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 ...

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UjuziKilimo has today, December 20, 2025, launched SoilPal Pro, the world’s first smartphone-based soil testing solution.

Forensic soil analysis and characterisation represents an integral facet of modern investigative science, utilising a diverse array of analytical techniques to link soil samples to their origins. This ...

The classic microscope is getting a modern twist—US researchers are developing an AI-powered microscope system that could make soil health testing faster, cheaper, and more accessible to farmers and ...

Learn how to test soil early, prepare well and plant cotton into the right conditions for uniform stands and lasting yield ...

The University of Delaware (UD) has rated soils in terms of the likelihood of profitable responses to additions of phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) from fertilizers, manures, and other soil amendments ...

Lab tour shows how color variations in Midwest soils signal a need for customized nutrient management and seeding strategies.

Wildfire survivors across Los Angeles County are discovering that the most dangerous consequence from a wildfire isn’t always visible. Lead, arsenic, and other toxic metals could be hiding deep in ...

Over three days in late March, four Los Angeles Times environment reporters and an editor fanned out across the Eaton and Palisades burn scars to collect 40 soil samples from residential properties: ...

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 ...