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The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating Milam County Extension Office 100 E. 1st St . Cameron, Texas 76520 254 697-7045 Fax 254 697-7046 email milam-tx@tamu.edu October 13, 2009 Jon Gersbach County Extension Agent Ag & Natural Resources Soil Testing Campaign As the cost of fertilizer continues to rise, and agriculture producers are forced to look ever more closely at the bottom line of producing their crops, soil sampling just makes sense. Not to mention making sure that your crop has adequate nutrients to achieve its production potential. This campaign gives producers the opportunity to have their soil tested to determine its current fertility and receive a recommendation to improve the fertility required to produce the best crop possible. The testing campaign will be from October 1, 2009 to November 13, 2009 and will offer reduced cost testing. The cost for a routine test will be $6 and a routine with micronutrients will be $10. All soil tests and forms must be returned to the county extension office and will be delivered to the testing lab together. Payment must be by check payable to Milam County ELAB. In exchange for the reduced testing cost, some information regarding your agriculture land will be required. Some of the information will be to provide the amount of acres the sample represents, your planned fertilizer application for the coming year, your crop and yield goal, and if the soil had been sampled in the past three years. Sample results will be returned to your extension office and distributed there. The information that is generated from these reports will be utilized in educational programs at our meetings. Contact the Milam County Extension Office for more information on this great opportunity. |
If you have questions on these or other topics, please contact the Milam County
Extension Office located at 100 East 1st Street in Cameron, on the web at
www.milam-tx.tamu.edu or call 254-697-7045.
Caption for picture:
Jarrett Beckhusen, Milam County 4-H Plant I.D. Team Member, explains to
producers how they identify plants at contests. The presentation was given at
the 2007 Milam County Crops Tour.
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