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K-State lab can now analyze forage samples

Lab services have been expanded to include forage, grain testing

January 4, 2018

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State University’s Analytical Lab has expanded its services and can now analyze forage samples to give farmers and ranchers a clearer picture of what their animals are consuming.

The lab has primarily been a meat science lab for proximate analysis, but new lab manager Katie Hargrove said services have been expanded to include mineral and fiber analysis, and nitrate testing. It is located in Weber Hall on the Manhattan campus. Among the tests offered are moisture and dry matter content, crude protein, calculated total digestible nutrient analyses and more.

More information is available on the website https://www.asi.k-state.edu/about/facilities/Analytical-Lab.html or by contacting Hargrove at KHargrove@ksu.edu or 785-532-1276.



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Katie Hargrove
785-532-1276
KHargrove@ksu.edu

Website

Kansas State University Analytical Lab

Written by

Mary Lou Peter
913-856-2335, Ext. 130
mlpeter@ksu.edu

At a glance

The Analytical Lab in Kansas State University’s Department of Animal Sciences and Industry has expanded its services and can now analyze forage samples to give farmers and ranchers a clearer picture of what their animals are consuming.

 

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