Bennett isn’t sure synthetic fertilizer use can go to zero, but cutting it in half could be a huge win for farmers around the world. “The gains will be economically important in the United ...

Because of the tight supplies and soaring costs of nitrogen materials, Indiana farmers are taking a critical second look at their fertilizer programs. The object of such an evaluation is to insure the ...

In cooler climates, winter fertilizer should be applied between late August and October. Winterizer is a special blend of fertilizers that helps lawns survive the stress of cold months.

Fertilizer and herbicide prices have been in a bit of a free fall since spring, a dramatic change from the price shock farmers faced in fall 2022. According to Ohio State University’s Barry Ward ...

But, as new research shows, that disaster actually may have been beneficial for the early evolution of life by serving as "a giant fertilizer bomb" for the bacteria and other single-celled ...

These industrial mineral fertilizers are not only made from finite resources (as in the case of phosphorus), but also require a lot of energy and fossil fuels to produce (as in the case of nitrogen).

It goes way beyond tax havens and offshore banking. Enterprising countries have figured out how to put their legal systems at the disposal of corporate interests.

Agricultural chemistry has transformed farming, making chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and other innovations integral to the global agricultural landscape. Agricultural chemistry plays a pivotal ...

Thanks to its reactivity, the fluorine in fluorspar binds to impurities in the steel mix, floating it to the surface as a slag that can ... “NPK” rating on fertilizers — and in a world ...

A meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago, much larger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, may have served as a "giant fertilizer bomb" for early life, providing crucial nutrients.