The No. 1 challenge with potassium is to manage the nutrient so that it’s ready to work when it’s needed Potassium’s behavior in the soil sets it apart from other nutrients such as nitrogen ...

Many nutrients, such as calcium and magnesium, may be supplied to plants solely from reserves held in the soil. Others like potassium are added regularly to soils as fertilizer for the purpose of ...

Grain and fertilizer prices may have you thinking about skipping some normal fertility practices this year — particularly ...

Potassium can make a case for the ‘Don’t get no respect’ award among the fertilizer nutrients. Nitrogen (N) gets most of the ...

Potassium (K) is a fascinating macronutrient ... water and other nutrients throughout the plant, it is immobile in soil. This means it needs to be where the roots can reach it.

Plant Acquisition of Nutrients: Direct Uptake from the Soil Potassium. Potassium (K) is considered a macronutrient for plants and is the most abundant cation within plant cells. Potassium has a ...

Often, even if a plant is struggling from a nutritional deficiency, including a potassium deficiency, it's not due to a lack of the nutrient in the soil, but instead other factors like soil pH ...

The potassium sulfate market is gaining momentum due to its increasing demand as a preferred fertilizer for ...

Optimizing Corn Response to Nitrogen through Phosphorus and Potassium Management will be discussed at the Northwest Illinois ...

A southern Illinois based agronomist says focusing on soil health in the midst of the economic downturn can benefit farmers ...