What are the risks with “pop-up” placement? If producers apply starter fertilizer with the corn seed (“pop-up” in-furrow), ...

Corn growers, forget about "1.2 is all you should do." With nitrogen fertilizer prices pushing record prices of $500 per ton, it's time for a new approach to application rates. University of Illinois ...

You’re familiar with the yellowing corn leaves or stems that can result from nitrogen deficiency, water stress or disease.

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 ...

The Iowa Legislature wants to spend $1 million next year to revise the state’s long-standing nitrogen fertilizer calculator used in seven corn-growing states. The money would be used to update the ...

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 ...

Iowa State University is doing on-farm trials on 148 fields across the state this summer to try to find the optimum rate of nitrogen fertilizer to boost corn productivity while avoiding runoff into ...

Reducing the application of nitrogen fertilizer to Midwestern cornfields can both increase the profitability of farms and ...

Formal fertilizer recommendations encourage producers to pour on more. Articles in this project are edited by Carey Gillam, managing editor of The New Lede. WINONA, MN. – Corn drapes every curve and ...

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 ...