Soil testing is one of the most essential yet often overlooked steps in construction and infrastructure development. When building residential properties, large commercial complexes, or civil ...

The National Building Code 2024 specifies how much load every soil type can bear as guidance to contractors. [Courtesy] Soil testing is now mandatory before construction, as stipulated in the National ...

As urbanization accelerates and infrastructure projects increase in scale and complexity, dependable subsurface evaluation is ...

The University of Delaware (UD) has rated soils in terms of the likelihood of profitable responses to additions of phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) from fertilizers, manures, and other soil amendments ...

To grow good plants, you need good soil. The only way to tell what your soil really needs is to take a soil test. Applying too much fertilizer could be detrimental to your plants. You could waste ...

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The UD Soil Testing Program provides a variety of soil testing and educational support to farmers, homeowners and others engaged in soil management and land use. The program is offered as a public ...

Agricultural soil testing is critical to determining soil’s nutrient concentration and variability across your fields. It is ideal to test your fields’ soil at least every two to three years to inform ...