To maximize yield while preserving profit, economist David Widmar recommends farmers use precision applications and control ...

Roughly 25% to 50% of the total commercial nitrogen applied to fields across the state occurs in the fall. Waiting for cooler soil temperatures helps prevent nitrates from flushing into streams and ...

For just the third time in recorded history, farmers will be planting more soybeans than corn as they grapple with the rising cost of fertilizer — a cost that will almost certainly be passed on to ...

Wondering what’s causing stunted growth and wilting in your corn field? When you see wilting of small corn plants, the first order of business is to examine the roots. You may find that your young ...

A bill in the U.S. Senate would be a step in the right direction toward transparency and competition in this market, writes Mark Mueller.

URBANA, Ill. — 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 ...

In this research plot at the MU Bradford Research Farm, soil has been fertilized with pig manure to study its effect on corn yields and soil health. Corn, one of the most common crops grown in the ...

GRAND FORKS - North Dakota corn growers are planning a $1 billion nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing plant to be built near here in rural Grand Forks County. Gov. Jack Dalrymple and Grand Forks Mayor ...

Plants need three things to grow: air, water and nutrients. Farmers usually take care of the last bit by fertilizing their fields. But now scientists have found a type of corn that seems to thrive on ...

The University of Minnesota State Extension Soils staff has updated the corn nitrogen guidelines for highly productive non-irrigated soils. These guidelines still use the maximum return to nitrogen ...

Surging fertilizer prices are putting pressure on farmers as they start to look to the next planting season, and altering whether the plant corn or soybeans next spring. Much of modern farming relies ...

In its July 7th report, the Agricultural Market Service reports fertilizer contract prices for fall delivery as $814 per ton for anhydrous ammonia, $688 per ton for Diammonium Phosphate (DAP), and ...