Fw: Farm Talk - Plan ahead to avoid fertilizer shortages

I just sent you this message and when i read it over i see a glaring error.
Rather than Potassium please read: Phosphorus. And while I'm at it their is
a ratio for the N, P and K as the quantities needed varies.
I was trying to keep it real simple which i think may have drifted into
simplistic as the soils composition issues are the real bases of all
agriculture.
----- Original Message -----
From: "larrylewis" 
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 8:57 PM
Subject: Farm Talk - Plan ahead to avoid fertilizer shortages

>
> http://www.farmtalknewspaper.com/crops/local_story_022082331.html
> This article at first glance may seem obscure and of minimal significance.
> But Nitrogen is what lights the growth cycle for plants and it is
> chemically extracted from the atmosphere. The fuel (energy) to manufacture
> 'N' is natural gas which is becoming expensive and aswell scarce in some
> growing or manufacturing areas.
>
> U.S. growers are now using large quantities of imported Nitrogen because
> of cost and availability. And even so the first is going up as the other
> goes down because of world demand for Nitrogen.
>
> Potassium though not mentioned here is also in limited supply world wide
> and is not renewable. We get what we got and that aint allot.
>
> The third in this plant growth troika is Potash and which is both
> plentiful and renewable but can't do it alone.
>
> So at some point the choice between mono cropping and diversified organic
> agriculture may become mute and for a reason they are not mentioning.
> The mono crop corporate farms may run out of gas in the form of
> manufactured Nitrogen and or mined Potassium. This could also be because
> of the material cost of manufacture and transportation.
>
> And many of these mono grain crops are used to feed animals for people to
> then eat. Or for conversion to vehicle fuel as well as manufactured foods
> such as corn syrup which is in every thing we eat if it comes in a package
> as well as all soda type beverages.
> We are walking corn chips if we consider the corn fed beef, chickens and
> hogs in our diet. Our national diet is both the ultimate indulgence as
> well as disease inducing because of the sugar and fat content.
>
> So when it hits the 'N' wall it will sure improve our health and lessen
> the suffering for all "domestic" animals.
>
> And die off! we'll of course we will have some of that too.