Agriculture

Growing food and fiber: crops, soils, water, fertilizers, and the science of farming systems.

Articles (2)

• How the Haber–Bosch Process Makes Fertilizer From Air
  The Haber–Bosch process combines nitrogen from air with hydrogen over an iron catalyst at high heat and pressure, making ammonia for synthetic fertilizer.
• Hydroponics Explained: How Plants Grow Without Soil
  Hydroponics grows plants with their roots in water that carries dissolved mineral nutrients, so no soil is needed and the grower controls what the plant gets.

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