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 ...

Tools You Need: A soil probe, auger, garden trowel or a spade and knife are all the tools you need to take the individual cores that will make up the “field” sample. You also will need a clean, dry, ...

Warm, workable soil is key to a successful spring garden. Use these simple tests to know when conditions are right to plant ...

Though the warm winter weather may suggest spring is already here, a look at the calendar reveals it is still only February. The timing allows farmers and gardeners ample opportunity to plan for ...

Soil scientist Andrew Margenot holds a jar of soil gathered from Menard County, Illinois in 1948. The University of Illinois professor said he rediscovered the "church of soil" when searching an old ...

Soil decides the fate of every garden long before the first tomato ripens or the first flower opens. Plants pull nutrients ...