Maximize the yield and quality of crops in your farm’s soil with Element's agricultural soil testing and analysis services. We meticulously examine your nutrient levels and soil composition, providing crucial insights and tailored recommendations to inform and empower your nutrient management strategy.

 

What is Agricultural Soil Testing and why do you need it?

Agricultural soil testing and analysis provides critical information for commercial crop producers helping to guide decision making about necessary changes to improve yield and quality.
Through examining your soil’s existing nutrient content and other chemical factors, you can understand its current and potential fertility. Once you know what nutrients are already available or need introducing, you can then determine the precise rates of fertilizers and lime which will produce the best results and ensure you use the most efficient quantities and varieties possible to maximize your profits. Only using as much as you really need also helps to maintain good environmental stewardship. 

 

Key Benefits of Agricultural Soil Testing with Element

  • Optimized Nutrient Management for Your Crops: By testing your soil, you gain insights into nutrient levels, empowering you to customize fertilization strategies. This precision ensures your crops receive the proper nutrients, promoting healthy growth and maximizing yield.
  • Cost-Efficient Resourcing Decisions: Precise nutrient management, guided by soil testing, prevents unnecessary fertilizer use, saving costs. This optimizes your resource allocation - and reduces the environmental impact associated with excess fertilizer.
  • Improved Soil Health in Your Fields: Regular soil testing is crucial for monitoring and maintaining overall soil health on your land. It helps identify issues like soil acidity or alkalinity, allowing you to take corrective actions and create an optimal environment for your plants.
  • Demonstrate Responsible Environmental Practices: Show your commitment to environmental stewardship by proactively establishing the most efficient amounts of fertilizer and lime to use, preventing excessive nutrient runoff, and ensuring water quality. Element’s experts can guide you through sustainable farming practices and environmental regulatory compliance on your farm.
  • Customized Crop Management Tailored to Your Soil: Soil testing results guide you in tailoring your crop management practices to specific soil conditions. This enhances your crops' resilience to environmental variations and promotes adaptability to changing climate conditions.

 

Navigating Soil Variability

Soil conditions can vary significantly, even within a single field, which can be a challenge if you need to test your farmland. Element’s experts understand this, so our agricultural soil testing services offer a personalized and strategic approach with extensive soil sampling tailored to capture variations. Our analysis considers the different soil zones across your land, with customized recommendations for each. Let Element’s experts help you harness the potential of soil variability for a finely tuned nutrient, irrigation, and chemical treatment strategy that gets the best from every inch of your land, not just parts of it. 

 

Simplifying Agricultural Soil Testing

Our agricultural soil testing services go beyond providing results – we can also help you interpret the findings and plan the next steps for better crop performance. With Element, you receive clear and concise insights into your soil test results, ensuring transparency and understanding. Further support is available through our expert written educational resources and advisory services, shedding further light on the data. This integrated approach not only demystifies agricultural soil testing but also empowers you to implement effective strategies for overall land management. Elements’ experts are here to guide you every step of the way, making sure all the information gained from your soil test translates into tangible benefits.

 

 

 
 

Your Agricultural Soil Testing Experts

Bogna Tyc

Environmental Testing Specialist

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Annie Reedy

Annie Reedy

Environmental Testing Specialist

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Our Comprehensive Agricultural Soil Testing Capabilities

 

Why Choose Element?

When you choose 51³Ô¹ÏÍøto test your farmland soil, you select a partner who is dedicated to your agricultural success. Our experts are committed to delivering best-in-class laboratory services that go beyond testing – we provide comprehensive sampling and analysis of your soil’s fertility, including the crucial chemical and biological properties essential for getting the most from your crops. Our support and further advisory resources then empower you to create strategies for ongoing success.

 

Our ISO 17025 accredited agricultural soil testing laboratories combine cutting-edge technology, years of industry experience, and unwavering dedication which positions us as leaders at every stage of the soil testing process. Element’s complete suite of agronomic soil testing services is one of the broadest in the market and we have labs offering this service right across Europe and the Americas, ensuring you have access no matter your location.

 

Learn more about Element’s credentials or contact us today to discuss how to collect soil samples and how we can support your agricultural soil testing needs.
 

AASHTO

  • AASHTO R 58 
  • AASHTO T 100
  • AASHTO T 180
  • AASHTO T 180-10
  • AASHTO T 191
  • AASHTO T 191-14
  • AASHTO T 193-10
  • AASHTO T 208
  • AASHTO T 265
  • AASHTO T 265-12
  • AASHTO T 310
  • AASHTO T 88
  • AASHTO T 88-00
  • AASHTO T 89
  • AASHTO T 89 & T90 
  • AASHTO T 90
  • AASHTO T 99

 

APHA

  • APHA 2510 B Modified 
  • APHA 3120 B 
  • APHA 4500-H + B 

 

ASTM

  • ASTM C702/C702M-11
  • ASTM D4253-16 / 4254-16 
  • ASTM D4959-16 
  • ASTM D1140 
  • ASTM D1556 
  • ASTM D1556 – 07 
  • ASTM D1557
  • ASTM D1633 – 2000 (reapproved 2007) 
  • ASTM D2166 
  • ASTM D2216
  • ASTM D2487
  • ASTM D2488
  • ASTM D2922-05 
  • ASTM D3017-05 
  • ASTM D3080-04 
  • ASTM D421
  • ASTM D421-85 (2007) 
  • ASTM D422
  • ASTM D422-63 (2007) e1 
  • ASTM D422-63 (Re- approved 2007) e1
  • ASTM D4318
  • ASTM D4318-10e1
  • ASTM D4564-08e1
  • ASTM D4643-08
  • ASTM D6938 
  • ASTM D6938-15
  • ASTM D6951/D6951M-09
  • ASTM D698
  • ASTM D698 -12e2
  • ASTM D854 
  • ASTM D854-14
  • ASTM G57-06

 

BS

  • BS 1377
  • BS 1377 part 3 
  • BS 1377 Part 4.7:1990 cl 4.5.4-Single Stage
  • BS 1377 Part 9:1990 Method 2.5.9.1
  • BS 1377 Pt 3:1990
  • BS 1377-1:2016
  • BS 1377-2 : 1990 Cl. 4.3
  • BS 1377-2 : 1990 Cl. 8.2/8.4
  • BS 1377-2 : 1990 Clause 4.5 
  • BS 1377-2 : 1990 Section 6.5
  • BS 1377-3 Clause 4
  • BS 1377-3:1990 Cl 3 
  • BS 1377-3:1990 Method 3.0
  • BS 1377-3:1990 Method 5.3 
  • BS 1377-3:1990 Method 7.2
  • BS 1377-3:1990 Method 9.5 
  • BS 1377-9:1990 Section 4.1 
  • BS 1377-9:1990 Section 4.3 
  • BS 1377-9:1990 Section 5.1 
  • BS 1924: Part 2: 1990 clause 4.1.5 Combustion 

 

EPA

  • EPA 120.1 
  • EPA 160.4 
  • EPA 1664
  • EPA 1664A
  • EPA 200.7
  • EPA 200.7 minus SM 3500 Cr B 
  • EPA 245.1 
  • EPA 273.1
  • EPA 300.0
  • EPA 300.0 plus EPA 351.2
  • EPA 3540
  • EPA 420.1
  • EPA 420.4
  • EPA 4201
  • EPA 6010
  • EPA 6010B
  • EPA 6010 minus SM 3500 Cr B 
  • EPA 602
  • EPA 624
  • EPA 625 
  • EPA 7470
  • EPA 7470A
  • EPA 8021
  • EPA 8021B
  • EPA 8260 
  • EPA 8260B
  • EPA 8270
  • EPA 8270C
  • EPA 8310
  • EPA 8321
  • EPA 9040
  • EPA 9040C
  • EPA 9056
  • EPA 9056A
  • EPA 9056A plus EPA 351.2
  • EPA 9253

 

McKeague

  • McKeague 3.32
  • McKeague 3.8 
  • McKeague 4.12 

 

SM

  • SM 2130 B
  • SM 2120 B-2001
  • SM 2320 B
  • SM 2320 B-97
  • SM 2340 B
  • SM 2540 B-97
  • SM 2540 C
  • SM 2540 C-97
  • SM 2540 D
  • SM 2540 D-97
  • SM 2540 F
  • SM 2540 F-97 
  • SM 2550 B-2000
  • SM 2710 F
  • SM 4500-H+ 8-2000
  • SM 4500-0 G
  • SM 4500-0 G-2001
  • SM 4500-P-E 
  • SM 4500-S2-D
  • SM 4500-S2-D-2011
  • SM 4500-S2--F
  • SM 4500-S2- F-2000
  • SM 4500-SO-B
  • SM 4500-SO3-B –2000
  • SM 5210 B
  • SM 5210 B2001
  • SM 5220 D
  • SM 5310 B
  • SM 9222 B (M-Endo) -97
  • SM 9222 B / 9222 B.5c
  • SM 9222 D
  • SM 9222 D (m-FC) -97
  • SM 9223 B

 

TM

  • TM LAND 010-93
  • TM PEST 006-50
  • TM SOIL 007-60

 

Other Standards We Test To

  • TNRCC 1005
  • US Agri Handbook 60
  • US Geological survey 0-2060-10
  • HACH 8000
  • LACHAT 10-204-00-1-X
  • MADEP EPH
  • Methods of Soil Analysis Method 3.8
  • MOOPAM IV.4 – 1999 
  • MSS 4.12 modified 
  • BMTS-ADC-TP001

Please note that we are capable of providing further standards than the above, if you would like to discuss your specific requirements or project with an expert contact us today.  

 

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