Learn why soil pH is the most important soil test value and how it affects nutrient availability and lime requirements.

FREDERICKSBURG, Iowa — Farmers saw a more precise and less labor intensive way to soil sample at a recent field day at Matthew and Janette Brincks' farm near Fredericksburg. Parker Merritt, of MBS ...

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 ...

Planning for 4R nutrient management must be farm-specific — that is, geared for the unique crops, cropping practices, soils ...

With corn harvest wrapping up, many farmers will be out in the field doing their fall soil sampling. Some agronomic decisions do provide an annual return-on-investment (ROI) you can count on, ...

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 ...

Ireland’s largest ever soil sampling programme has completed with 145,000 samples taken from 10,500 Irish farms.

The results of the national programme will provide the largest ever nationwide database of soil nutrients and soil carbon ...