This Chemical Is in Short Supply, and the Whole World Feels It
Farmers in India are desperate. Trucks in South Korea had to be idled. Food prices, already high, could rise even further.
By Raymond Zhong
Published Dec. 6, 2021
This is a story about one of those unsung forces that quietly keep the world running. It is a story about the clockwork interconnectedness of modern civilization, about how disturbances in one part of the planet can kick up storms in another.This is a story, naturally, about urea ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/06/business/urea-fertilizer-food-prices.html
