Melamine in Cookies

News out of the Twin Cities in Minnesota: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is expanding its warning about cookies containing melamine. Wonderfarm brand cookies sold in Minnesota, "Royal Flavour Bisuits,", "Lovely Melody Biscuits". and "Daily Life Biscuits" have tested positive. The melamine crisis may be spreading more and more into the United States. Midwest Laboratories performs melamine testing in milk and other food products. Check out their melamaine testing site.

Soil Testing - Best Value

Soil Testing is the best value. As this article states fertilizer costs can be up to 25% of a crop return. Somewhere, costs have to be controlled. With a good thorough soil test, these values can be found and savings on P (Phosphorus) & K (Potassium) can occur. Midwest Laboratories offers a basic package and many people take advantage not only of their price, but their 3-day turnaround.

Source: Identifying the Source of a Soil Test - http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2008/11/05/features/farm/doc491120ffade48471789677.txt

S1A (Basic): Organic Matter, Available Phosphorus (P1 Weak Bray and P2 Strong Bray) Exchangeable Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium and Hydrogen, Soil pH, Buffer Index, Cation Exchange Capacity, Percent Base Saturation of Cation Elements
With Recommendations: $10.00
Without Recommendations: $8.80

Source: Midwest Laboratories Website http://www.midwestlabs.com