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NPK FERTILIZER:
What is it and How Does it Work?

NPK fertilizer provides Half of the global population

the nutrition needed for can be attributed to the
optimal plant growth. increased food production
resulting from the use of
Plants could not survive mineral fertilizers. 1
without ONE of these
essential nutrients.

N K
Soil lacking in nutrients requires P This is most often done in the
them to be supplemented. form of NPK fertilizer.

PRIMARY MACRONUTRIENTS

N P K
NITROGEN PHOSPHORUS POTASSIUM
• Vital to chlorophyll for • Aids in structural strength, • Often referred to as the
photosynthesis crop quality, seed “quality element,” for its
production, and more contribution to size,
• Significant component in shape, color, and taste
amino acids, the building • Encourages root growth
blocks of proteins and promotes blooming • Plants low in potassium
are stunted in growth
• Aids in the compounds • Essential in DNA and have lower yields
that allow for energy
storage and use • Vital to the transformation
of solar energy into usable
compounds

SOURCES OF N SOURCES OF P SOURCES OF K

IN NPK BLENDS IN NPK BLENDS IN NPK BLENDS

INORGANIC INORGANIC INORGANIC

• Urea • Phosphate Rock

Note: While all phosphorus comes from • Potash/Potassium
• Urea Ammonium phosphate rock, phosphate rock is first
• Langbeinite
Nitrate (UAN) processed into a variety of materials in order to
blend and/or granulate it into various fertilizer • Granite Dust
• Anyhdrous Ammonia products. This includes phosphoric acid, MAP,
DAP, SSP, and more.

ORGANIC ORGANIC ORGANIC

• Manure • Manure • Blood Meal • Manure

• Compost • Compost • Bone Meal • Compost
• Blood Meal • Biosolids • Biosolids
• Feather Meal • Wood Ash

GRANULAR NPK PRODUCTION

+ Components in NPK can be produced separately and “blended” to

Ca create the desired nutrient ratio/grade.

NPK fertilizer can also be produced to contain the desired nutrient

ratio within each granule.

Prilling
+ VARIOUS PRODUCTION METHODS:
Mg +
S

Production is flexible, allowing various

additives to be included to create a

SPECIALTY FERTILIZER, Pipe Reactor

Granulation
Drum
Granulation
Spherodizer
Granulation
or formulations tailored to the needs of a
specific region or application.

Prilling Mixer-Dryer Disc Pelletizing

Granulation

GRANULATION SOLUTIONS
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SOURCES
1. https://ifdc.org/fertilizer-technology-development/