Tag: nitrogen
Do you need to reevaluate the nitrogen strategy on your farm?
Nitrogen prices are surging in 2026. Learn how to use the MRTN calculator and Ohio State University Extension tools to find the most profitable nitrogen rate for your corn crop.
Nitrogen rate recommendations for corn silage
Learn how to determine the amount of nitrogen to apply to corn silage production fields to maximize your returns.
Nitrogen-efficient crops: Can we grow more with fewer emissions?
Science offers an option to boost crop productivity and dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Conservation projects aim to fill gap left by traditional funding
Four projects aim to remove nitrogen and phosphorus before they enter the Ohio River basin.
Soil bacteria could help farmers grow more crops
Believe it or not, the thing that could change farming isn’t the climate or a new piece of equipment.
New program to help farmers better use nitrogen fertilizer
A new computer program could help farmers control their nitrogen fertilizer usage.
Don’t expect yields to stay the same in continuous corn rotations
Higher nitrogen rates do not eliminate the continuous corn yield drag during average or poor growing seasons.
May want to avoid applying Nitrogen to wheat in February
(The following is reprinted from the OSU Extension C.O.R.N. newsletter, Feb. 12 edition.)
By Ed Lentz and Laura Lindsey
COLUMBUS -- Producers are tempted to apply...
DuPont, Plant Sensory Systems team to increase corn’s nitrogen use efficiency
DES MOINES, Iowa, and BALTIMORE, Md. -- DuPont and Plant Sensory Systems have entered into a collaboration to evaluate proprietary genes for increasing nitrogen use efficiency in corn.
Do fall nitrogen applications break down corn stover, or just waste...
A University of Illinois Extension soil and plant fertility specialist says corn stover has become more of a management concern as new hybrids produce stronger stalks, more corn-on-corn acres are planted, and less tillage is done.
