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Crops, Forage Crops, Hay Range Pasture, Soil Health

Forage feeding and soil fertility

Feeding hay and applying fertilizer may seem unrelated, but nutrient cycling connects the two. Winter hay feeding can have lasting effects on pasture fertility. Read More

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Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors, Soil Health

Do I need to test my garden’s soil?

University of Missouri Extension field specialist in agronomy Rudra Baral recommends a precise soil test every three years to help prevent buying and applying unneeded fertilizer. Photo courtesy of Rudra Baral.
Hay Range Pasture, Midwestern Region, Missouri, Soil Health

Soil tests key to fertilizing warm-season forages



Tractor spray fertilizer on green field. (Photo: iStock - moiseXVII)

Are there opportunities to cut fertilizer costs in 2025?

Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool

USDA-grant supported FRST Project releases new fertilizer prediction tool

  • By John Lovett │ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
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Don’t trash the ashes

Arkansas study shows soil nutrient test results can vary when soil is very dry

Increasing calcium and phosphorus in swine diets

  • By By Dan Donnert, K-State Research and Extension

Research to increase calcium and phosphorus in pig diet

  • By Video by Dan Donnert, K-State Research and Extension

Back to basics for alfalfa establishment

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