Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cob of corn on a plant Corn is a crop that wants a lot of water and nutrients to grow strong and healthy and to provide a bumper ...

Targeting peak uptake windows through precise nitrogen and phosphorus placement can bridge the gap between a 160-bu. crop and ...

As with most tasks on the farm, timing is everything. But in addressing a nitrogen deficiency in corn, when is only half the equation — the other major consideration is how and which nitrogen ...

Healthy growth in any garden depends on a steady supply of nutrients, and nitrogen is one of the most important ones. Without enough of it, plants lose vigor and color, and soil struggles to support ...

CENTRALIA -- Centralia's wastewater treatment plant is getting into farming, and is providing its own fertilizer. Biosolids, a nutrient-rich byproduct of treated wastewater, will fertilize 100 acres ...

In this research plot at the MU Bradford Research Farm, soil has been fertilized with pig manure to study its effect on corn yields and soil health. Corn, one of the most common crops grown in the ...

Farmers have always paid close attention to the weather. It’s pretty easy to understand why. Indiana grows a lot of corn and soy — more than 5 million acres of each last year. That many crops take a ...

Farmers in a small area of southern Mexico knew that a variety of corn grown in the area was special. But a group of researchers believe the corn could ultimately transform the way the largest crop in ...

Across the state, corn and sorghum crops are thriving where moisture is available, but suffering in areas with drought ...