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

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 ...

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 ...

Corn requires a lot of nitrogen, approximately 1.2 pounds of it for every bushel of corn produced. That means that a 200-bushels-per-acre harvest will require 240 pounds of nitrogen per acre. Most of ...

Yield gains, denser stands, and improved nitrogen-use efficiency signal broad value across commodity, horticultural, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bigger roots, higher populations, and easier in-season access mean fertility programs should look different for these new hybrids.

Recently, Purdue experts updated their applied research findings on nitrogen management guidelines for corn in Indiana. The report summarizes corn yield response to fertilizer nitrogen (N) rate in ...

Jason Clark, SDSU Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, said this research will help experts improve their recommendations for crop producers. Participants in these on-farm trials will have the ...

Midwestern soils are among the most productive in the world, thanks in part to extensive tile drainage systems that remove excess water from crop fields. But water isn't the only thing flowing through ...