Frankfort/Lafayette – Row Crop Headquarters & Soil Testing Lab

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GRID SAMPLING
We sample at different grid sizes ranging from 1 to 2.5 acres. We mark and gather multiple cores from each grid to be processed in our lab and the results organized by each individual grid.

SOIL ANALYSIS
The Farm Clinic is an independent company with no ties to fertilizer or chemical companies. You can download a submittal form here, please include with any samples sent to our Indiana office.  If sampling supplies or instructions are needed contact us so we can help insure a quality soil sample is taken.

SOIL TESTS
Our soil tests include soil pH, lime requirement (buffer pH), phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium and cation exchange capacity. Also trace elements/micronutrient tests including zinc, manganese, boron, copper, iron and sulfur.

COLOR CODED TEST RESULTS
This is an example of the maps included on our soil test report. You can download a full example of a report here that would be given to a grid sampling client.

FARM CLINIC RECOMMENDATIONS PROGRAM
Soil fertility recommendations are incorporated into our program that utilize the soil test information, crop yields, soil type, cropping and management history, as well as future cropping plans to develop recommendations for lime, nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium and micronutrients. Our recommendations utilizes variable rate technology when economical to help implement soil fertility recommendations to maximize profits.

USING YIELD DATA FOR VRA AND OTHER ANALYSIS
The Farm Clinic can use your yield data to develop crop removal rates for a field and incorporate soil test data to better place nutrients where they are needed. Yield data can also be used to create variable rate seeding maps to help apply seed on richer soils at higher rates and lower rates on thinner soils. We have the capabilities to analyze the correlations or interactions between soil test levels and yield. The Frankfort office also partners with Air Scout to deliver timely aerial imaging and analysis.  Thermal and digital images will be taken every two weeks as weather permits.  Site specific scouting is then done 2 – 3 times per growing season to identify areas that need replanting, sprayed, additional nitrogen or have other issues to be identified.

Download a soil submittal Form

Office phone number 765-659-1783

Frankfort, IN