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Woods End Laboratories Joins STA Program as Certified Lab
[Augusta, Maine, 25 Sept 2024] Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence in Soil Health and Compost Testing Woods End Laboratories is proud to announce its official certification as a lab in the STA Program, enhancing the array of compost testing services available to the...
Woods End Laboratories Now Offering Soil Fertility Testing
News Release WEL Soil Fertility Testing 8.14.2024 Woods End Laboratories Launches Comprehensive Soil Fertility Testing Services Woods End Laboratories is thrilled to announce the expansion of its services to include soil fertility testing. As a renowned leader in soil...
Solvita IRTH C02 Respirometer back in stock!
Solvita IRTH C02 Respirometer Back in Stock News Release 1.17.2024 THE WAIT IS OVER Woods End Laboratories Reintroduces Popular IRTH® Product, Now Produced In-House! Augusta, ME, January 17, 2024 — Woods End Laboratories, a leader in Soil Health science,...
Are Soil Carbon Gains Underestimated for Improved Management?
Farm researchers measuring carbon know the challenge of many errors: how to correct for the carbon stored per acre when the actual volume density of soil is unknown and changing. Over time, soil porosity alteration not accounted for can lead to significant errors or...
CEO Rebecca Harvey, Woods End Expands Agricultural Soil Testing
Agricultural Soil Testing - Woods End Labs - Augusta Maine “It’s a total game changer for agricultural soil testing” That’s how Rebecca Harvey, Ph.D., and CEO of Woods End Laboratories, describes the impact of the agricultural soil testing company’s recent...
Enhanced Soil Health with Solvita in Maine Potatoes with Compost and Crop Rotations
A recently published long-term crop study by Maine USDA-ARS highlights the positive benefits of prior compost applications and soil-improving crop rotations on potato yield and soil quality. As part of full soil microbiological assessment, Solvita was used for CO2...
African soil study spotlights Solvita basal method for detecting management changes
A new study conducted in Africa evaluates Solvita vs other soil health tests for assessing the reversal of soil degradation. Paired fields in Ethiopia (23 farms), Kenya (23 farms), and Tanzania (13 farms) were assessed by a participatory approach where farmers and...
Rebecca Harvey has joined Woods End Laboratories LLC as Chief Executive Officer
Mount Vernon, Maine, June 9, 2022- Woods End Laboratories LLC, a US based leader in agricultural soil health testing, announced that Rebecca Harvey, PhD has joined the organization as Chief Executive Officer. Rebecca will lead the organization to further grow its...
LAB CONSISTENCY AND ROBUSTNESS FOR SOLVITA TESTS EXAMINED
WOODS END LAB released findings of the 2021 Solvita Proficiency test examining performance of thirty soil labs worldwide which use Solvita for soil quality tests. Four soil types were selected including fallow and arid rangeland, and intense tilled organic and...
Solvita Nexus Soil Tests Linked to Satellite Yield Stability Maps
Composite satellite images that show long-term yield trends have traditionally not correlated well with soil tests. This suggests that dominant forces in yield sustainability are not being captured in the way soil testing is conducted. Soil health tests also are not...