Landus Cooperative is celebrating the grand opening of a new 75,000-square-foot fertilizer production and distribution facility in Boone, Iowa, this week. According to the cooperative, the $15 million ...

If this trait can be transferred successfully, these crops could become self-sufficient in nitrogen. This would reduce the ...

The 7 biggest nitrogen fertilizer manufacturers in America are among some 30 companies that operate production facilities across the United States. Even though there are so many companies and the ...

Chemical fertilizer is one of the marvels of the industrial revolution. The ability to deliver nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium into the agricultural cycle has changed the quality and yield of ...

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 ...

The wastewater draining from massive pools of sewage sludge has the potential to play a role in more sustainable agriculture, according to environmental engineering researchers at Drexel University. A ...

The first-ever global nitrogen footprint, encompassing 188 countries, has found the United States, China, India and Brazil are responsible for 46 percent of the world's nitrogen emissions. The ...

This is a non-trivial challenge because of logistical limitations and the vagaries of weather, but the basic economics drive careful use. Why Agriculture Needs to “up it’s N-game” There are now two ...

A new publication from Iowa State University researchers shares the average nitrogen use efficiencies (NUE) on a county-by-county basis in Iowa - allowing farmers and agronomists to compare their ...