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 ...

This is an affordable, simple first step toward a lawn you'll be proud of.

Professors from USC, UCLA, and other nonprofit scientists collaborate in absence of government testing A group of scientists ...

Healthy gardens start below the surface. Learn why soil testing garden beds matters, how to collect a proper sample, and what ...

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 ...

This week's gardening column addresses the importance of neutral pH in your garden soil, as well as why "princess trees" are ...

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