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 ...

Soil is more than dirt—it’s a secret financial advisor hiding under your feet. A garden or farm may look fine from the surface, but unseen imbalances in nutrients, pH levels, or soil composition can ...

Your garden soil determines the success of your plants. Last week, this column discussed soil composition, fertility testing, and pH. Let’s move on to fertilizers.

The classic microscope is getting a modern twist - US researchers are developing an AI-powered microscope system that could make soil health testing faster, cheaper, and more accessible to farmers and ...

Vancouver-based AgTech company Miraterra has secured a $16-million CAD seed extension to refine its soil measurement ...

Farmers should consider deep soil testing for residual nitrogen and other nutrients, especially when rising fertilizer prices ...

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 ...

A Caltech-led study published in Nature Microbiology found that drought drives elevated antibiotic resistance across soils ...

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 ...

However, there are some easy solutions to this problem, which include amending heavy clay soils with organic matter and ...