A STRONG,
HEALTHY BARREL
Zico Zeeman, EMT, the Netherlands, explores how the fertilizer industry can follow the lessons of Liebig’s Barrel and achieve added value and reduction in handling through the use of blending and bagging lines.
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he constantly increasing demand for food and changing environmental requirements from companies and governments worldwide has led to an increase in the demand for specialised fertilizers. Who in the industry has not heard of Liebig’s Barrel depicting the Law of Minimum, which perfectly demonstrates the need for soil and crop-specific fertilization? But how can the industry achieve this goal of tailor-made fertilization while still benefiting from scale economics and the low prices of standard fertilizers or compound fertilizers? 25
