For more than 30 years the murder of Debe Atrops in suburban Oregon remained unsolved. Then, an Oregon cold case team took a ...

Nitrogen rich soils in China’s rice paddies could help farmers grow the same amount of rice with less fertilizer, if we can ...

Checking the soil: Bees N Blooms hosts a soil testing workshop from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at 3883 Petaluma Hill Road.

With a synchronized tap from run-of-the-mill hammers on metal plates resting on the ground, researchers kneeling in nine fields across four continents believe they’ve hit upon more than just the earth ...

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

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Garbage in, garbage out! Avoiding that cliché and its consequences is why farmers, agronomists and companies supplying robotic equipment that pulls soil samples put so much emphasis on laying out ...

BOSSIER CITY, La. — Contractors overseeing the cleanup of the former Kerr-McGee wood-treating facility say newly expanded soil sampling uncovered additional pockets of creosote contamination ...

An Arizona-based blood sample testing company is closing its lab in Austin and laying off 91 employees. Creative Testing Solutions, the largest nonprofit blood donor testing lab company in the U.S., ...

Soil in properties downwind from the Eaton fire burn zone did indeed have soil containing lead levels above health-based screening thresholds, Los Angeles County Public Health officials said late ...

Understanding the state of your soil will help you determine how healthy your soil is currently. Gardeners need to consider two critical aspects of their soil when deciding the conditions they need ...