Determining the right amount of nitrogen for your corn crop is a balancing act that can challenge any farmer. Get it wrong, and your yield can suffer. We can help you better understand the ...

Corn needs nitrogen (N) throughout the growing season, though in varying amounts. The important thing is, “You want to keep enough nitrogen available during all corn growth stages so crop growth never ...

Despite advances in modern agriculture, overuse of fertilizers spurred by fears of low crop yield is a continuing source of damage to the environment. Excess nitrogen from fertilizers ends up in ...

Scientists have developed a gene-editing strategy that allows cereal crops to benefit from bacteria that pull nitrogen from thin air. The discovery has the potential to decrease farm input costs and ...

WASECA, Minn. — With nitrogen decisions looming for the next growing season, farmers gathered on Jan. 8 at the University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center’s Winter Crops Day to hear ...

Synthetic nitrogen fertilizers transformed agriculture as we know it during the Green Revolution, catapulting crop yields and food security to new heights. Yet, despite improvements in crop nitrogen ...

Your plants need nitrogen in order to thrive. Here are some simple ways to add it to your soil.

"We studied a large number of wheat and barley genotypes under different nitrogen supply conditions and analyzed their root architecture and nitrogen accumulation in the plants," says lead author Md.

It's long been a common practice for farmers in the Inland Northwest to alternate between crops that suck nitrogen from the soil, such as wheat or barley, and so-called "pulse" crops that replenish ...