While biologicals are not fertilizer, some of them can make N, P and K more efficient and help build corn and soybean yields, according to speakers at the webinar, “Stretching Every Pound: Using ...

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 ...

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

Irrigating farmland for rice production has become too expensive, so Clay Smith is planting corn on Crowley’s Ridge land it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woman spraying liquid fertilizer on her plants - Kathrin Ziegler/Getty Images Healthy growth in any garden depends on a steady ...

If you’re thinking about cutting starter fertilizer this year because of surging costs, Ken Ferrie has three words of advice: Don’t do it. Corn emergence and early growth benefit from starter because ...

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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 ...

The founders of Upside Robotics met in 2023 because they were both looking to build an impact-driven company that touched climate and agriculture. Less than a year later, they were sleeping in a ...

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, a trend driven by higher ...

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 ...

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 ...