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EU turns to cow manure as Iran war and Hormuz disrupt global fertilizer trade

RT News · · 366 words · By Russia Today
Geopolitical Conflict Global Food Security EU Agricultural Policy
open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.rt.com/news/640183-eu-cow-manure-fertilizer-crisis/

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8 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The EU will turn to a long-term strategy involving cow dung to stave off a looming fertilizer shortage”
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Multiple sources (RT World News and other web results) indicate the European Commission is recommending the use of manure/cow dung to address fertilizer shortages.
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web search NEUTRAL — The largest by area is Greenland, which is not part of the EU but whose citizens are EU citizens, while the largest by population are the Canary Islands off Africa, which are part of the EU and the Sc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · Find out how many EU Member States there are, how big the EU economy is, how people live in the EU, and other useful facts about the EU. Discover what the EU does for citizens, how it pro…
https://european-union.europa.eu/index_en
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web search NEUTRAL — News about European Union, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/topic/organization/european-union
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“The US-Israeli war on Iran disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz”
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Wikipedia explicitly mentions the 'US–Israeli war against Iran' and the resulting disruption/blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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web search NEUTRAL — Until the US–Israeli war against Iran, the Strait of Hormuz was open and about 25% of the world's seaborne oil trade and 20% of the world's liquefied natural gas (LNG) passed through it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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web search NEUTRAL — US awaiting response from Iran over proposals for ceasefire deal, says Rubio. 1d ago. US-Iran ceasefire under threat after exchange of strikes in strait of Hormuz.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/04/shipping-bosse…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukraine-Russia War. Israel-Hamas War.The United States already produced a world record amount of oil last year, about 13.2 million barrels a day on average. But it doesn’t have the ability to fill the…
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/23/business/strait-of-hormuz…
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“the Strait of Hormuz... handles an estimated one third of the global fertilizer trade”
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Three independent news sources (EuroNews, NBC News, and an unknown cross-reference) all state that approximately one-third of global fertilizer trade passes through the Strait of Hormuz.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — About one-third of globally traded fertilisers pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
https://www.ft.lk/opinion/Food-insecurity-is-the-hidden-devi…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Around a third of global fertiliser trade passes through Hormuz, raising the risk of disrupted planting seasons and a wider food crisis.
https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/04/19/global-shock-fe…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Roughly one-third of all globally traded fertilizer shipped by sea passes through the strait, meaning any sustained disruption risks rippling quickly across food production and prices.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/iran-war-shatter-global-f…
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“the Strait of Hormuz... handles... a fifth of the world’s liquefied natural gas (LNG)”
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Five independent sources (BBC News, Al Jazeera, EuroNews) confirm that roughly 20% (one-fifth) of the world's LNG and oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — About 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas typically passes through the Strait of Hormuz
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1l9vz064nqo?at_medium=RSS…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — the Strait of Hormuz... carries roughly 20 percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supply
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/4/13/energy-prices-ri…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Iran's response included effectively blocking the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) usually passes.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy32277e58o?at_medium=RSS…
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“The European Commission’s latest roadmap... is a long-term plan that has been around for years, with just a few emergency additions such as state aid for affected farmers, the designation of fertilizers as a crisis-relevant commodity and a promised boost for the EU farm budget”
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RT World News and other search results describe the European Commission's roadmap as a long-term plan with emergency additions like state aid and the designation of fertilizers as crisis-relevant commodities.
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web search NEUTRAL — The European Commission’s latest roadmap to parry the upcoming shortage is a long-term plan that has been around for years, with just a few emergency additions such as state aid for affected farmers, …
https://www.rt.com/news/640183-eu-cow-manure-fertilizer-cris…
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web search NEUTRAL — The European Commission recommends that farmers use manure more actively."European farmers cannot wait for another long-term roadmap while production costs continue to rise and European fertilizer cap…
https://eadaily.com/en/news/2026/05/19/the-european-union-wi…
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web search NEUTRAL — The European Commission is presenting on Tuesday a fertiliser plan aimed at preventing another farm uprising ahead of key negotiations on the bloc's agricultural budget as the the ongoing conflict in …
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/19/eus-fertiliser…
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“The EU was the top buyer of Russian crop nutrients until 2022, receiving around 28% of its exports”
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The provided web search results for this claim are dictionary definitions of the word 'until' and do not contain any factual information regarding EU imports of Russian crop nutrients.
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web search NEUTRAL — Many assume that till is an abbreviated form of until. In fact, it is a distinct word that existed in English at least a century before until, both as a preposition meaning “to” and as a conjunction m…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/until
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web search NEUTRAL — Until is a preposition and a conjunction. Until is often shortened to till or ’til. Till and ’til are more informal and we don’t usually use them in formal writing. …
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/until
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web search NEUTRAL — May 11, 2026 · Preposition until Up to the time of (something happening); pending. If you can wait until after my meeting with her, we'll talk then.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/until
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“Since 2021, Russia has increased sales of mineral fertilizers to BRICS countries by 71%”
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The provided web search results are completely irrelevant, discussing the Las Vegas Raiders NFL team rather than Russian fertilizer sales to BRICS countries.
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web search NEUTRAL — Your best source for quality Las Vegas Raiders news, rumors, analysis, stats and scores from the fan perspective.
https://www.silverandblackpride.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — May 1, 2026 · The Las Vegas Raiders officially announced their 2026 undrafted free agent class. The biggest omission from the reporting below is former Baylor quarterback Sawyer Robertson.
https://www.silverandblackpride.com/las-vegas-raiders-news/1…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 2, 2026 · Las Vegas Raiders general manager John Spytek took a swing for the fences in the fourth round of the 2026 NFL draft by selecting former Tennessee cornerback Jermod McCoy. The 101st overa…
https://www.silverandblackpride.com/nfl-draft/129393/las-veg…
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“Russia... now holds first place worldwide in exports of the commodities and second place in output”
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The Observatory of Economic Complexity and other PDF references confirm Russia is the world's largest exporter of nitrogenous fertilizers and mineral fertilizers overall.
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web search NEUTRAL — The largest Russian mining company Nornickel leads the world's production of nickel and palladium as a by-product. Nickel is an important metal used in the production of steel and other industrial, co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_resources_of_the_Arcti…
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web search NEUTRAL — In the latest year, Russia was the world’s largest exporter of Wheat ($9.2B), Semi-Finished Iron ($5.79B), Nitrogenous Fertilizers ($4.95B), Non-fillet Frozen Fish ($2.43B), and Nuclear Reactors ($1.3…
https://oec.world/en/profile/country/rus
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia is the largest exporter of mineral fertilizers, with nitrogen fertilizers also mainly produced there.Table 2. World consumption of fertilizers (million tons a.s.). Fertilizers Nitrogen (N) Phos…
https://sabraojournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/SABRAO-…
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