Soybean is unique among major grain crops because it can get much of its nitrogen from the atmosphere through biological ...

Today’s fertilizer price challenges did not begin with the recent conflict in Iran," Eddie Melton at the Kentucky Farm Bureau ...

When cover crops became a hot topic a few years ago, I tried to relabel them as “forage-covers” because they are multiuse ...

Most home gardeners reach for a bag of synthetic fertilizer when their vegetables underperform, not realizing that certain ...

I am often asked, “Can I graze cover crops?” The answer is yes, you can. Sometimes a label we give something pigeonholes it ...

The disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, through which a significant share of global petrochemical and ...

Plants have evolved fascinating partnerships with microbes to capture nitrogen from the air and turn it into a usable form for growth. From legumes hosting bacteria in root nodules to fungi trading ...

Legumes like soybeans, alfalfa, peas, beans, peanuts and many more have a remarkable ability: They can partner with soil ...

We’ve had a great spell of weather in south Devon. We caught an accumulation of 20mm of rain, which washed in the second dose of nitrogen plus sulphur fertiliser. The wheat is looking a proper shade ...

Scientists are uncovering the genetic switches that let legumes team up with bacteria to pull nitrogen from the air. By tweaking just two amino acids in a key receptor, they’ve made non-legume plants ...

Pole beans and corn are two parts of the famous Three Sisters gardening method, one of the oldest examples of companion ...