The optimum window for making sidedress nitrogen applications in corn is narrower – and potentially earlier – than many growers might realize. Dan Kaiser, University of Minnesota Extension nutrient ...

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 ...

As corn moves into the rapid growth stages, Farm Journal Field Agronomist Missy Bauer says the next four weeks may be one of the most critical windows of the season for managing yield potential. “Over ...

Revised Document Prepared by: A.L. Shober, K.L. Gartley, and J.T. Sims Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware Unlike other nutrients, such as potassium or phosphorus, the ...

Through genetic advancements, corn is utilizing more nitrogen later in the season. Researchers have found the corn plant ...

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 ...

In collaboration with professors at the University, researchers are working on a new breed of corn that reduces nitrogen loss. Connor Sible, research assistant professor in ACES, discussed his team’s ...

If corn was ever jealous of soybean's relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing could one day even the playing field. A recent study shows that gene-edited bacteria can ...

Research from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign shows an unexpectedly large and stable "legacy" pool of nitrogen in crop ...

AMES, Iowa – The soil fertility tests farmers have used for decades to measure nitrogen levels don’t account for the vast majority of the nitrogen in soils, so Iowa State University scientists helped ...

If corn was ever jealous of soybean's relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing could one day level the playing field. A recent study from the University of Illinois ...