Home soil testing kits easily read the pH and nutrient levels of the sample, but they can differ greatly from more precise laboratory testing.

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 ...

As fertilizer prices remain high, cotton specialists urge growers to conduct timely soil tests to identify nutrient surpluses ...

2. Improve Plant Health: When the soil pH and nutrients are balanced, plants are stronger, better able to absorb water, and ...

Soil testing methods are still largely the same as they were 100 years ago, and researchers and farmers continue to struggle to interpret the numbers. However, a soil test is a good place to start ...

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 ...