At the closing of each growing season, growers start thinking about the next year, and soil testing is an important part of that planning. The Montana State University Extension Soil Fertility Program ...

The word “spermatogenesis” — the process by which sperm cells develop — is not likely to crop up in daily conversation. But the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is pouring $8 million dollars into a ...

Global population peak is coming sooner than expected thanks to fertility rates that have declined by one-child-per-woman in the past 30 years.

Corn and soybean harvest continues to move slowly forward. The rains of the past two weeks have really slowed the pace of activity. Soils vary now from moist to wet, and any additional rain will take ...

The Iona Institute has warned that Ireland is “on the wrong course” citing concerns about record low marriage and fertility ...

AMES, Iowa – The amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to maximize the profitability of corn production in the Midwest has been increasing by about 1.2% per year for the past three decades, according ...

Reducing nitrogen fertilization rates to the environmental optimum would cause a drop in yield of about 6% while only slightly reducing nitrogen loss, an unfavorable trade-off, Archontoulis said. "If ...