A 16-year-old Transition Year student from Tipperary is hoping his award-winning project on comfrey as an alternative to ...

This is something to consider before selecting synthetic fertilizer over organic fertilizer. For those with environmental concerns, you may want to stick with natural fertilizers for your lawn.

Artificial fertilisers are manufactured from petrol or natural gas. They can contain a wide variety of nutrients including nitrates, magnesium, phosphorous and potassium. Fertilisers that contain ...

Manure and compost are examples of natural fertilisers. They release nitrates into the soil slowly, because they depend on the action of soil bacteria to break them down. The quantity of nitrate ...

A biological mechanism makes plant roots more hospitable to microbes. Researchers at the John Innes Centre have identified a ...

Scientists have discovered a way to produce ammonia—a key ingredient in fertilizers—by harnessing the Earth’s heat and ...

Organic fertilizers are derived from natural sources and provide essential nutrients to plants in a slow-release, sustainable manner. They are an excellent alternative to synthetic fertilizers ...

It’s a supply and demand tale that bodes well for farmers: At the tail-end of the 1990s, fertilizer supplies were relatively balanced. But when natural gas prices began to climb, many U.S ...