A $20 UMass Amherst soil test gives gardeners custom advice to improve soil, save money and help plants grow better.

Knowing your soil test results is one thing. Knowing how the lab got those numbers — and which extractants it used — is just as important for making solid fertility decisions. “At Ward laboratories, ...

When farmers talk about their soil test results, the conversation often starts and ends with soil pH. While that one number is important to determining whether lime is needed, that insight is just a ...

When you test more than 200,000 soil samples in a year, you not only learn something about how Arkansans grow crops, gardens and lawns, but also the value of recommendations that result from soil test ...

Gardening with children can be a great experience, but what's in your soil may matter more than you think when it comes to ...

AMHERST — With funding from the Massachusetts Legislature and Department of Agricultural Resources, farmers can now receive limited free access to soil and plant diagnostics through the UMass ...

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 ...