How Arizona Is Helping America Reduce Dependence On Foreign Natural Resources

November 06, 2012   |   November 2012 Bond Updates
What is potash and why should we care? Chemically, potash is potassium   chloride (KCl) which is a metal halide salt composed of potassium and chlorine. We care because potassium helps farmers produce higher quality crops; more weight per kernel and more kernels per ear of corn, greater oil content for soybeans?.better milling quality in wheat?.you get the picture. Potash is a soft rock, which is extracted from sedimentary sea beds formed by evaporation of ancient seas, which is mined via conventional shaft mining like gold and silver. After the ore is extracted the salt and other minor impurities are separated and the remainder is refined to a granular fertilizer product known simply as ?potash?. The world?s population is expected to rise from present day 7 billion to over 9 billion by 2050. As greater and greater percentages of the planet?s population reaches middle class status the demand for food will increase in more geometric proportions. Demand for meat and other proteins will skyrocket. It is said $1 spent on fertilizer gives back $3 in bigger crop output. Against this backdrop, the world?s arable land is shrinking by an estimated 40,000 square miles annually. Farmers will need, no require, whatever crop enhancers are available to increase yields. As time passes, potash will trend from a mere commodity to a strategic asset.

View more at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardfinger/2012/11/06/how-arizona-is-heping-america-reduce-dependence-on-foreign-natural-resources/
 
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