Corn is a crop that wants a lot of water and nutrients to grow strong and healthy and to provide a bumper harvest of juicy cobs. These popular and statuesque plants are simple to grow, yet you do need ...

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 ...

Wondering what’s causing stunted growth and wilting in your corn field? When you see wilting of small corn plants, the first order of business is to examine the roots. You may find that your young ...

URBANA, Ill. — Corn growers seeking to increase the amount of nitrogen taken up by their crop can adjust many aspects of fertilizer application, but recent studies from the University of Illinois ...

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 ...

Taking care of the corn as it grows means getting nutrients right at the right time. Today’s job is fertilizing the fields to ...

Many Upper Midwest farmers wonder whether they'll have access to enough commercial fertilizer this spring. Though it's too late for most crops this growing season, Mary Berg has an old-school solution ...

The goal of the project is to demonstrate how the use of low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer can substantially reduce the carbon intensity of corn and enable the production of low carbon ethanol for use in ...