Reply #3: I am being asked constantly for alternatives [View All]

[Tashca]

I do have customers constantly asking me to be on the lookout for alternative sources of N, P, and K.
Much of these production acres are in close proximity to housing....Manure can not be considered obviously.
Right now MAP, DAP, and triple super are our only alternatives unless you count super expensive polyphosphate sources. If you have ideas we will listen.

I did find a by-product Nitrogen and Sulfur source from Ethanol to Lysine production. We used several thousand acres last fall....cheaper than conventional sources. We are crossing our fingers that it is as effective.

I also have worked in organic crop production. The best source of Potassium in that market is Potassium Sulfate. I was selling it at $450 a ton last fall. It is currently $850 and rising.

With all this said.....These prices are here to stay....I was informed yesterday that both China and India are now bigger users of commercial fertilizers than th U. S. I don't know that for a fact and have a hard time believing it. If it is true.....we ain't seen nothing yet...