Agricultural soil testing is critical to determining soil’s nutrient concentration and variability across your fields. It is ideal to test your fields’ soil at least every two to three years to inform ...

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

Now that we have experienced the first frost of the season, and the growing season for most garden and home landscape plants has come to an end, we as gardeners tend to start thinking about things we ...

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 ...

For about $15, you can get a down-and-dirty soil analysis from your state university’s agricultural lab – including results for phosphorus, potassium, pH (acidity), and organic matter content. But you ...

Learn why soil pH is the most important soil test value and how it affects nutrient availability and lime requirements.

Discover why you should test your soil in January, with insights from a garden expert. Get ahead of the growing season by ...

The Oklahoma State University Extension Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Laboratory on the OSU campus tests more than 58,000 samples each year to protect Oklahoma’s natural resources and support ...

Overview AI in soil health analysis enables faster, more accurate assessment of soil conditions using data from sensors, ...