Water testing for brewing is a crucial part of the process because water is a huge (90%) and critical part of beer. It is more than just a solvent to dissolve all the pieces of the beer together, and it is more than just a blank canvas to be painted on. But before we dive...Read More

Recently, I have consulted with packgoat hobbyist and livestock producers to interpret their livestock water suitability report. Because water is a vital nutrient, understanding these reports is very important to make good decisions. Water plays an important role and many biological functions including transportation of essential nutrients to body tissues and cells, lubricant for the...Read More

Reprint From June 2003 Ward Letter. Ward Laboratories professionals often get questions about surface urea application and UAN solutions. Urea is a dry fertilizer that dissolves with water after application creating urease enzyme activity that is naturally present in all soils at some level. Urease enzyme converts urea to ammonia (NH3) and bicarbonate (HCO3) in...Read More

Here at Ward Laboratories Inc., we often encourage producers to be creative and try new approaches to agricultural production, such as trying corn-soy silage.  A couple of weeks ago at the American Society of Animal Science Midwest meeting in Omaha, I listened to a talk about getting more creative with corn silage: “Production of High-Quality...Read More

Soil microbes are all the buzz these days, but what about rumen microbes?   Currently, it is very common to go to a ruminant nutrition meeting and hear about feeding the microbes first.  This is especially the case with the NRC Nutrient Requirements of Beef using the microbial protein and bypass protein system.  There are...Read More