on the edge of the Sahara Desert that has already lost 90% of its water.

China has deployed snake-shaped robots to slide along power lines, where they have already inspected over 130 kilometers of cables using cameras and sensors to detect damaged wires, worn-out parts, and overheating.