How you manage the mix in cornfields can determine whether the nitrogen feeds your crop or disappears into thin air.

Urea-based products used to preserve rolled grain lose at least 40% of nitrogen content before they are consumed by the animal, new research has shown. Urea acts as a preservative, reducing moulds, ...

With the agricultural sector under increased scrutiny over its ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions, farmers are being urged to switch from standard urea and calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) to ...

“Can I replace some of my nitrogen in corn this spring with urea?” The farmer on the phone asks Ken Ferrie. “The short answer is yes – especially on wheat acres going to corn,” says Ferrie, Farm ...

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This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Urea is a small molecule formed as proteins ...