The old Bray-1 method required multiple samples to provide a full nutrient picture of the sample, slowing the process and increasing the cost. In contrast, the new method, called Mehlich-3, requires ...

The 200 free kits will help improve drinking water by testing for total coliform bacteria & E. coli, nitrates, lead, arsenic ...

The price of soil sample testing at the Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory is being reduced as the lab adopts a new testing method.

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

The Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA), in partnership with organizations statewide and the Gulf Hypoxia Program ...

Feeding hay and applying fertilizer may seem unrelated, but nutrient cycling connects the two. Winter hay feeding can have ...

Hoosier farmers can sign up for a no-cost soil sampling initiative from the Indiana State Department of Agriculture and ...

With record cold gripping much of North America this winter, many people find themselves with an abundance of fireplace ashes.

Gandhinagar: As part of efforts to strengthen sustainable agriculture, Gujarat has issued Soil Health Cards to 2.19 crore farmers under the Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme, aimed at ...

The Atlantic Alumina refinery near Gramercy has filed a plan to test for contaminants in the soil and groundwater around its facility after multiple instances of industrial waste spewing from its ...

A free state program is giving Hoosier farmers more information about what their soil needs — and what it doesn’t. The ...

The vacant lots near the Western Blue Line stop would be home to new four-story and five-story apartment buildings.