Lab tour shows how color variations in Midwest soils signal a need for customized nutrient management and seeding strategies.

When you test more than 200,000 soil samples in a year, you not only learn something about how Arkansans grow crops, gardens and lawns, but also the value of recommendations that result from soil test ...

Anxious about the rueful state of his peas, radishes and onions, Rod Marquardt arrived at the University of Minnesota’s soil testing laboratory with two lunch bag-sized containers of dirt. “We’re just ...

Before applying fertilizer or any other soil amendment, it's a good idea to see what the soil already contains. That way you ...

Farmers Edge is opening its laboratory testing services up to the public, offering agribusinesses, retailers and farmers access to soil and plant tissue testing. With soil labs in the U.S. and Canada, ...

To grow good plants, you need good soil. The only way to tell what your soil really needs is to take a soil test. Applying too much fertilizer could be detrimental to your plants. You could waste ...

Agricultural experts have called for an increase in the number of functional soil testing laboratories nationwide, asserting that such an investment is crucial to unlocking the full potential of the ...

Follow a soil sample through SureTech Labs in Indianapolis, from the incoming bag of soil to the numbers on your results ...

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