Agronomic Soil Testing Lab

Today’s Topic: Now is a great time for homeowners to test their soil. Peak-season fees are lifted.

Today’s Topic: Now is a great time for homeowners to test their soil. Peak-season fees are lifted.

Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with Southern Farm Network’s Mike Davis to discuss “Today’s Topic.” It’s the time of year when a lot of people are getting out working in their yards. Our Agronomic Services Division can help homeowners improve their yards and gardens with science-based recommendations. It’s a great time to […]

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Improved website makes it easier to understand soil reports

Now is a great time to start preparing for fall plantings on your farm or home garden. And the first step in your preparations should always be a soil test. You can get a free soil test from the department’s Agronomic Services Division. Soil reports provide a breakdown of the nutrients in your soil and […]

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Agronomic Lab will be featured on UNC-TV’s Growing a Greener World

A film crew from “Growing a Greener World,” a show about eco-friendly living, was on location this morning at our Agronomonic Lab to record footage of the soil testing process for an upcoming episode. During the shoot, Dr. David Hardy, soil testing section chief, walked host Joe Lamp’l  and his crew through the process from […]

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Today’s Topic: New equipment will help Agronomic Services Lab speed up processing

Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with Southern Farm Network’s Rhonda Garrison to discuss “Today’s Topic.” Soil testing at the NCDA&CS Agronomic Services Division is in very high demand this fall. Weather conditions have allowed growers and crop consultants to sample earlier than normal. In November, the lab analyzed 12 percent more samples […]

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Photos from the Field: Soil Lab move

The Agronomic Soil Testing Lab has occupied three locations in its history: downtown Raleigh in the Agriculture building on West Edenton Street, in the building now currently occupied by our Pesticides Division on Blue Ridge Road in Raleigh and in its current location in the Donald W. Eaddy Building on Reedy Creek Road. The lab […]

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