Nitrogen efficiency reduces corn costs

With the high cost of nitrogen fertilizer, farmers need to get optimum use of the product. Reviewing their management plan and making needed changes can potentially save money without compromising yield. Most recent research shows it takes about three quarters of a...

Where Agrotain fits

Agrotain is both a company name and a product name. Agrotain International makes three ag products that protect urea fertilizer from loss. Agrotain is a liquid urease inhibitor that can be impregnated onto dry urea or tank mixed with liquid fertilizer that contains...

Is all nitrogen fertilizer created equal?

Today’s cattle producers are facing record-high fertilizer prices. Adding insult to injury, this is on top of two years of record-drought causing poor growth of pastures and hayfields. Because of this, farmers are shopping around for any cheap source of nitrogen (N)...

Early-season nitrogen increases rice growth, yield

Research is proving what rice growers have suspected for years — that a low rate of nitrogen applied to rice in the one- to three-leaf growth stage has a positive effect on production. “Collaborative research in 2005 and 2006 with the University of Arkansas,...