During the lull of late fall to early spring, when turfgrasses are dormant, many LCOs may experience a decline in revenue-generating opportunities. Some companies take up extra jobs such as snow ...

Gardeners obsess over seed varieties and planting dates, yet the soil under their boots often gets ignored. Soil testing for spring planting costs less than ... Read more The post Soil testing for ...

Botanical sensors are turning greenery into living data networks while monitoring plant health and optimizing yields.

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 ...

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 ...

I bought a 3-way soil meter from a Chinese online store. The first thing that caught my attention in the soil meter was that there was no battery compartment to store a battery pack. This three-way ...

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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 ...