Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cob of corn on a plant Corn is a crop that wants a lot of water and nutrients to grow strong and healthy and to provide a bumper ...

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 Urbana-Champaign ...

Healthy growth in any garden depends on a steady supply of nutrients, and nitrogen is one of the most important ones. Without enough of it, plants lose vigor and color, and soil struggles to support ...

Corn roots will tell you whether they are getting adequate nutrients to reach high yield goals this season – if you go out in fields, dig and look. High-yield corn growers David Hula and Randy Dowdy ...

Stalk sampling after black layer can reveal nitrogen inefficiencies and helps farmers cut input costs while maximizing corn ...

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 to new Iowa ...

Multiple scientists are working to grow corn that can fertilize itself, bypassing the need for nitrogen-based fertilizers that can harm the environment. In retrospect, a Wisconsin cornfield in ...

Surging fertilizer prices are putting pressure on farmers as they start to look to the next planting season, and altering whether the plant corn or soybeans next spring. Much of modern farming relies ...

When we look at a chart of fertilizer prices plotted alongside a chart of corn prices, we immediately spot a pattern and assume there is a strong, predictable relationship. Prices were relatively high ...

College of ACES at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign URBANA, Ill. — Corn growers seeking to increase the amount of nitrogen taken up by their crop can adjust many aspects of fertilizer ...

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 ...