If you’re thinking about cutting starter fertilizer this year because of surging costs, Ken Ferrie has three words of advice: Don’t do it. Corn emergence and early growth benefit from starter because ...

Concerns about fertility availability and prices are front and center in Ken Ferrie’s current conversations with farmers, as they look toward spring planting. Some growers have already cut or plan to ...

In this video from K-State Research and Extension, agronomist Dorivar Ruiz Diaz explains the benefit of applying starter fertilizers when planting corn. Starter fertilizers refer to a method of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - With the phosphorus-containing starter fertilizer 10-34-0 averaging nearly $1,000 per ton, many farmers are wondering if they really need to include phosphorus in their starter ...

Revised Document Prepared by: A.L. Shober, K.L. Gartley, and J.T. Sims Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware Unlike other nutrients, such as potassium or phosphorus, the ...

Scientists are using artificial intelligence to determine which genes collectively govern nitrogen use efficiency in plants such as corn, with the goal of helping farmers improve their crop yields and ...