Market Farming

[Alex McGregor <waldenfarm AT sprintmail.com>]

Rose,

You're lucky! I asked my extension agent about soil tests and all they offer 
(in TN) is
NPK and pH. I showed him a copy of my Timberleaf results and he said they 
could run all
those tests but it would cost over $150 for just the results! (Compared to 
$55 for
results and recommendations from Timberleaf.) He said he didn't know whether 
they could
do recommendations for anything but NPK.

Also, I had someone in NC show me her results from NC extension and asked me 
what they
meant and for recommendations. In NC they use their own units, not lbs./acre 
or
parts/million. So, I told her all she could do is get recs from them or get 
them to
convert her results to ppa or ppm.

Sounds like Cornell offers great service to growers in NY. You're very lucky- 
it's not
the same all over. I wish we had a vibrant, progressive extension here.

Alex McGregor
Walden Farm
Walden Ridge, TN

Rose & Fred Lieberman wrote:

> Your local land grant university or cooperative extension should be able to
> do that.
>
> I send mine to Cornell (I live in NYS - not that you have to, BTW).  I
> always get full results and recommendations.
>
> Then if I have any questions about something on the test, I just call the
> local ag agent at the coop ext, and he or she explains it all.
>
> Rose
>
> ---
> You are currently subscribed to market-farming as: waldenfarm AT sprintmail.com
> To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')