A combination of precision fertilizer application, better water management, advances in genetics, seed treatments, and ...

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 ...

You could also visit farmers. Clint Arnholt, Columbus, Ind., is a veteran no-tiller experienced at seeding cover crops into ...

New York University scientists are using artificial intelligence to determine which genes collectively govern nitrogen use efficiency in plants such as corn, with the goal of helping farmers improve ...

Planting cover crops ahead of corn can be tricky but is not impossible. Learn which species work, which don’t and how much ...

In its July 7th report, the Agricultural Market Service reports fertilizer contract prices for fall delivery as $814 per ton for anhydrous ammonia, $688 per ton for Diammonium Phosphate (DAP), and ...

Plants need three things to grow: air, water and nutrients. Farmers usually take care of the last bit by fertilizing their fields. But now scientists have found a type of corn that seems to thrive on ...

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 ...

Wondering what’s causing stunted growth and wilting in your corn field? When you see wilting of small corn plants, the first order of business is to examine the roots. You may find that your young ...

Farmers in a small area of southern Mexico knew that a variety of corn grown in the area was special. But a group of researchers believe the corn could ultimately transform the way the largest crop in ...

Corn variety growing in nitrogen-depleted fields derived 28-82 percent of nitrogen it needed from atmosphere Sugar-rich, gel-like substance on the corn’s aerial roots, called mucilage, attracts ...

Another fertilizer option is polymer coated urea, designed to delay urea release until soils warm up. To avoid product runoff, incorporate into the soil. Surface broadcast options, especially adapted ...