SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials are urging farmers to review safety procedures before applying anhydrous ammonia following last year's high number of accidental releases.

Farmers are "big users" of anhydrous ammonia, the nitrogen-based fertilizer crucial for corn crops, said Bruce Reuss, chairman of the ag and renewable energy committee of the Kandiyohi County and ...

Anhydrous ammonia is a common fertilizer made from nitrogen. It often has to be produced elsewhere and shipped to farmers. Officials say green ammonia is chemically the same as anhydrous ammonia.

Anhydrous ammonia is used as fertilizer in farming for decades. Like many farmers Charles Krakau (pictured), uses anhydrous ammonia on his farm land in Barbarosa, Texas in Guadalupe County.

REYNOLDS, Ill. — White tanks carrying anhydrous ammonia can be seen on the roads and in fields near the Quad Cities area. The tanks of NH3 are applied by farmers and agribusiness cooperatives as ...

CLINTON, Iowa — With spring planting in full swing, area farmers are being warned to be on the lookout for thieves stealing anhydrous ammonia from tanks in the fields for ...

The spot Tampa anhydrous ammonia contract settled at $590 per metric ton, the lowest since July 2021 and down 25% from last week, according to Bloomberg’s fertilizer analysis publication Green ...

The majority of Dustin Edwards’ annual fertilizer use consists of anhydrous ammonia. Edwards, who farms 5,500 acres in eastern Kansas, believes the $640 per ton it costs now is about double what ...

In March 2021, anhydrous ammonia prices increased 34% to $580 per ton. Since that time, prices have steadily risen to $1,022.50 per ton by October 2021 — the highest levels since 2008.

The price for anhydrous ammonia – one type of nitrogen fertilizer – rose on an average of $688 per ton from late 2020 through October of 2021, according to the study, which also concludes that ...

Historical data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows average prices for liquid nitrogen, red potash and anhydrous ammonia, some of the most common fertilizers, have all skyrocketed above ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined a northeast Iowa farm cooperative $52,221 for failing to have a plan to prevent and respond to a possible anhydrous ammonia leak.