Fertilizer stocks jumped after Ukraine said drones had hit two fertilizer plants in western Russia, on concerns that geopolitical tensions will affect supply chains for key crop nutrients. Drones hit ...

Scientists discovered a small protein region that determines whether plants reject or welcome nitrogen-fixing bacteria. By tweaking only two amino acids, they converted a defensive receptor into one ...

UC Davis researchers engineered wheat that encourages soil bacteria to convert atmospheric nitrogen into plant-usable fertilizer. By boosting a natural compound in the plant, the wheat triggers ...

A companion bill to the Fertilizer Research Act has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The House version, sponsored by U.S. Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA), echoes the same goal ...

If you are looking at input costs for your 2026 crops, you are probably wondering why so many of them remain stubbornly high—especially when crop prices have remained relatively low. “The bottom line ...

Mark Mueller is a fourth-generation farmer from Bremer County producing no-till corn, soybeans, alfalfa, specialty beans, forage rye and corn for silage. He serves as the Iowa Corn Growers Association ...

AUTAZES, Brazil—In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, workers are preparing to dig a vertical shaft as wide as a subway tunnel half a mile down into the ground. It isn’t gold or oil hidden here in a ...

The United States Department of Energy on Oct. 29 closed on a $1.5 billion loan to support Indiana's first fertilizer plant in West Terre Haute. The Wabash Valley Resources coal-powered ammonia ...

The Fertilizer Institute is calling for a national U.S. policy to increase domestic production of crop nutrients as farmers battle soaring input costs and turbulent global supply chains. The effort ...

A wheel barrow upturned on a lawn covered in fall leaves with trees and a small shed in the background. - Kate Stock/Shutterstock While many homeowners feed their turfgrass in the spring, it isn't ...

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