
A worker loads bulk bags containing unprocessed urea (unkonditionierter Harnstoff) onto a truck at the SKW Piesteritz agro-chemical plant in Piesteritz near Wittenberg, northern Germany, on April 9, 2026. SKW Piesteritz is Germany's largest producer of ammonia and urea with an annual output of over four million tonnes, manufacturing both a wide range of industrial chemicals and agrochemical products. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP via Getty Images)

