At the closing of each growing season, growers start thinking about the next year, and soil testing is an important part of that planning. The Montana State University Extension Soil Fertility Program ...

AMES, Iowa – The amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to maximize the profitability of corn production in the Midwest has been increasing by about 1.2% per year for the past three decades, according ...

Corn and soybean harvest continues to move slowly forward. The rains of the past two weeks have really slowed the pace of activity. Soils vary now from moist to wet, and any additional rain will take ...

BOZEMAN - Two new Web-based tools developed by Montana State University Extension specialists help Montana wheat producers optimize fertilizer rates - and their profits. The two tools help producers ...

Reducing nitrogen fertilization rates to the environmental optimum would cause a drop in yield of about 6% while only slightly reducing nitrogen loss, an unfavorable trade-off, Archontoulis said. "If ...