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

Are your collecting soil health spider webs? Jonathan Kerman brought this new insightful visual to our soil health reports. #WhyWard #SoilHealth #SoilTesting Check it out here: bit.ly/4f7Q7vE

In this month's Progressive Forage, our Animal Scientist, Rebecca Kern-Lunbery puts the focus on why proper sampling procedure from the field and through the lab is key to making good feed management decisions. #WhyWard #ForageSampling #Cattle bit.ly/4zjlxZi

Today we pause to remember. On this Patriot Day, we honor the lives lost on September 11, 2001 and the courage of the first responders, military, and everyday Americans who rose up in the face of tragedy. #PatriotDay #NeverForget #September11

Did tight margins cause you to cut back on #soilsampling? Now is a great time to get back on track. 🌱 Dr. Nick Ward covers the four key soil test values to prioritize when restarting your program in this week’s #ThursdayThoughts. 📹 Watch: bit.ly/4r6xzBB

We are always working to ensure you aren't just getting a pile of numbers when you receive a report from Ward. Intuitive soil health scores are just another example! #WhyWard #SoilHealth #SoilTesting bit.ly/3QOsNv4