With over 12 million tons of nitrogen fertilizer applied annually, according to the EPA, the biggest challenge is how much never makes it into the crop and is lost to volatilization, leaching and runoff.
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Kyle Anderson (left) and Santanu Bakshi, co-founders of Reform Bio, discuss pellet-making equipment at Iowa State University’s BioCentury Research Farm.
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Editor’s note: The following was written by Eric Yu and Ryan Miller, University of Minnesota Extension crops educators, for the Minnesota Crop…