Tag Archives: Soil Testing
Soil Testing Principles- Part IV
This item is adapted from an AgriLife submission to Texas Grain Sorghum Association’s “Sorghum Insider” Calvin Trostle, Ph.D., Professor & Extension Agronomist, TAMU Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences, Lubbock, (806) 746-6101, ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu December 2023—Part IV (Part 5 in a future Row Crops Newsletter) Eight Soil Test Pointers for Texas Grain Sorghum: Part I: What is your soil test lab’s philosophy of nutrient provision? Part II: What does your soil test lab base fertilizer recommendations on? Part III: Do you use a soil test lab that is… Read More →
Soil Testing Principles- Part 3
This item is adapted from an AgriLife submission to Texas Grain Sorghum Association’s “Sorghum Insider” Calvin Trostle, Ph.D., Professor & Extension Agronomist, TAMU Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences, Lubbock, (806) 746-6101, ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu Part III (Part 4 in a future ‘Texas Row Crops Newsletter’) Eight Soil Test Pointers for Texas Crops: Part I: What is your soil test lab’s philosophy of nutrient provision? Part II: What does your soil test lab base fertilizer recommendations on? Part III: Do you use a soil test lab that… Read More →
Soil Testing Principles–Part 3 of 8, Texas A&M AgriLife
Calvin Trostle, Ph.D., Professor & Extension Agronomist, TAMU Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences, Lubbock, (806) 746-6101, ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu Residual (Excess) Soil Fertility Tax Deduction: In order to deduct excess fertilizer on newly purchased or inherited land, what is the best way to compute and document that deduction? Necessary background: On 2/23/2023 Kansas State University Dept. of Agricultural Economics reprinted as an Extension publication a commentary from a law professor blog published on 2/21/2023. This document and the references therein outline a legal means where residual soil fertily at… Read More →
Soil Testing Principles–Part 2 of 8, Texas A&M AgriLife
This item is adapted from an AgriLife submission to Texas Grain Sorghum Association’s “Sorghum Insider” Calvin Trostle, Ph.D., Professor & Extension Agronomist, TAMU Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences, Lubbock, (806) 746-6101, ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu Part II (Part 3 in the next Texas Row Crops Newsletter) Eight Soil Test Pointers for Texas Crops: Part I: What is your soil test lab’s philosophy of nutrient provision? Part II: What does your soil test lab base fertilizer recommendations on? Do you use a soil test lab that is out of state?… Read More →