Scientists discovered a small protein region that determines whether plants reject or welcome nitrogen-fixing bacteria. By ...

Currently, we consider this as a waste, so what we’re trying to do is recycle it, closing the nutrients loop.” At VunaNexus, ...

Today, nitrogen fertilizer is made in fossil fuel-fired factories that can be thousands of miles from the nearest farms, but one California company is working on a game-changer. It produces fertilizer ...

This work aligns with long-standing Kansas research. Decades of K-State studies show that nitrogen improves water-use ...

Plans for $1.5 billion fertilizer plant in ND officially unveiled GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- The Upper Midwest's fast-growing corn industry could be getting a major boost. A proposed nitrogen fertilizer ...

Plants are naturally “solar-powered,” but there is a carbon footprint associated with growing them as a crop. The fuel used to power tractors and other equipment is part of that footprint, but the ...

Farmers are coping with a fertilizer crisis brought on by soaring fossil fuel prices and industry consolidation. The price of synthetic fertilizer has more than doubled since 2021, causing great ...

Higher plant diversity in agricultural grasslands increases yields with lower inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. That is the ...

An initiative that began in Africa and is taking root in Iowa is expected to bring competition to the nation's highly consolidated fertilizer industry and dramatically shrink farmers' climate impact.

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 ...

Plants mainly need three big nutrients: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K). Each one plays a unique role.