Fertilization

Revisiting sulfur fertilizer recommendations for field crops

matt.yost@usu.edu — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

With the potentially high costs of fertilizer application, accurately diagnosing and addressing sulfur deficiencies is critical for profitable crop production.

Fertilizer prices stabilize in 2024, but uncertainty continues

qizhang@uidaho.edu — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

Following the historical high prices of 2021 and 2022, fertilizer prices significantly declined in 2023 as supply chain disruptions eased. This trend largely continued into 2024. While prices have stabilized, they remain elevated compared to pre-pandemic levels.

Fertilizer market review: What will 2024 bring?

xetienne@uidaho.edu — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 16:31:15 -0500

What do the Russian-Ukraine war and Hamas-Israeli conflict have to do with farming? The interplay of geopolitics, trade dynamics, and energy prices will continue to exert influence, shaping the course of the fertilizer industry in the coming months.

Synthetic nitrogen in forage production

dustin_sawyer@rockriverlab.com — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 22:47:25 -0400

The article “Avoiding excessive nitrate concentrations in 2021” in the February issue of Progressive Forage introduced carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen (CHON) and its importance to all living things, and spoke to the role humans play in managing nitrogen – the only CHON element that can be managed.

Should growers consider polymer-coated urea?

dekaiser@umn.edu — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 18:44:22 -0500

Wetter conditions in recent years have led to more questions about polymer-coated urea. Polymer-coated urea is a urea granule that is coated with a polymer that slows the release of urea into the soil. The most widely available polymer-coated urea product on the market for production agriculture is ESN. The most important thing to understand about polymer-coated urea is that it is not an inhibitor like nitrapyrin or DCD.

Fertilization of tall fescue and smooth bromegrass pastures and hayfields

ruizdiaz@ksu.edu — Mon, 11 May 2020 18:07:11 -0400

Much of the nitrogen (N) applied to tall fescue and smooth bromegrass hay meadows and pastures goes on in January or February in eastern Kansas, but there is still time to apply it now even though temperatures late this winter have been warm and the cool-season grasses are greening up rapidly.

More bang for your buck: Which nitrogen applications for irrigated pasture?

jsagers@uidaho.edu — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 17:56:56 -0400

Nitrogen (N) plays a key role in growing healthy, productive pastures. It is often the most limiting nutrient in grasses. Adding N fertilizers to pastures is one approach to boost productivity. While many fertilizers contain N, which formulation supplies the best yield and economic returns on irrigated pasture?