Plants are naturally “solar-powered,” but there is a carbon footprint associated with growing them as a crop. The fuel used to power tractors and other equipment is part of that footprint, but the ...

Scientists are using electricity to separate nitrogen from air and make fertilizer. Today, nitrogen fertilizer is made in fossil fuel-fired factories that can be thousands of miles from the nearest ...

Nitrogen-based fertilizers are essential for modern agriculture, and compounds like ammonia and urea are also widely used in ...

Farmers are coping with a fertilizer crisis brought on by soaring fossil fuel prices and industry consolidation. The price of synthetic fertilizer has more than doubled since 2021, causing great ...

Roughly 25% to 50% of the total commercial nitrogen applied to fields across the state occurs in the fall. Waiting for cooler ...

Quality crops next year start with quality soil test data, which starts with Manitoba farmers using the best possible soil ...

In some minds, the only thing worse than a bug is the poop that comes out of it. However, disgusting as it might seem, bug ...