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Speedy Soil Tests in Manitoba

Someone’s called in a tearing hurry – their equipment is standing by in a field that wasn’t soil tested and they need soil test results before they can get going.  How quickly can they get a soil test result? Hand Sampling – Slow but picturesque Here at Tone Ag, we can usually take soil samples [...]

2009 04 24 jtone Comments (1)

Soil Sampling Accuracy

Except in laboratory conditions (and maybe not even then), soil tests are not 100% accurate and are subject to a margin of error. The target accuracy is about +/- 15 % with a precision level of about 80%. For example, if you had a field with a nitrogen (N) level of 20 and you sampled [...]

2009 04 20 jtone Comments (1)