Question: If you don’t have access to side-dress equipment, what would be the best alternative in a corn-on-corn rotation to minimize nitrogen tie up and grow the best corn crop possible? Answer: ...

FARGO - Imagine a future in which farmers use scientifically gathered corn crop height data to color intensity ratings and decide whether to add mid-season nitrogen. North Dakota State University ...

Drought or dry conditions are on a lot of farmers’ minds as corn planting season in the Midwest nears. Last week, one Iowa farmer asked Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist, whether it would be ...

Corn farmers always seem to be searching for that perfect nitrogen (N) application rate, probably because it can be a moving target. Apply too little, and you miss out on yield potential. Apply too ...

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 ...

NASHUA, Iowa — Iowa State University Extension agronomist John Sawyer wants farmers to use the Corn Nitrogen Rate Calculator to fine-tune their nitrogen management. The calculator is a web tool that ...

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 ...

University agricultural research has traditionally relied on small plot research on university-owned land, making some growers uneasy about applying university findings on their own farm. Two on-farm ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Nitrogen is just one of many nutrients, but its criticality to corn crop success put it at the center of the Nitrogen: Minnesota's Grand Challenge and Compelling Opportunity ...

With the rising cost of nitrogen fertilizer and its impacts on air and water quality, researchers want to help farmers make more informed fertilizer rate decisions. Their latest modeling effort aims ...