phosphate

Fertilizer and other input shortages were a big topic of conversation and headlines in 2022.  Jason Troendle, economist with The Fertilizer Institute, said the 2022 supplies were a little lower than normal but maybe weren’t quite that bad.   “When ...

Federal officials have released a final plan for five open-pit phosphate mines and reclamation work in eastern Idaho proposed by J.R. Simplot Company.  Late last week, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service released the jointly-prepared final environmental impact statement for the Dairy Syncline Mine Project about 14 miles east of Soda Springs.  Th...