USDA’s Agricultural Research Service and its partners are creating a new online database aimed at collecting and sharing fertilizer information nationwide. Fertilizer is an essential part of farming, ...

Fertilizers are one of the most costly and variable input costs for farmers yet are a necessity for maximum yield potential. In a year where fertilizer makes up a significant cost of farming, ...

A new fertilizer recommendation tool, developed nationally in collaboration with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, could save farmers millions of dollars annually while reducing excess ...

Processing tomato growers can use online software to estimate how much nitrogen to apply, and when, to produce a crop of maximum yield and quality and while minimizing leaching to groundwater. The ...

Eight businesses are set to split $29 million to boost domestic fertilizer production capacity for projects that the Agriculture Department says will have a near-term impact on the 2023 and 2024 crop ...

This week on AgweekTV, USDA announces a new program to ease the pain of high fertilizer prices. The price of hay is up, as well as the quality. The Great Resignation comes to the farm. And a growing ...

Fertilizer prices were already soaring due to weather and supply chain shocks exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic before Russia invaded Ukraine in February, leading USDA to announce a $250 million ...

It makes sense that farmers would want to apply only as much fertilizer as they need to maximize their yield. Any more and it’s money wasted on fertilizer that likely will run off into a nearby stream ...