Scientists are using electricity to separate nitrogen from air and make fertilizer. Today, nitrogen fertilizer is made in fossil fuel-fired factories that can be thousands of miles from the nearest ...

Plants are naturally “solar-powered,” but there is a carbon footprint associated with growing them as a crop. The fuel used to power tractors and other equipment is part of that footprint, but the ...

Roughly 25% to 50% of the total commercial nitrogen applied to fields across the state occurs in the fall. Waiting for cooler ...

An initiative that began in Africa and is taking root in Iowa is expected to bring competition to the nation's highly consolidated fertilizer industry and dramatically shrink farmers' climate impact.

In some minds, the only thing worse than a bug is the poop that comes out of it. However, disgusting as it might seem, bug ...