Meanings of base fertilizer in English

At the Vale plant, it is used to make nitrogen- based fertilizers.

The China- based fertilizer producer on Thursday reported a higher fourth-quarter profit.

Now, the world produces about 87 million tons of N- based fertilizers.

Potash Corp, the world's largest fertilizer maker, produces nitrogen, phosphate and potassium- based fertilizers.

About Centrex Metals Limited Centrex Metals Limited is an Australia- based fertilizer mine developer.

Nitrogen- based fertilizers-whichhave massively boosted crop yields over the past few decades-comewith serious costs.

The rating is constrained by QAFCO's exposure to the volatile and cyclical nitrogen- based fertilizer market.

Vale mines potash and nitrates and makes nitrogen- based fertilizers.

This is good news for Agrium as the crop typically needs large amounts of nitrogen- based fertilizers.

But McDonald said farm suppliers are nervous about Agrium's strength in the wholesale production of nitrogen- based fertilizer.

Agrium uses natural gas in the manufacture of nitrogen- based fertilizers such as ammonia, urea and ammonium nitrate.

Small farmers in the region have been hurt by skyrocketing prices for oil- based fertilizers and higher transportation costs.

The drop in subsidy will affect India's negotiations with overseas suppliers for new contracts, said a New-Delhi based fertilizer producer.

Many oil- based fertilizers and pesticides are prohibitively expensive for small growers now with oil around $120 a barrel.

The bid was conditional on CF dropping its hostile offer for Terra, a U.S.- based fertilizer producer that has rejected CF's approach.

While nitrogen- based fertilizers did well on the retail level, lower sales volumes for potash and phosphate-based nutrients held back Agrium's wholesale business.