According to a University of Illinois crop sciences researcher, there has been a great deal of interest recently in the idea of using nitrogen fertilizer during the growing season to increase soybean ...

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is standing up a new “center of excellence” in an effort to reduce the use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer by 12%, the equivalent of removing 10 million cars ...

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 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 ...

Researchers have found a way to reduce the amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to grow cereals such as rice, wheat and corn. Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have found a way to ...

A research team demonstrates that China can maintain food security while sharply reducing nitrogen pollution by cutting ...

In the last century, synthetic fertilizers have changed the face of the planet. The current world population might be halved ...

Climate change also alters nitrogen in soils and plants, shaping food quality, water safety, and pollution risks worldwide.