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    9 hours ago

    Nitrogen fertilizer is massively over-applied globally. 1/3 less fertilizer will help with farmers paying attention to getting the best result for the lowest amount of N applied.

    It will also increase interest in some better cropping practices like growing legumes as a covercrop.

    So even though usage will be down, yields are unlikely to massively take a dive from less N.

    The largest issue is drought/flooding and extreme temperatures. Climate change makes a farming system built upon more predictable weather insufficient.