Soil nutrients are not even. They are not even across a field and they are not even with soil depth. Nutrients can differ drastically just a few inches of soil away. This is true even in ...

During the lull of late fall to early spring, when turfgrasses are dormant, many LCOs may experience a decline in revenue-generating opportunities. Some companies take up extra jobs such as snow ...

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 ...

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, ...

There are a few items in post-harvest test results that look foreign to those viewing them for the first time. These are the ...

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 ...

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 ...

We are now in a transition period with our gardens, lawns and landscapes, so it is important to evaluate your soil during this period. This is often overlooked and is the root cause of many plant ...

Home gardeners often lament that they cannot get their lawns, blueberries or tomatoes to grow despite following recommended growing practices. When asked about a soil test, 99 percent of homeowners ...

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 ...