To help my students get exceptional results from their gardens, I teach them to build soil health with regular additions of ...

Fall is the perfect time to fertilize your lawn. In many regions, autumn is when abundant rainfall and cool weather inspire your lawn to redirect its energy to root development, rather than grass ...

If you use the build-maintain-fertilization strategy, consider using your past buildup rather than applying P fertilizer. I ...

Growing global demand for sustainable agriculture is driving scientists to find smarter ways to handle livestock waste. A new ...

An Orlando startup called Wriggle Brew is pioneering a unique approach to two major environmental problems: plastic pollution ...

Survey results from University of Illinois ag economists show how farmers are making corn and soybean nutrient plans for 2026 and what current price trends are for N, P and K.

When summer ends, you look forward to closing shop on gardening in the fall. But do your trees need additional fertilizer?

Fertilizer. It’s a major contributor of greenhouse gases, accounting for roughly two percent of global emissions and 10 percent of agriculture’s environmental footprint. But now, a group of ...

Fertilizing during hot weather can harm your plants and is best avoided. Extreme heat stresses plants and conflicts with the fertilizer. If you must fertilize, use the right fertilizer and avoid ...

In this April 9, 2014, photo, a farmer pulls a tank of anhydrous ammonia behind his tractor before injecting the chemical into the soil in preparation for spring planting in a cornfield near the ...

A new Environmental Working Group analysis shows the outsize climate toll of continuous corn. When farmers grow corn on the same field year after year, referred to as “continuous corn,” fertilizing ...