China's humic acid fertilizers enter the era of the "three-ization" effect

Nationwide, soil organic matter content is dropping sharply, soil acidification is severe, and humic acid has a clear effect on both raising soil organic matter and remedying soil acidification; humic acid fertilizers in particular can alleviate and improve the negative impact of fertilization on the environment. Humic acid is the fertilizer additive with the most stable effect and the highest safety, so the development and utilization of humic acid must continue to be expanded and deepened. This is the message coming from the 2014 Soil Ecological Environment Sustainable Development Forum held in Beijing on November 26.

Nationwide, soil organic matter content is dropping sharply.

This “2014 Soil Ecological Environment Sustainable Development Forum”, hosted by the China Humic Acid Industry Association, was held concurrently with the 12th National Green Environmental Protection Fertilizer (Pesticide) New Technology and New Product Exchange Conference and the award ceremony of the 5th National Humic Acid Industry “Wujin Cup” selection. Nearly 300 people attended, including guests from the Standardization Administration of China, the People's Bank of China and the Ministry of Agriculture, experts and scholars from research institutes such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Agricultural University and the Chinese Society of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer Science, as well as enterprise representatives from the fertilizer industry. They held in-depth discussions and exchanges on the problems currently facing China's soil quality, the prominent role of humic acid fertilizers in improving soil quality, and the future standardized development of the industry.

⟦NL> Statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture show that the utilization rates of the three elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium by China's three major grain crops are 33%, 24% and 42% respectively. Gao Xiangzhao, director of the Water-Saving Division of the Agricultural Technology Extension Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, said that to raise fertilizer utilization, the ideal approach is to apply fertilizer wherever the crop roots reach. Humic acid fertilizers have a clear effect on drought resistance, stress resistance and root promotion, on improving nutrient use efficiency and fruit quality, and especially on strengthening roots and seedlings.

At the meeting, Zeng Xiancheng, chairman of the China Humic Acid Industry Association, delivered a keynote report titled “It Is Imperative to Carry Out Research on the ‘Three-ization Effect’ of Humic Acid Fertilizers in the New Era”, stressing that in the face of current environmental changes it is imperative to carry out research on the “three-ization effect” of humic acid fertilizers: low-carbonization, ecologization and quality-optimization. He also summarized the ten industrial models of the humic acid industry and pointed out that the era of the “farm owner” has arrived, and that the time is exactly right for environmentally friendly humic acid fertilizers to embrace the “farm owner” era.