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Is absorbed by crops. the rest is extra. youre left with a difference of about 3000 tonnes of phosphorus that is above the crop requirement of what we would call a surplus. which is naturally very high, its about 60% greater than the national average. fundamentally, if you have a surplus, you are too much phosphorus in your environment it is likely that you are going to have worse water quality. the data shows quite clearly, there are parts of the catchment where phosphorus levels are very high,...

Security. questions about her own attitude to securi . ., ~ , officials in western india say at least 60 people have died after a suspension bridge collapsed. hundreds were thought to have been on the bridge in morbi in gujarat state when it went down, plunging them into the river. the structure was only reopened for public use last week after extensive renovations. brazils presidential election will be decided today with a second round of voting. the left—wing candidate and former president l...

Just yesterday, it was reported as almost 1000 migrants came through to dover. we have asked the home office for a statement that they have said it would be inappropriate to comment further. the un says the secretary—general, antonio guterres, is involved in intense negotiations to try to rescue a deal that lets ukraine export grain from its ports in the black sea. russia said yesterday it was suspending the agreement because its fleet in crimea had been attacked. kyiv hasnt admitted being beh...

Strikes planned by royal mail workers in the next two weeks have been called off following a challenge by the company. a series of strikes have taken place in recent weeks and more action had been planned in a long running dispute over pay and conditions. the communication workers union says after a letter from the companys legal team, it had decided to withdraw industrial action notices. the union said strikes would resume from saturday the 12th of november. the un says the secretary—general,...

And cases are increasing, so if the problem is not contained, we wont be able to cope. many of the cases we saw in hospital are from this town. this channel of dirty brown water cuts right through the heart of this community, really close to homes where people are eating and washing, where children are playing, and it also comes out to irrigate these crops as well and it really shows you how cholera is able to spread so easily. lebanons lack of electricity makes it hard to pump fresh water, so o...

So if the problem is not contained, we wont be able to cope. many of the cases we saw in hospital are from this town. this channel of dirty brown water cuts right through the heart of this community, really close to homes where people are eating and washing, where children are playing, and it also comes out to irrigate these crops as well and it really shows you how cholera is able to spread so easily. lebanons lack of electricity makes it hard to freshwater, so often, dirty water is all familie...

The sharp increase in U.S. nitrogen exports to address Europe’s fertilizer shortage could have a big impact on American farmers and end up creating a shortage at home, experts are warning. When [...]

That digester is licensed to take animal waste from farms for them and after producing energy it sends the phosphate rich leftovers to be spread on the land. weve followed some of that waste product. its being spread on this field. but as we were filming we noticed that on this occasion mark appears to have been spread here around two metres from the water in this culvert. legally, this gap should be at least six metres. i took a walk in the field a few months later. its been a bumper summer. cr...

Barge transportation is really the backbone of the american economy, and to mix metaphors, the mississippi river is our super highway, so everything from agricultural exports that feed the world, and that is at no time more critical than now with the russian war on ukraine to the petrochemicals, steel for cars, fertilizers that enable farmers to plant the next round of crops, all of these things depend on barge transportation, and what were facing right now is the narrowing of that eight-lane su...

>> we need these crops to field the world. we need american energy cargos to help our allies in europe stay warm during whats going to be a cold tough winter. so barge transportation is always important now more than ever, and we are right in the middle of harvest season, which makes things really challenging from an agricultural export standpoint. >> does this mean goods are going to take longer to get to us? and if so, how long is this delay that were talking about. >> so picture this. in norm...