Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soil type affects how it retains water and nutrients.Photograph: iStock/Getty Images (Photograph: iStock/Getty Images) I often ...

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Amy Barkley, Cornell Cooperative Extension livestock and beginning farm specialist, is pictured with a soil test. Submitted photo Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock, ...