UC Davis researchers engineered wheat that encourages soil bacteria to convert atmospheric nitrogen into plant-usable fertilizer. By boosting a natural compound in the plant, the wheat triggers ...

Xing Wang is an associate in soil science at the School of Forestry and Grassland Science at Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China. Hongyi Li is a professor and dean of development planning at the ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said she is considering reviving a Biden-era program that was designed to shore up domestic fertilizer production. President Donald Trump and top administration ...

Americans worried about grocery prices may soon feel the consequences of an unexpected problem on U.S. farms caused by the war in Iran – rising fertilizer prices are creating a potential ripple effect ...

Higher fertilizer prices from the war in Iran will hurt some U.S. farmers more than others, depending on where they are located and if they bought supplies ahead of the recent cost increase, analysts ...

A new survey by the American Farm Bureau Federation shows the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is affecting regions across the United States as the spring growing season begins. Southern farmers are ...

Rising supply costs tied to the conflict in the Middle East are adding strain to an already challenging farm economy. To better understand how global fertilizer market disruptions are affecting ...

Farm diesel prices have increased 46% since the end of February, raising costs for fieldwork, fertilizer transport and irrigation during both planting and growing seasons. Rising input costs tied to ...

Hello! I’m back and a lot has happened whilst I was away. In fact, a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was agreed upon by the time I got back, and the conflict in the Middle East ...

The war in Iran has sparked a global fertilizer shortage and is threatening food security. What are farmers around the world doing to save their crops? Nearly half of the world's traded urea, the most ...

About a third of the world’s fertilizer supply passes through the Strait of Hormuz, and its effective closure is causing shortages and price spikes for fertilizer during the crucial spring planting ...

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