Corn growers seeking to increase the amount of nitrogen taken up by their crop can adjust many aspects of fertilizer application, but recent studies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...

As they plant, as they harvest, as they plan for next season, in the back of Jeff and Doug Martin’s minds is one goal: More corn from less fertilizer. “We think we can eventually produce a bushel of ...

The amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to maximize the profitability of corn production in the Midwest has been increasing by about 1.2% per year for the past three decades, a trend driven by higher ...

Crop insurance companies are working out protocols for offering PACE, a pilot program in some counties that would reduce some of the risk in applying nitrogen in split applications, which is a ...

Now not even dirt is safe from the financial crisis. In an effort to cut costs amid tight credit conditions and weak commodity prices, farmers haven't been laying crop nutrients on as thick--much to ...

AMES, Iowa – The amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to maximize the profitability of corn production in the Midwest has been increasing by about 1.2% per year for the past three decades, according ...

AMES, Iowa – Newly published research from Iowa State University agronomists shows that the application of nitrogen fertilizer at optimum levels to corn and soybeans is required to maintain carbon in ...