CropsA Natural Resources Conservation Service soil health specialist argues that the yield penalty farmers once suffered when switching to no-till is far less likely today, provided the soil's biology is rebuilt before the change.
The Efficient Fertilizer Consortium's 2026 awards fund university and government teams in the United States, Canada, Denmark and Israel to test enhanced-efficiency fertilisers, biofertilisers, placement and cover crops across corn, soybean, cotton, irrigated and dryland systems under common field-tr
CropsIowa State nutrient specialist Richard Roth says fall-applied nitrogen only pays if it is still there in spring, and points growers to the N-FACT calculator and a free residual-nitrate sampling scheme limited to 250 fields.
CropsWith anhydrous ammonia averaging $1,057 a ton in early July, up almost a third on the year, University of Illinois researchers say timing, split application and the MRTN calculator matter more than ever.
