The ongoing conflict with Iran has resulted in significantly higher nitrogen fertilizer prices as damaged energy infrastructure and closure of the Strait of Hormuz has created supply chain bottlenecks ...

A two-year study of wheat root architecture and nitrogen-processing enzymes across soil depths shows that moderate fertilizer ...

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 to new Iowa ...

Global consumption of fertilizer has doubled since 1980, but some regions that have historically overused fertilizer, including China and parts of Europe, have taken steps to reduce use. Those are ...

Fertilizer is one of the main inputs for crop production in the U.S., particularly for corn, wheat, and soybeans. While application rates per acre are increasing for some crops, yields are outgrowing ...

The Zacks Fertilizers industry continues to face headwinds from elevated costs for key raw materials, partly due to war-related disruptions, putting pressure on industry players’ margins. Elevated ...

A controlled incubation study finds that soil degradation level and timing, not fertilizer dose, govern nutrient release and ...

Maintenance and testing before going to the field are musts for farmers. There is nothing more beautiful—to your eye, yield monitor and bottom line—than a perfectly and uniformly fertilized field.

A farmer applies nitrogen fertilizer to a corn field in Boone County in June 2024. Photo by Alex Schaffer/Iowa Soybean Association. AMES, Iowa – The amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to maximize ...

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 ...