Survey results from University of Illinois ag economists show how farmers are making corn and soybean nutrient plans for 2026 and what current price trends are for N, P and K.

Seed corn harvest is complete and soybean harvest is almost finished at the Henert farm in north-central Illinois.

With high input prices, one opportunity to reduce costs is to become more efficient with nitrogen fertilizer applications.

X.M. Fang, H.Z. She, C. Wang, X.B. Liu, Y.S. Li, J. Nie, R.W. Ruan, T. Wang, Z.L. Yi https://www.jstor.org/stable/26645236 Copy URL Waxy wheat (Triticum aestivum L ...

Corn farmers always seem to be searching for that perfect nitrogen (N) application rate, probably because it can be a moving target. Apply too little, and you miss out on yield potential. Apply too ...

AMES, Iowa – When Michael Castellano tells people there are billions of different variations of farmer decisions and environmental conditions that can affect how much nitrogen fertilizer is just ...