Today, nitrogen fertilizer is made in fossil fuel-fired factories that can be thousands of miles from the nearest farms, but one California company is working on a game-changer. It produces fertilizer ...

Currently, we consider this as a waste, so what we’re trying to do is recycle it, closing the nutrients loop.” At VunaNexus, ...

Scientists discovered a small protein region that determines whether plants reject or welcome nitrogen-fixing bacteria. By ...

International research co-led by UMass Amherst offers strong potential to address three major global challenges: a growing ...

Corn is a key source of biofuel. Fertilizing it releases a potent greenhouse gas into the air, so the federal government had approved research to grow the crop with less nitrogen. The funding is now ...

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.

AMES, Iowa – When Michael Castellano tells people there are billions of different variations of farmer decisions and environmental conditions that can affect how much nitrogen fertilizer is just ...

Landus Cooperative is celebrating the grand opening of a new 75,000-square-foot fertilizer production and distribution facility in Boone, Iowa, this week. According to the cooperative, the $15 million ...