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 ...

A tractor is used to apply 32 percent liquid urea ammonium nitrate by dripping it onto the base of young corn plants in Northeast Iowa as part of a nitrate strip trial done by the Iowa Soybean ...

10. Cost per pound of the nutrients you actuallyneed? You probably already know the answer. Your fertilizer purchase should be influenced by numbers 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10, and less by numbers 1, 2, 3, 5 ...

Often, homeowners will not have a soil test done, so they are buying a fertilizer grade at random from a store. If this is the case, the fertilizer still should be applied at a proper rate. For lawns, ...

The three numbers on fertilizer are the N-P-K ratio, which stands for nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. These three nutrients have separate functions and are essential to a plant's growth and ...

Fertilizers provide crops with the nutrients to grow better, making them essential to the world’s food supply. As such, when shocks occur, such as when fertilizer prices increase or when supply is ...