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Nitrogen
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Nitrate
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Phosphorus
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Potassium
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Magnesium
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Calcium
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Sodium
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Sulfur
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Zinc
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Manganese
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Copper
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Iron
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Boron
Why are these elements important? To much of a certain element can kill a plant or even a animal, two little can make it hard for a plant to grow. So its important to test soils to see what elements you may have to much or to little of so you know what elements you need to add or take out to help better your chance of growth.
This week i had the opportunity to go to Agsource A Soil/Water testing company but that's not all they can even test certain animal parts for certain animals such as the eye of a cow.
First why is soil and water testing important soil testing prepares the farmers in what is in there soil and how they need to further prepare there soil weather its certain tools or food/proteins they need for the soil.
how to get soil for testing. when searching for soil you want to use a soil probe and walk in a w shape "W" shape around you field and at each point of the "W" grab soil and put it into a bucket and then mix it and send about a cup full to you local Ag source.
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List of elements that farmers might be looking for in there soil.
Agsource
This is a soil Analysis Report it shows the costumer what is in there soil so the costumer can know what they need to do to improve its growth quality of there soil for the plant they want to grow.
water test coliform ecolie bugs in drinking........... soil ph robot
When testing for E,coli or chloroform they use a black lite and little test bubbles field with water ass seen below it turns out the more positive bubble the more of these bacteria there is in the water.
