Farmers should consider deep soil testing for residual nitrogen and other nutrients, especially when rising fertilizer prices ...

Corn farmers always seem to be searching for that perfect nitrogen (N) application rate, probably because it can be a moving target. Apply too little, and you miss out on yield potential. Apply too ...

With high costs of fertilizer this coming year, it might be a good time to reevaluate your fertilizer application rates. Nitrogen is a significant part of the variable costs for corn production. In ...

A National Association of Wheat Growers report finds phosphate fertilizer tariffs added nearly $1 billion in costs for U.S.

Reducing nitrogen fertilization rates to the environmental optimum would cause a drop in yield of about 6% while only slightly reducing nitrogen loss, an unfavorable trade-off, Archontoulis said. "If ...

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 ...