Remember, ammonium is the same form of N available in many synthetic fertilizers. Like ammonium, soil nitrate can be taken up by plants through the roots. If water percolates down through the soil, ...

The lawn and garden fertilizer plant is home to more than 300 tons of ammonium nitrate, and officials feared a potential explosion. According to local media, the fire started Monday night.

A nine-year study comparing a typical two-year corn and soybean rotation with a more intensive three-year rotation involving corn, cereal rye, soybean and winter wheat, found that the three-year ...

But those approaches mean growers lose the fertilizing power of the nitrate. "It's very expensive to make fertilizer, and so I think it's much more strategic to try and conserve the nitrogen ...