Soil moisture levels and seed quality are two factors to monitor when applying starter fertilizer, Farm Journal field agronomist Ken Ferrie tells Corn College TV Season 3. For example, a field planted ...

Roughly 25% to 50% of the total commercial nitrogen applied to fields across the state occurs in the fall. Waiting for cooler ...

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 ...

The University of Minnesota State Extension Soils staff has updated the corn nitrogen guidelines for highly productive non-irrigated soils. These guidelines still use the maximum return to nitrogen ...

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 ...

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 ...

At this research plot at the University of Missouri Bradford Research Farm, soil has been treated with pig manure plus starter fertilizer to study the effect on corn yields. COLUMBIA, Mo. — University ...

Now not even dirt is safe from the financial crisis. In an effort to cut costs amid tight credit conditions and weak commodity prices, farmers haven't been laying crop nutrients on as thick--much to ...

A couple of weeks ago, there was an article in the Coshocton Tribune about discussions in our state Legislature related to reducing toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie. These blooms were especially large ...

Grain prices lost ground on Thursday as the market continued to absorb Tuesday's acreage report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which showed an increase in corn plantings. A bountiful corn ...