This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Urea is a small molecule formed as proteins ...

How you manage the mix in cornfields can determine whether the nitrogen feeds your crop or disappears into thin air.

Enhanced urea fertilisers and urease additives could soon have a greater role on arable farms as the government looks to slash ammonia losses through its Clean Air Strategy. The UK government has ...

Chemists created a nonpermanent adhesive from a natural chemical reaction that can be used in the biomedical field. This discovery may benefit tissue repair or drug delivery. Chemists created a ...

New rules mean farmers can only use standard urea up to 31 March, but Velcourt is going a step further by only using urea fertiliser treated with an urease inhibitor. This move is on the back of two ...

As farmers look to establish their 2023 cropping plan, some are looking at changing their rotation. Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist, says he has been fielding questions on the subject. “For ...

LITTLE attention in the past has been paid to an understanding of the significance of an abnormally low level of urea in the blood. The major portion of the published literature discussing levels of ...

With the agricultural sector under increased scrutiny over its ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions, farmers are being urged to switch from standard urea and calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) to ...