Farming

• Soil Testing Procedures for Pastures and Farms

  Mary Carol Sheffield

  January 2, 2026

  

  Number of subsamples A composite soil sample is made up of a number of individual subsamples taken at random over a given area. The purpose of this is to minimize the variability that exists. This variation may have been caused by previous lime and fertilizer applications or slight soil variations. If an insufficient number of…

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• No Farmers, No Food.

  Trudy Sowar

  June 14, 2024

  

  Trudy Sowar, President Paulding County Farm Bureau Board You may have seen this posted on your Facebook page or in a news article. Before the pandemic most of us wouldn’t give this much thought. After Covid and the empty grocery shelves we may be inclined to take more notice. When we sit down to a…

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