Your crops will never run short of sulfur, a crucial building block of healthy plants, and you won’t waste fertilizer dollars if you follow The Fertilizer Institute’s 4Rs of Nutrient Stewardship. The ...
A common obstacle to bountiful wheat harvests in the central Plains is more pervasive than many growers realize, but a study led by the Agricultural Research Service spells out how it can be readily ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Yellow striping on corn leaves is more prevalent this year than in the past, possibly because of sulfur deficiency in the soil, says a Purdue Extension soil fertility specialist ...
Q: I tested my soil, and the pH was about 8. Is this too alkaline for plants? How can I make my soil more acidic? A: The pH scale goes from 0 to 14, and the midpoint, 7.0, is neutral. Values below 7 ...
In recent years, Purdue experts have studied the role of sulfur in growing crops, and whether adding sulfur to crops may be justified. Dr. Bob Nielsen, Purdue Extension corn specialist, recently ...
With the move from burning coal to natural gas and low-sulfur coal and an increase in the use of scrubbers, only about 25 percent as much atmospheric sulfur is available today, compared to 40 years ...
Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium get all of the publicity, but if there was an Academy Award for crop nutrients, sulfur would win best supporting actor. “A bushel of corn removes 0.08 lb. of sulfur ...
A new paper out today in Nature Geoscience identifies fertilizer and pesticide applications to croplands as the largest source of sulfur in the environment—up to 10 times higher than the peak sulfur ...
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