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Yavin4

(35,437 posts) Mon Mar 6, 2017, 08:21 PM Mar 2017

For your reference, here's the link to Rachel's masterful reporting on the Fertilizer King of Russia:

My question is how does one become a multi-billionaire by being in the fertilizer business.

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Question about Rachel Maddow's story on Wilbur Ross and the Fertilizer King of Russia (Original Post) Yavin4 Mar 2017 OP

It's not easy, you have to put up with a lot of shit. -eom Mr. Ected Mar 2017 #1

Whammmo!!!! dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #2

You have to spread it around generously to enable good yield. Ford_Prefect Mar 2017 #3

Fertilizer is also used as explosives in road construction, etc. kentuck Mar 2017 #4

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1. It's not easy, you have to put up with a lot of shit. -eom

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 08:23 PM

Mar 2017

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2. Whammmo!!!!

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 08:57 PM

Mar 2017

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3. You have to spread it around generously to enable good yield.

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 10:36 AM

Mar 2017

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4. Fertilizer is also used as explosives in road construction, etc.

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 10:38 AM

Mar 2017

It was used in the OKC bombing, as I recall?

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5. And aside from munitions uses, there are.....farms. Many, many farms. Farm-farms, aqua-farms,....

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 10:43 AM

Mar 2017