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Welcome to Marshall County Extension Web Site

Welcome to Marshall County. Your local Extension office is a tremendous resource for finding the information that you need. Love gardening? Check out our Lawn and Garden area. If you are interested in being a part of 4-H or being a volunteer, our 4-H and Youth area has all of the information you need to get started. Crops and Livestock is the perfect place to visit if you're needing information about... you guessed it, crops and livestock! If you're interested in helping out in your area, try Community Development. Health and Nutrition features a wide variety of resources for cooking, food preparation and safety. It's also a great place to go if you're interested in a healthier lifestyle.

Available Resources

Soil Testing: We offer soil testing for crop and horticulture purposes through the K-State Soil Testing Lab and have a soil probe which people can borrow to take soil tests. Soil samples are brought in the Marshall County Extension Office, bagged, and then delivered/sent to the Lab. Cost is $6.20 for the Routine Test(pH, Lime, P, and K), $10.50 for test #2(Routine+Nitrogen+Organic Matter), and other tests are available.

Soil Testing: We offer soil testing for crop and horticulture purposes through the K-State Soil Testing Lab and have a soil probe which people can borrow to take soil tests. Soil samples are brought in the Marshall County Extension Office, bagged, and then delivered/sent to the Lab. Cost is $6.20 for the Routine Test(pH, Lime, P, and K), $10.50 for test #2(Routine+Nitrogen+Organic Matter), and other tests are available.

Events

Protecting Our Land and Water Workshop To Be Held on January 30th Waterville Community Center, Waterville, KS 01/30/2012 The goals of this meeting are to educate participants about ways to reduce sedimentation by reducing erosion from cropland, improving soil quality of cropland, and stabilizing eroding streambanks. We will have K-State Research and Extension Specialists and private industry personnel speak about ways to reduce land and streambank erosion. During the program we will have a lunch sponsored by Tuttle Creek WRAPS and booths will be present from program representatives. If you are interested in attending this meeting, please call the Marshall County Extension Office at (785) 562-3531, or E-mail Michael Vogt at Mvogt@ksu.edu. Please pre-register by Friday, January 27, 2012, so we may know how many lunches to prepare. If you want to learn more about protecting our soil and water and learn about what assistance is available, you will want to attend the "Protecting Our Land and Water Workshop" on January 30.

Protecting Our Land and Water Workshop To Be Held on January 30th
Waterville Community Center, Waterville, KS
01/30/2012

The goals of this meeting are to educate participants about ways to reduce sedimentation by reducing erosion from cropland, improving soil quality of cropland, and stabilizing eroding streambanks.

We will have K-State Research and Extension Specialists and private industry personnel speak about ways to reduce land and streambank erosion.

During the program we will have a lunch sponsored by Tuttle Creek WRAPS and booths will be present from program representatives.

If you are interested in attending this meeting, please call the Marshall County Extension Office at (785) 562-3531, or E-mail Michael Vogt at Mvogt@ksu.edu. Please pre-register by Friday, January 27, 2012, so we may know how many lunches to prepare.

If you want to learn more about protecting our soil and water and learn about what assistance is available, you will want to attend the "Protecting Our Land and Water Workshop" on January 30.