This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Of all the elements that make up Earth's atmosphere, nitrogen is by far the most abundant ...

AgTech startup Pivot Bio, which is retooling bacteria in soil to more effectively convert nitrogen from the air into food – eliminating the need for synthetic nitrogen fertilizer – is taking its ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Nitrogen-based fertilizer contributes to the high yields expected from crops in the developed world, but its high use also damages nearby waters and ecosystems. Conversely, ...

German conglomerate Bayer, together with Boston biotech startup Ginkgo Bioworks, announced this morning that they’re creating a new company that could make it possible for crops like corn, wheat and ...

Since the dawn of agriculture, people have exercised great ingenuity to pump more nitrogen into crop fields. Farmers have planted legumes and plowed the entire crop under, strewn night soil or manure ...

To truly deliver on their promise, nitrogen-fixing microbes need to up their game, says Ginkgo ag bio head, Michael Miile.

Learning about soybean fertilizer requirements, including nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sulfur—based on soil tests—can ...

Rows of tightly packed olive trees stretch across California’s Central Valley. These super-high-density orchards, where trees ...

Research shows injecting manure into winter triticale fields can meet nitrogen needs while saving on fertilizer costs and ...

URBANA, Ill. — Corn growers seeking to increase the amount of nitrogen taken up by their crop can adjust many aspects of fertilizer application, but recent studies from the University of Illinois ...

Two like-minded bills are making their way through both houses of the New York State Legislature that would restrict the sale and use of lawn fertilizers that contain nitrogen in Nassau and Suffolk ...