RE: RE: Options3 May 2022 15:06
Exactly my point and thinking,
Mark. Would love to make it to the GM and grab a pint or 5 with those attending, but I'm currently overseas again.
DAP Manufacturing Process:
"The majority of commercial fertilizers are made from rock phosphate. Ground rock phosphate is a material that was used in the past as a raw material, especially for acidic soils. This is not used in the DAP manufacturing process most of the time because it is not widely available, does not have a high crop response and is costly to transport.
In the DAP manufacturing process, phosphoric acid is produced and is converted in a controlled process with hot liquid ammonia. It is cooled and then formed into granules and slurried."
The commercial Ag sector in the US does not produce crops which require a high content P205 product either.
ADDITIONAL PHOSPHATIC FERTILIZERS:
"While phosphate rock is most commonly made into MAP and DAP, it can also be made into a variety of other fertilizer products as well:
Single Super Phosphate (SSP)
Triple Super Phosphate (TSP)
NPK – While phosphate is not the base of this product, it is included with potassium and nitrogen to create a variety of NPK blends.
These materials may be comprised of varying components, but all are produced using the traditional granulation approach."
Sticking to only the organic market at the present time and trying to build a market share would seem to me (I'm no fertiliser expert) a somewhat blinkered approach. The world is screaming out for fertiliser and paying bonkers prices for it!