Banding phosphorus can provide a faster response than a broadcast application if you’re planting corn in cool soils. There are additional considerations, however. Earlier this week, we received a ...

Most laboratories provide PSNT results within 24 hours of receipt.

Net farm income is forecast to turn lower this year despite near-record government aid payments, marking the fourth straight year of tight margins.

The high cost of farm fertilizer was in the spotlight on Capitol Hill this week. The president of the South Dakota Corn ...

Spring has sprung in the nation’s capital. The sun is shining. Plants and flowers are blooming. Weekend marathons are ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new report from the Environmental Working Group shows the use of nitrogen fertilizer to grow corn year after year on the same land results in a significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions. When ...

DES MOINES, Iowa – The ongoing war with Iran is driving up more than just the cost of oil. Disruptions in the Strait of ...

In this Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 photo, a central Illinois corn farmer begins to harvest this years crops of corn in Pleasant Plains, Ill. Wet, cool conditions across much of Illinois have put farmers ...