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 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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 price of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer increased by 152%. “This is not normal,” said Lillibridge, who also is a member of the board of directors for the Iowa Corn Growers Association.

The company’s total fertilizer output last year included 1.2 million tons of urea ammonium nitrate and 700,000 tons of anhydrous ammonia, McHale said. Most of that fertilizer is sold in the Midwest.

According to the USDA, the cost of urea — a nitrogen product — has increased by 149% and anhydrous ammonia has gone up 235%. Two row-crop farmers — Brian Neltner of Stanley and Darren ...

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 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.