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Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory
573-882-0623

A well taken soil sample results in appropriate recommended rates of fertilizer and limestone.

The Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory analyze about 25,000 to 35,000 field crop (farm) soil samples, 5,000 to 7,000 horticultural crop (lawn and garden) soil samples and 1,000 commercial fruits vegetables and turf soil samples each year.

On this site

• About the laboratory
• Directions to the laboratory
• Missouri Soil Testing Association certified labs
• Sample analysis information forms
• Services for precision agriculture
• Test procedures
• Tests and fees

Soil tips

• Don't always blame the dirt: Diagnosing plant health problems
• Fertilizer efficiency -- what's the limit
• Fertilizing acid loving landscape plants
• Fertilizing gardens and lawns
• Flooded fields and nitrogen status, PDF
• How to select good top soil for lawns and gardens
• Interpreting Manure Test Report
• Interpreting your soil test results for lawns and gardens
• Potential For Fall-Applied Nitrogen Losses Not Eliminated By Recent Cold Snap
• Stalk Nitrate-N Test - A Diagnostic Tool for Evaluating Nitrogen Management Practices in Corn
• Take the guesswork out of growing healthy lawns, gardens with a soil test
• Use of plant analysis as a diagnostic tool

More from MU Extension

• Horticulture publications
• Missouri Environment and Garden newsletter
• Integrated Pest and Crop Management newsletter
• Soil and Water publications

Updated 9/22/08

Online services

• Access soil test results
• Recommendations online

Submitting soil samples

• Commercial fruits and vegetables
• Field crops
• Garden, landscape and lawn
• Orchard and vineyard
• Turf

Submitting plant samples

• Commercial fruits and vegetables
• Field crops
• Garden, landscape and lawn
• Orchard and vineyard

Submitting other samples

• Compost
• Greenhouse growing media
• Manure
• Water

Contact

Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory

• 23 Mumford Hall
  Columbia, MO 65211
• Phone
  573-882-0623
• Fax
  573-884-4288
• E-mail
  soiltestingservices@missouri.edu

Soil Testing Laboratory Delta Research Center

• P.O. Box 160
  Portageville, MO 63873
• Phone
  573-379-5431
• Fax
  573-379-5875

Related pages

• EQ215, Laboratory Analysis of Manure
• EQ453, Precision Agriculture: Remote Sensing and Ground Truthing
• G4620, Bermudagrass
• G9112, Interpreting Missouri Soil Test Reports
• G9215, Soil Sampling Pastures
• G9217, Soil Sampling Hayfields and Row Crops
• G6954, Soil Testing for Lawns
• G9177, Preplant Nitrogen Test for Adjusting Corn Nitrogen Recommendations
• MP733, Lawn and Garden Soil Test Interpretations and Fertilizer Recommendation Guide
• SB1001, Recommended Chemical Soil Test Procedures for the North Central Region
• WQ450, Precision Agriculture: An Introduction
• WQ451, Precision Agriculture: Yield Monitors
• WQ452, Precision Agriculture: Global Positioning System (GPS)