Feed testing reports at Ward Labs just got an upgrade!🐮 This week, Becca Kern-Lunbery breaks down what’s new: animal-specific calculations, pet treat Nutrition Facts, mineral sufficiency reports, and more. Stay tuned all week! #FeedTesting #AnimalNutrition #FeedAnalysis

Meet Dave Beins - Special Projects Prep and Process Tech at Ward! 🌱 Before any test can produce meaningful data for a grower, someone has to make sure the sample is prepared right, and that’s Dave and his team. 🐐⚔️🥃 #FridayFaces #BehindTheResults #WhyWard

Fall is here & soil sampling season isn’t far off! 🌾 Dr. Nick Ward walks through proper soil probe technique and composite, zone, and grid sampling strategies on this week's #ThurdayThoughts. Check it out here: bit.ly/4zHM7L1 #SoilSampling #SoilHealth

"It gives you total living biomass, the relative percentages of each functional group, and a set of ratios such as fungi-to-bacteria and Gram-positive to Gram-negative." Read more here: bit.ly/4wDf5Kq

Don’t get protein tunnel vision! Use your hay report to evaluate both protein and energy when planning supplementation. Read @ProForage for our data and insights from Holly Heil of Ackerman Ag and Jake Fairley of Laird Feed. #WhyWard #HayTesting bit.ly/4yFnyOH

Meet Jordan Westengaard - QA/Sample Operations Manager at Ward for nearly 7 years! 🌱 He ensures growers get the highest quality data, helps craft brewers nail their finishes, & is currently writing a novel. Oh, & he bleeds Husker red. 🌽📖 #FridayFaces #BehindTheResults #WhyWard

Is organic matter the only key to water-holding capacity? 💧 Dr. Ray Ward explains why capturing more rainfall and reducing runoff may matter even more, & how soil aggregates make it possible. 📹: bit.ly/4zVfwll #ThursdayThoughts #SoilHealth #WaterInfiltration

Curious what PLFA actually tells you about soil biology? This blog breaks down how PLFA testing tracks active microbes and helps guide smarter management across your acres. #SoilHealth #SoilBiology bit.ly/4aTvQZI

Happy National Farmers Day. 🌱 From the Ward team to yours — thank you to every farmer and rancher who puts in the work day in and day out. Supporting growers is why we do what we do. #NationalFarmersDay #WardLaboratories #AgLife #Nebraska #ThankAFarmer

Meet Aleisha Ziegenbein - Sample Receiving Technician at Ward for 7 years! 🌱 She’s often the first stop for incoming samples, & her questions have helped customers catch serious issues before they became bigger problems. 🐴 #FridayFaces #BehindTheResults #WhyWard

Hail damaged your corn - but the nutrients may still be there.🌽 In this week's #ThursdayThoughts, Ray explains how low C:N ratio corn plants decompose, releasing #Nitrogen a cover crop can pick up quickly & can create dangerous levels for grazing. 📹: bit.ly/4rTrPM1

This month's featured blog article comes to us from our R&D Manager Dr. Bikram Das. He illuminates how PLFA continues to bring value to ag producers even as other technologies are available. #WhyWard #SoilHealth #PLFA #SoilBiology bit.ly/4aSjLnz

Meet Alissa Kosch - Sample Receiving Technician at Ward! 🌱 She's one of the first stops for every sample through the door & when she's not at work, she's on the golf course or (casually) jumping out of planes. 🪂😅 #FridayFaces #BehindTheResults #WhyWard

Building soil quality doesn’t happen overnight, it comes from small changes that compound over time. 🌱 This week’s #ThursdayThoughts covers #CoverCrops, reduced tillage, & what’s really happening beneath the surface all winter long. 📹: bit.ly/4AJCRHw

This week’s #FridayFaces honors someone who left a mark on Ward Labs that will never fade. We lost our friend, colleague, and mentor Terry Buettner earlier this week. Ward Labs will be closed Tuesday morning to lay him to rest. 🔗 Obituary: bit.ly/4yYTYDx

Potassium is easy to overlook - but that might be changing. 🌱 Dr. Nick Ward breaks down when growers should start paying closer attention to soil test K in this week’s #ThursdayThoughts. 📹: bit.ly/46K7fnD #Potassium #SoilFertility #SoilTesting

Enhanced reports with visual indicators of soil health are just one more way Ward works to bring you more value from the data produced in lab analysis. #WhyWard #SoilHealth #SoilTesting

Biodiversity has become synonymous with soil health, and below ground microbial life often supports above ground diversity. Check out what Albert Tomechko, president and founder of Vitalize Seed and our own Jon Kerman had to say. #WhyWard #DiggingDeeper bit.ly/4A2hH7w

This week’s #FridayFaces grew up getting dirty on a farm in western Nebraska & never lost her love for ag. 🌱 Meet Sunny Nelson - Login Technician at Ward Labs. Kayaker. Paddle boarder. Gecko mom. Always planning her next adventure. 🌍 #BehindTheResults #WhyWard

Not all soil sampling strategies give you the same level of information. 🌱 In this week’s #ThursdayThoughts, Dr. Nick Ward walks through composite, zone, and grid sampling & how to choose the right approach for managing field variability. 📹: bit.ly/4rlVi10