Selecting corn genetics isn’t a decision to take lightly. Managing nitrogen with the same care helps protect yield potential ...

Corn requires a lot of nitrogen, approximately 1.2 pounds of it for every bushel of corn produced. That means that a 200-bushels-per-acre harvest will require 240 pounds of nitrogen per acre. Most of ...

Nitrogen jumpstarts plant growth by powering chlorophyll and photosynthesis. Add it with compost, blood meal, or fertilizer—just test your soil first. Apply after the last frost, but don’t overdo ...

The unpredictability of the weather from one year to the next might be the only thing you can predict in crop production. At times, you pray for rain, and at others, you hope it will stop. Excessive ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Here’s a riddle for you: What’s the most abundant element in our atmosphere — that’s essential for plant growth — but often lacking in our soil? The answer: ...