Soil test protocols developed for Western Canada in the 1960s are still used and still relevant, but farmers can collect a lot more data now to further refine recommendations. These are not your father’s soil tests, says an article in Canola Digest.

Because many producers wait until spring green-up to make their nitrogen (N) application, does soil sampling in the fall for nitrate-N really provide useful information for N management in wheat? Kansas State University Extension provides some insight into this question.