Soil and water

Soil Testing Facilities

The University of Missouri Soil Testing Facilities include the Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory (SPTL) and Soil Health Assessment Center (SHAC). These labs are pivotal in advancing soil and plant fertility and health research, offering essential analytical services to growers, researchers and conservationists.

Aquaculture and Fisheries Extension

The MU Aquaculture and Fisheries Extension Program provides educational resources and research-based information to help you plan and manage for recreational fishing or commercial aquaculture.

Nutrient Management

Promoting ways crop nutrients can be managed to optimize economic and environmental outcomes.

Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory

The Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory analyzes soil, plant, water, manure, compost and greenhouse media. The laboratory provides quality testing and unbiased, research-based recommendations to clients for economically viable and environmentally safe nutrient management practices.

Soil Analysis Information Form

Getting Started With Soil Health Testing in Missouri

Grazing Cover Crops

Delta Soils of Southeast Missouri

March 4, 2025 - April 17, 2025

2025 Master Gardener Training-Buchanan and surrounding Counties

March 4, 2025 - April 17, 2025

2025 Extension Master Gardener Training - Cameron, MO

March 17, 2025 - April 21, 2025

Annie’s Project - Maries County

March 29, 2025 - April 26, 2025

Extension Garden Steward (KCMO Public Library)

Free soil health workshops offered in Waynesville, Owensville

March 12, 2025

Frost seeding legumes improves pastures several ways

January 23, 2025

Enrollment opens for climate-smart farming payments

October 31, 2024

August farm management news and notes from MU Extension

August 5, 2022

A Healthy Soil: The Basis of Gardening (PDF)

AgSite Assessment Tool

Use this web-based tool to generate a report describing the physical, demographic and environmental characteristics of a selected land parcel and its surroundings.