The number of bushels of corn to pay for 1 ton of fertilizer is at historic levels, according to analysis by StoneX Group. If falling corn prices weren’t bad enough, fertilizer prices surged higher to ...

Corn is a crop that wants a lot of water and nutrients to grow strong and healthy and to provide a bumper harvest of juicy cobs. These popular and statuesque plants are simple to grow, yet you do need ...

Will blood meal (12-0-0) be sufficient for fertilizing sweet corn? When and how often should corn be fertilized? If you tested your soil recently and have medium to high levels of phosphorous and ...

CENTRALIA -- Centralia's wastewater treatment plant is getting into farming, and is providing its own fertilizer. Biosolids, a nutrient-rich byproduct of treated wastewater, will fertilize 100 acres ...

URBANA, Ill. — Corn growers seeking to increase the amount of nitrogen taken up by their crop can adjust many aspects of fertilizer application, but recent studies from the University of Illinois ...

Midwestern soils are among the most productive in the world, thanks in part to extensive tile drainage systems that remove excess water from crop fields. But water isn't the only thing flowing through ...

Healthy growth in any garden depends on a steady supply of nutrients, and nitrogen is one of the most important ones. Without enough of it, plants lose vigor and color, and soil struggles to support ...

Wondering what’s causing stunted growth and wilting in your corn field? When you see wilting of small corn plants, the first order of business is to examine the roots. You may find that your young ...

In this Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 photo, a central Illinois corn farmer begins to harvest this years crops of corn in Pleasant Plains, Ill. Wet, cool conditions across much of Illinois have put farmers ...

Surging fertilizer prices are putting pressure on farmers as they start to look to the next planting season, and altering whether the plant corn or soybeans next spring. Much of modern farming relies ...