{"id":510,"date":"2016-07-25T12:58:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T17:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/?p=510"},"modified":"2016-07-25T13:05:51","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T18:05:51","slug":"soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\/","title":{"rendered":"Soil Testing for the 2017 Crop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2016\/07\/Soil-Probe.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-511\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2016\/07\/Soil-Probe-150x150.png\" alt=\"Soil Probe\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Once the 2016 crop has been harvested, it is time to look at testing the soil for the nutrient content required for the next crop.\u00a0 Extensive research has been done on soil testing over the past 20 years resulting in the recommendation of testing soil annually for nitrogen content to a depth of 24 inches.<\/p>\n<p>Sampling conducted recently in the Port Lavaca area found residual nitrogen levels as high as 134 lbs available nitrogen per acre.\u00a0 In fields with clay or loam soils, the amount of nitrogen found to a depth of 24 inches can be credited against the crop needs, saving the grower the cost of the extra nitrogen fertilizer without reducing crop yield.\u00a0 Sandy soils can still credit this nitrogen but at a reduced amount due to the soils increased permeability.<\/p>\n<p>The Mid-Coast IPM Program will be conducting soil sampling for interested growers in Calhoun, Refugio and Victoria Counties. This soil sampling and testing will determine the nutrient levels of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Na, and S.\u00a0 Other soil tests can be done as requested.<\/p>\n<h4>Contact me at 361-920-1138 to discuss sampling your fields.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_280\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2015\/09\/2013-Soil-testing-data.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-280\" class=\"wp-image-280 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2015\/09\/2013-Soil-testing-data-1024x467.jpg\" alt=\"2013 Nitrogen Levels (Calhoun County, Texas)\" width=\"640\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2015\/09\/2013-Soil-testing-data-1024x467.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2015\/09\/2013-Soil-testing-data-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2015\/09\/2013-Soil-testing-data.jpg 1339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2013 Nitrogen Levels (Calhoun County, Texas)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once the 2016 crop has been harvested, it is time to look at testing the soil for the nutrient content required for the next crop.\u00a0 Extensive research has been done on soil testing over the past 20 years resulting in the recommendation of testing soil annually for nitrogen content to a depth of 24 inches. Sampling conducted recently in the Port Lavaca area found residual nitrogen levels as high as 134 lbs available nitrogen per acre.\u00a0 In fields with clay or loam soils, the amount of nitrogen found&#8230; <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1158,"featured_media":511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[35,34,33],"class_list":["post-510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pest-management-news","tag-nitrogen","tag-soil-fertility","tag-soil-testing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Soil Testing for the 2017 Crop - Mid-Coast IPM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Soil Testing for the 2017 Crop - Mid-Coast IPM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Once the 2016 crop has been harvested, it is time to look at testing the soil for the nutrient content required for the next crop.\u00a0 Extensive research has been done on soil testing over the past 20 years resulting in the recommendation of testing soil annually for nitrogen content to a depth of 24 inches. Sampling conducted recently in the Port Lavaca area found residual nitrogen levels as high as 134 lbs available nitrogen per acre.\u00a0 In fields with clay or loam soils, the amount of nitrogen found... Read More &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mid-Coast IPM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-25T17:58:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-07-25T18:05:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2016\/07\/Soil-Probe.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"542\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"305\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Stephen Biles\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Stephen Biles\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Stephen Biles\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cddeaeeb6a5905e9460fd517438c7cc\"},\"headline\":\"Soil Testing for the 2017 Crop\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-25T17:58:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-07-25T18:05:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":201,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/files\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/Soil-Probe.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Nitrogen\",\"Soil Fertility\",\"Soil Testing\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Pest Management News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\\\/\",\"name\":\"Soil Testing for the 2017 Crop - Mid-Coast IPM\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/files\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/Soil-Probe.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-25T17:58:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-07-25T18:05:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cddeaeeb6a5905e9460fd517438c7cc\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/files\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/Soil-Probe.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/files\\\/2016\\\/07\\\/Soil-Probe.png\",\"width\":542,\"height\":305},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Soil Testing for the 2017 Crop\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mid-Coast IPM\",\"description\":\"Pest Management Answers for Crops on the Texas Coast\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/agrilife.org\\\/mid-coast-ipm\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cddeaeeb6a5905e9460fd517438c7cc\",\"name\":\"Stephen Biles\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fab17846235144ebee93c291e3a0ee7ec5631a0229bf2a801f7dce42b8fa430d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fab17846235144ebee93c291e3a0ee7ec5631a0229bf2a801f7dce42b8fa430d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fab17846235144ebee93c291e3a0ee7ec5631a0229bf2a801f7dce42b8fa430d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Stephen Biles\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Soil Testing for the 2017 Crop - Mid-Coast IPM","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Soil Testing for the 2017 Crop - Mid-Coast IPM","og_description":"Once the 2016 crop has been harvested, it is time to look at testing the soil for the nutrient content required for the next crop.\u00a0 Extensive research has been done on soil testing over the past 20 years resulting in the recommendation of testing soil annually for nitrogen content to a depth of 24 inches. Sampling conducted recently in the Port Lavaca area found residual nitrogen levels as high as 134 lbs available nitrogen per acre.\u00a0 In fields with clay or loam soils, the amount of nitrogen found... Read More &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\/","og_site_name":"Mid-Coast IPM","article_published_time":"2016-07-25T17:58:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-07-25T18:05:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":542,"height":305,"url":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2016\/07\/Soil-Probe.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Stephen Biles","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Stephen Biles","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\/"},"author":{"name":"Stephen Biles","@id":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/#\/schema\/person\/1cddeaeeb6a5905e9460fd517438c7cc"},"headline":"Soil Testing for the 2017 Crop","datePublished":"2016-07-25T17:58:09+00:00","dateModified":"2016-07-25T18:05:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\/"},"wordCount":201,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2016\/07\/Soil-Probe.png","keywords":["Nitrogen","Soil Fertility","Soil Testing"],"articleSection":["Pest Management News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\/","url":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\/","name":"Soil Testing for the 2017 Crop - Mid-Coast IPM","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2016\/07\/Soil-Probe.png","datePublished":"2016-07-25T17:58:09+00:00","dateModified":"2016-07-25T18:05:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/#\/schema\/person\/1cddeaeeb6a5905e9460fd517438c7cc"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2016\/07\/Soil-Probe.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2016\/07\/Soil-Probe.png","width":542,"height":305},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/soil-testing-for-the-2017-crop\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Soil Testing for the 2017 Crop"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/#website","url":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/","name":"Mid-Coast IPM","description":"Pest Management Answers for Crops on the Texas Coast","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/#\/schema\/person\/1cddeaeeb6a5905e9460fd517438c7cc","name":"Stephen Biles","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fab17846235144ebee93c291e3a0ee7ec5631a0229bf2a801f7dce42b8fa430d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fab17846235144ebee93c291e3a0ee7ec5631a0229bf2a801f7dce42b8fa430d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fab17846235144ebee93c291e3a0ee7ec5631a0229bf2a801f7dce42b8fa430d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Stephen Biles"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}