Surging costs for key crop nutrients that growers need could spur sharp cutbacks in fertilizer use. Prices are climbing for phosphate, crucial for plant growth, amid fear that an already difficult ...

Scientists developed wheat that helps create its own natural fertilizer, promising cleaner and more affordable farming.

Farmers have increasingly sown a single type of grass in their fields over the past 100 years, and then added chemical ...

In laboratory experiments, the researchers successfully engineered this change in barley and found that the mechanism worked ...

The fertilizer industry and a raft of farm groups are backing legislation that would add phosphate and potash to the list of minerals considered “critical” to U.S. national security, arguing that too ...

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — The 2024 U.S. presidential election ended two weeks ago with Donald Trump reclaiming the White House. 59% of Central Illinois voters voted for Trump and his running mate J.D.

The new White House focus on agriculture suggests the possibility of fresh trade turbulence, with little sign that the White ...

Plants are among the most intrepid explorers on Earth. Roughly 460 million years ago, the first plants started leaving lakes and rivers and appeared on land. At that time, the surface of Earth was ...

FARGO -- With spring and planting around the corner, farmers and grain elevators are faced with warnings about fertilizer shortages -- another potential crisis in which railroads play a part. Recent ...

Mordor Intelligence has published a new report on the specialty fertilizer market, offering a comprehensive analysis of trends, growth drivers, and future projections.

Argentina’s state-run oil company YPF SA will accept a bid from Adecoagro SA to sell its 50% stake in the country’s top ...