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 ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has intensified its efforts to enhance farm productivity through the deployment of mobile soil testing laboratories nationwide.  Agriculture Undersecretary Roger ...

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay (PIA) — The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Bicol has received a mobile soil testing laboratory to help ...

I’ve been helping professional turf managers manage their fields and grounds for over 40 years. I’ve also helped teach lawn owners the importance of keeping the soil under their feet healthy and ...

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 ...

Gabriella Coughlin, an agronomist for the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, sits inside an excavated soil pit that will be used in demonstrations at Los Ranchos Agri-Nature Center. The new soil, ...

The Department of Agriculture is urging farmers across the country to take full advantage of its free Mobile Soil Laboratory  services—an initiative designed to bring science-based soil diagnostics ...

The Department of Agriculture Bicol (DA-5), through its Regional Soils Laboratory (RSL), has introduced a new mobile soil laboratory from the Bureau of Soils and Water Management for precise soil ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – After more than 100 years on the school’s campus, MSU’s soil testing lab is shutting its doors for good. “I’ve been here for almost 40 years myself, so it’s sad to see it ...

Michigan State University will close its historic soil testing laboratory by the end of the year. MSU has tested samples since 1920, at a time when farmers and gardeners had few places to analyze the ...