Understanding Soil Tests: testing remains one of the most valuable tools available to growers, but knowing how to ...

Soil color could replace expensive chemical tests, helping farmers monitor fertility and carbon faster and more safely.

Can you imagine a single raindrop moving a lot of soil? The common idea is that it takes a lot of water to move a lot to earth, but a recent study shows that ...

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 ...

A field planted with cereal rye, one of the most common cover crops in Iowa. Photo by Ally Larson/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons ...

Farmers in Connecticut can now find out if their farm is contaminated with PFAS, nicknamed ‘forever chemicals’ because they do not break down naturally. The state’s Agricultural Experiment Station, ...

Here's what to know about that bag of potting soil before you buy.

Walk down the aisle of any nursery or garden center and you’ll see bag after bag of materials for potted plants or garden beds. But before you heft the cheapest one into your cart, you should ...