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Esther Ngumbi

  • Assistant Professor, University of Illinois and Contributor, Freelance
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Fertilizers Carry a Hidden Cost for Soil’s Crucial Microbes – Using Less As Prices Rise Might Pay Off for Farms in Unexpected Ways

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By Esther Ngumbi
| Organic Consumers Association
JJuly 08, 2026 | Source: The Conversation | by Across North America, in places such as Illinois, Iowa and Texas, farmers are busy growing the crops the world depends on for food, fuel and fiber. But as their tractors roll across fields, a pressing concern weighs heavily on many farmers: the rising cost of synthetic fertilizers, widely considered essential for crop production.
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Fertilizers Carry a Hidden Cost for Soil's Crucial Microbes. Using Less Might Pay Off for Farms in Unexpected Ways

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By Esther Ngumbi
| Farms.com
By Esther Ndumi Ngumbi Across North America, in places such as Illinois, Iowa and Texas, farmers are busy growing the crops the world depends on for food, fuel and fiber. But as their tractors roll across fields, a pressing concern weighs heavily on many farmers: the rising cost of synthetic fertilizers, widely considered essential for crop production.
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Fertilizers carry a hidden cost for soil’s crucial microbes – using less as prices rise might pay off for farms in unexpected ways

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By Esther Ngumbi
| Blogarama
By Esther Ndumi Ngumbi, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Across North America, in places such as Illinois, Iowa and Texas, farmers are busy growing the crops the world depends on for food, fuel and fiber. But as their tractors roll across fields, a pressing concern weighs heavily on many farmers: the rising cost of synthetic fertilizers, widely considered essential for crop production.
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