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Healthy Soil & Best Yields Require a Close-to-Neutral Soil pH

Regular lime application can reduce soil acidity from repeated use of nitrogen fertilizers

By Maclaren Krueger posted on April 1, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Nitrogen fertilizers acidify no-tillers' soil, so understanding lime needs can help maximize yields by reducing soil acidity, increasing biological life and improving nutrient uptake.

EPA Green Lights Altered Corteva Herbicide

July 26, 2022 | Posted in Crop Protection, Crop Protection

The new Resicore XL herbicide formulation will be available for use in the 2023 growing season.

Trade Commission Lifts Sanctions on Russian, Trini Ammonium Nitrate

July 19, 2022 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: United States International Trade Commission

The U.S. International Trade Commission, which governs how tariffs are administered, voted this week to lift tariffs on ammonium nitrate from Russia and Trinidad and Tobago. This could be good news for farmers as fertilizer prices continue to soar.

How the Nitrogen Cycle Influences Different Nitrogen Sources

By Jim Isleib posted on February 3, 2017 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Michigan State University Extension

A look at the nitrogen cycle can help growers understand the advantages and disadvantages of particular nitrogen fertilizer sources.

‘Get With The System’ To Push Corn, Soybean Yields

The right soil tests, inputs, equipment and even water help an Iowa no-tiller hit yield potentials

By Martha Mintz posted on January 1, 2011 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

Success is bound to come when even the performance of water is held to a higher standard as it is on Keith Schlapkohl’s Stockton, Iowa, farm.

Eliminate Streaky Nitrogen Applications

March 20, 2010 | Posted in Nutrient Management

we have a serious, and increasing, problem with uneven distribution of N fertilizer. This problem sticks out like a sore thumb when nitrogen loss occurs, because the areas receiving low N rates have a light-green or yellow-green color that is very visible. But the uneven applications are still happening in years with low N loss, and potentially are causing yield loss in those years as well.

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Licensing May Be Coming

By Frank Lessiter posted on December 1, 2001 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Mixing 2 tons of ammonium nitrate with motor oil, Timothy McVeigh produced enough cheap, yet powerful explosive to destroy the Oklahoma City federal building more than 6 years ago. Along with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, these disasters may bring changes in the way you purchase fertilizer for your no-till fields.

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