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 ...

As with most tasks on the farm, timing is everything. But in addressing a nitrogen deficiency in corn, when is only half the equation — the other major consideration is how and which nitrogen ...

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 ...

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 ...

Farmers have always paid close attention to the weather. It’s pretty easy to understand why. Indiana grows a lot of corn and soy — more than 5 million acres of each last year. That many crops take a ...

Multiple scientists are working to grow corn that can fertilize itself, bypassing the need for nitrogen-based fertilizers that can harm the environment. In retrospect, a Wisconsin cornfield in ...

Farmers in a small area of southern Mexico knew that a variety of corn grown in the area was special. But a group of researchers — including a contingent from the University of Wisconsin-Madison — ...

Farmers in a small area of southern Mexico knew that a variety of corn grown in the area was special. But a group of researchers believe the corn could ultimately transform the way the largest crop in ...

Corn dominates U.S. farmland and fuels the ethanol industry. But the fertilizer it relies on drives emissions and fouls ...

Now not even dirt is safe from the financial crisis. In an effort to cut costs amid tight credit conditions and weak commodity prices, farmers haven't been laying crop nutrients on as thick--much to ...