Soil Testing and Sampling Soil Fertility:
Maintaining good soil fertility is crucial for growing quality crops. Soiltest is committed to assist you to know how to best manage the fertility of your field. Please consider the following to maintain the fertility levels of your field:
Soil sampling:
Good soil sampling techniques are crucial when evaluating soil fertility levels. Here are a few soil sampling techniques to follow to obtain the meaningful soil test you are looking for. For more specific guidelines click here. - Use clean sampling tools.
- Sample each representative areas to at least 12 inches. Take a minimum of 10 individual core samples for a small field, then add one core for each 5 acres of field size.
- Mix multiple samples thoroughly in a sample bucket. Place soil in a sample bag (provided by Soiltest)
- Label the bag and complete the "Soil Test Request" form.
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Courier delivery:
To help accomodate our clients, we have a courier system set up so that samples can reach the lab in a timely manner. Please call us to see if we can have your samples picked up at your location.
Don't forget that our recommendations are free! Our recommendations come from the latest University research and are provided on request.
Proficiency Program: Soiltest is committed to providing accurate and precise results in our soil analyses. To assure this quality we maintain a strict daily quality assurance/quality control program. Soiltest participates in the North American Proficiency Testing Program by analyzing a set of control soil samples quarterly. This means you can count on your test results being accurate and precise.
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