For many years we have had the option of using either urea or ammonium nitrate as the nitrogen source in our fertilizers. A basic recommendation was to use urea in spring, but use ammonium nitrate in ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. - Montana State University Extension recommends that producers now applying urea fertilizer (46-0-0) protect it from volatilization loss (ammonia loss to the air) by sub-surface banding ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 63, No. 14 (2012), pp. 5245-5258 (14 pages) Abstract N-fertilizer use efficiencies are affected by their chemical composition and suffer from potential N-losses by ...

The total amount of the nitrogen lost through ammonia volatilization was determined in a laboratory experiment on a submerged soil amended with urea. Ammonia volatilization rates as high as the 22.1% ...

WICHITA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As input supply chain issues tighten budgets, growers will need to capitalize on their nitrogen investment by protecting what they apply to their fields. A recent ...

Tending to the fertilizer needs of a field means assessing the past, present and future in order to hit the profitable and environmentally sound bull’s-eye. Understanding how the previous crop, soil ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 19, 2011) According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) study published in the Journal of Environmental Quality, the volatilization of atrazine and metolachlor, two ...

WICHITA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Koch Agronomic Services (Koch) announced today that DUROMIDE™, its next-generation active ingredient, has received federal registration from the U.S. Environmental ...