The price of soil sample testing at the Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory is being reduced as the lab adopts a new testing method.

The old Bray-1 method required multiple samples to provide a full nutrient picture of the sample, slowing the process and increasing the cost. In contrast, the new method, called Mehlich-3, requires ...

The University of Delaware (UD) has rated soils in terms of the likelihood of profitable responses to additions of phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) from fertilizers, manures, and other soil amendments ...

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 ...

In a bid to bring soil testing labs closer to rural farmers, the mobile soil testing laboratory of the department of soil survey and soil conservation will be launched on Wednesday. Representative ...

A new soil testing system will allow farmers to survey their paddocks in fine detail, only applying costly soil dressings exactly where they're needed. The test, developed by the Cooperative Research ...

Richard Haney left his Iowa family farm and received his doctorate in soil chemistry in 2001, when he was 42 years old. “I know it’s corny,” says Haney, now a soil scientist in Temple, Texas, with the ...

The frustration that comes with the poor farm yields can be discouraging to any farmer. But finding out the root cause of the poor farm yields is now easier at your own farm. While several factors ...