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Commented by Nico Popp on April 30th, 2026 | 07:30 CEST
Food Crisis on the Horizon? Nutrien and Nestlé on Edge, MustGrow Biologics Offers Solutions
Created and published on behalf of MustGrow Biologics Corp.
The agricultural sector is currently experiencing an unprecedented crisis, triggered by pervasive geopolitical tensions and the Strait of Hormuz blockade. The latter development, in particular, has exposed the Achilles' heel of modern agriculture: the extreme dependence on fossil fuels for fertilizer production and the fragility of global just-in-time supply chains. Since about 20% of the world's crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) flows through this strait, the blockade not only raises energy costs but also directly threatens nitrogen fertilizer production, for which natural gas is the primary cost driver. If fertilizer becomes more expensive, fields could lie fallow, leading to a decline in food production. This could even lead to hunger, particularly in poorer regions of the world. Fertilizer must be applied to fields in a timely manner to be effective. In this environment, established giants like Nutrien and Nestlé must radically optimize their business models, while players such as MustGrow Biologics are gaining importance as drivers of innovation.
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Commented by Mario Hose on January 20th, 2020 | 11:02 CET
iWater Group, Nutrien, Mosaic - agriculture in transition
Last weekend thousands of farmers, climate and environmental activists protested for a change in German and European agricultural policy. Participants in the demonstrations appealed to the German government and at the same time called on it to do more for small farms, fair animal husbandry and less antibiotics and pesticides.
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