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Most farmers in an American Farm Bureau Federation survey could not afford all the fertilizer they needed this year, and the saving from a legume goes to the crop grown after it.
Buyers of construction work carry more of the risk of rising prices when a quoted price for some materials may be guaranteed for only about a month, and one cement producer says its average selling price is higher than a year ago.
Japan's magnet makers rely on those metals to make magnets that withstand heat, and an Australian miner has agreed to reserve a share of what it produces for Japan.
AXT’s unresolved August approvals make the next filing window decisive for whether funded capacity becomes usable supply for U.S. buyers.
The ban made every Russian cargo cheaper to refuse and more useful than ever, so Europe bought them anyway and called it a bridge.
Sea-Intelligence's August reading, expected within days, will show whether July's sharp drop in on-time vessel arrivals was a passing jam or a longer slide, and whether carriers and the cargo owners waiting on their ships face more months of late arrivals.
Vietnam and a busy shipping corridor would sit within reach of any airfield built on the new ground, and satellite images will show first whether one comes.
Faster output is leaning on export orders, leaving Chinese manufacturers exposed if overseas buyers pull back before households at home start spending more.
U.S. and allied naval forces choked off Iran’s oil exports ahead of public sanctions, shifting to economic pressure aimed at regime collapse through surging prices.