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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Collecting precise soil samples is essential for farmers because a small amount of soil determines the amount of nutrients needed for acres of crops and can determine crop ...

Information collected from a soil test can be no better than the sample. Therefore, proper collection of the soil sample is extremely important. Representative samples are as important to get good ...

Researchers collect soil samples from a crimped -- or flattened -- cover crop plot. Farmers can use cover crops to choke weeds and retain soil fertility. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

These past couple of weeks have been full of hot and dry days. Part of me began to think summer would never end. Believe it or not, fall is finally here. Now that summer has drawn to a close and the ...