Lab tour shows how color variations in Midwest soils signal a need for customized nutrient management and seeding strategies.

Follow a soil sample through SureTech Labs in Indianapolis, from the incoming bag of soil to the numbers on your results ...

CHICO — It’s true: our overall health as inhabitants of Earth depends on getting involved with what’s right under our feet. Soil, and its ability to efficiently grow crops for the food we eat, is ...

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 ...

MEDINA, Ohio -- The city hopes that by later this summer, they will receive the green light from the state to move forward with redevelopment of the former Sunoco site at 426 W. Liberty St. “I ...

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Soil testing begins with the homeowner, gardener, and farmer. The most critical step in soil testing is soil sample collection. Soil testing can help growers make informed decisions about fertilizer ...

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 ...

What if, instead of taking a water or soil sample to the lab, you could take the lab to the sample? That's what a team of ...

In the winter, it might seem like there is not much to do in the garden, but there is one thing everyone can do to set themselves up for success in the spring. That is soil testing, of course. In ...

LAHAINA, Maui, Hawaiʻi — The first soil samples were collected at a property site cleared of debris by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Kula, marking a milestone with the Hawaiʻi Wildfires Debris ...