Grid Soil Sampling is a requirement for any Variable Rate Nutrient Application. Grid sampling basically takes a field and breaks it down into 2.5 acre fields or grids. Within each grid a soil sample is taken which consists of 10 cores of soil combined to make one sample. Those samples are sent to MU's Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory. The results from those samples are used to determine the Lime N - P - K to be applied within each grid.
Nutrient recommendation is recommending how much nutrient to place on the field. The recommendation varies for each soil sample point. This makes it a Variable Rate Recommendation. Different analysts make recommendations based off of different formulas. Our recommendations are not only based off of soil test results but soil type and crops previously grown planned to be grown and their respective yields and yield goals.
