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 ...

Yield gains, denser stands, and improved nitrogen-use efficiency signal broad value across commodity, horticultural, ...

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 ...

Crop condition is an indicator published every week by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) during the planting and harvest season. The indicator is useful in estimating the yield that ...

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 ...

Upside Robotics builds autonomous solar-powered robots that can help farmers reduce their fertilizer use by 70%.

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 ...

Corn growers seeking to increase the amount of nitrogen taken up by the crop can adjust many aspects of fertilizer application, but recent University of Illinois studies show the tweaks don’t do much ...