Having enough nitrogen in farming systems is essential. But having too much, or not managing it wisely, can have marked effects on your farm's environment.

The Bay of Plenty Regional Council is asking for help to come up with solutions to reduce the amount of nitrogen entering Lake Rotorua from land use activities.

Could feeding cows brassicas help reduce nitrogen loss from the soil?

The environmental effects of nitrogen that determine how much effluent you can irrigate onto land, says Waikato Regional Council.

Ballance Agri-Nutrients is holding nitrogen prices to help shelter customers from the drop in the dollar.

At the recent Organic and Biodynamic Winegrowing Conference, Dr Charles Merfield from BHU Future Farming Centre, described nitrogen as “the joker in the pack” of 92 elements.

Agreement has been reached on reducing by 20% the amount of nitrogen leaching into Lake Taupo through the ground.

It's possible to meet nitrogen limits onfarm while remaining productive.

Irrigated dairy farms can expect nitrogen loss figures to leap when they run the latest version of Overseer.

There's been noise in the market recently about urea coatings that can reduce volatilisation -– the process where nitrogen is lost to the atmosphere rather than available to the plant.