Nitrogen
Nutrient management is costly, especially if the weather makes it hard to fully utilize things like nitrogen.
Make the most of your nitrogen dollars by minding a few key factors from fall through harvest the following year.
Nitrogen test plots confirm right timing and placement of applications increase yields.
Soil health and efficient nitrogen use go hand in hand, but the relationship is complicated.
University of Illinois Extension and the Illinois Council on Best Management Practices (CBMP), in collaboration with other Midwest land-grant universities, developed a new tool to help farmers calculate the optimum nitrogen rate for corn.
Continuous no-till/strip-till, more efficient hybrids and auto-guidance help a father and son in their quest for efficiency
These good bugs partner with soybeans to increase nodulation and fix nitrogen.
Late-season nitrogen applications can pay off for corn growers—and irrigation makes it practical
In the 1980s, University of Illinois agronomist John D. Alexander devised a scale to determine a soil’s risk of nitrogen loss. It was based on the characteristics of natural soil drainage class, permeability, slope cl