Knowing your soil test results is one thing. Knowing how the lab got those numbers — and which extractants it used — is just as important for making solid fertility decisions. “At Ward laboratories, ...

When farmers talk about their soil test results, the conversation often starts and ends with soil pH. While that one number is important to determining whether lime is needed, that insight is just a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To be a successful gardener, one needs to have a basic understanding of the soil which you are tending, as well the factors which ...

Fall has most certainly arrived, and with it comes a list of chores to complete in the lawn and garden prior to the onset of winter. The first of those would be a soil fertility test. Without this, ...

The Midwestern United States has lost 57.6 billion tons of topsoil due to farming practices over the past 160 years, and the rate of erosion, even following the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ...

When evaluating farmland, producers often focus on the big-ticket items: Acres, yield potential, irrigation, and price. But one factor that can materially affect the value of a deal is easy to ...

Bihar Agriculture Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha said on Monday that the establishment of soil testing laboratories in schools and the promotion of high-value crops such as dragon fruit will facilitate ...

To be a successful gardener, one needs to have a basic understanding of the soil which you are tending, as well the factors which affect the fertility, pH and quality of the soil. This is the case ...