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The precision agriculture industry hasn’t done a great job articulating the value of site-specific soil testing, which has led to frustration from farmers, who aren’t sure how to use what they learn ...

This article is more than 1 year old. A rediscovered soil sample collection in Illinois is helping researchers better understand how soil changes over time and what we can do to keep it healthy for ...

More samples will be taken from Brighton High School athletic fields, amid concerns that the contamination discovered under ...

A soil test is a profitable investment to inform our nutrient management strategy. Some farms find value in increasing sampling frequency (every one to two years) and intensity with more samples per ...

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 ...

A rediscovered soil sample collection in Illinois is helping researchers better understand how soil changes over time and what we can do to keep it healthy for agriculture.