At the closing of each growing season, growers start thinking about the next year, and soil testing is an important part of that planning. The Montana State University Extension Soil Fertility Program ...

AMES, Iowa – 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 ...

Paulo Pagliari and other researchers at the University of Minnesota are trying to see if a bacteria can be used to reduce the amount of nitrogen needed to grow crops. Reducing nitrogen is important to ...

A new fertilizer recommendation tool, developed nationally in collaboration with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, could save farmers millions of dollars annually while reducing excess ...

The Explore On-Farm Nitrogen Rate Trials tool allows users to view anonymized data from the hundreds of trials in the INI ...

AMES, Iowa – When Michael Castellano tells people there are billions of different variations of farmer decisions and environmental conditions that can affect how much nitrogen fertilizer is just ...

Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie says you must first understand your nutrient requirements. Tight profit margins have farmers searching for ways to control input costs, including fertilizer ...

Healthy potted tomatoes need steady, balanced feeding, even moisture and restraint, not random feeds that trigger a stall and rot.

The outlook for fertilizer costs versus commodity prices for next season is a tough one for farmers across the country. With that fact in mind, we have compiled 26 nutrient recommendations, tips, ...

Have you heard of using cricket shells to improve crop yields? If so, you’ve heard of biostimulants. These natural materials, designed to nurture plant health, have become more popular recently, ...