SOIL SAMPLING & TESTING

Healthy soil is essential for successful production of all agricultural crops on both small and large farms. Please contact us if your company is interested in maintaining or improving soil fertility or the most efficient use of fertilizers and chemicals to achieve higher yields in the short and long run. BRIDGES offers services on sampling and testing soil in the US laboratory within the Ag Progress Project.

In 2011, we have interviewed a number of American farmers and agronomists regarding the best soil testing laboratory. Criteria we used included possibility to make adjustments in soil testing for other countries, participation in the agronomy research, precision of soil test results and recommendations, capacity, turnover time, etc. The laboratory that received the highest scores became part of the BRIDGES Program.

Our laboratory has successfully been operating in the US for more than 40 years and is a leader of the American market. The capacity of the laboratory ensures quick and high-quality testing of more than 100,000 soil samples per year. In the high season, the laboratory tests about 2,000 samples per day.

For the convenience of the Ukrainian clients, all test results and recommendation on fertilizer application are provided in two languages: English and Ukrainian. Soil test results and fertilizer application recommendations are returned within 10 business days after the soil is received in Ukrainian office.

SOIL TESTING IN THE US

To optimize fertilizer expenses of agricultural enterprises and improve soil fertility BRIDGES offers the following:

FIELD MAPPING

ADDITIONAL AGRONOMY SUPPORT

PROVISION OF SOIL TEST RESULTS AND FERTILIZER APPLICATION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR VARIOUS CROPS AND YIELD GOALS IN ENGLISH AND UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE

DEVELOPMENT OF MAPS SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF MAIN ELEMENTS ON THE FIELD

SOIL SAMPLING

SOIL TESTING IN THE LABORATORY IN THE US

We provide year-round high quality results and the American standard of service.

For those companies interested in upgrading the agronomy knowledge of their top managers and agronomists, BRIDGES offers agronomy support, provided by the leading American agronomists who are not related to companies selling equipment, seeds, fertilizers, chemicals, etc.

• Prior to starting testing Ukrainian soil in the US in 2013, Ukrainian – American BRIDGES team worked with Ukrainian soils and conducted research for several years. It makes BRIDGES team one the most professional in providing recommendations on fertilizers application, as we combine American lab testing capacities and deep understanding of current situation with the Ukrainian soil and its specific conditions.

• BRIDGES strictly follows the instructions of the US lab on sampling and preparation of soil for testing

SOIL TESTING WITH BRIDGES – WHY US?

• Soil testing and development of recommendations on fertilizer application are done by the Servi-Tech, leading US lab that is successfully operating at the market for more than 47 years
• Preparation of soil for testing is done by the team trained by the US lab experts