The AgSource Soil and Forage Laboratories in Bonduel, Wis., and Belmond, Iowa, and AgSource Harris Laboratories in Lincoln, Neb., are industry leaders in providing broad based agronomic testing services. Laboratory results help customers increase profits and product yields by identifying potential problems in soil nutrient levels, soil pH or plant nutrient utilization.
AgSource provides feed and forage analysis services in a variety of packages and options for both Wet Chemistry and NIR analyses. Roughly 50 percent of our analysis is done using wet chemistry. This gives AgSource customers a huge advantage in accuracy versus competitor labs that run infrequent wet chemistry samples. Our wet chemistry lab runs full time; therefore, we constantly check our NIR samples to assure accuracy and enable us to update our NIR equations on a regular basis.
A wide variety of feed products are capable of being analyzed at our lab. The majority can be analyzed by NIR. Typical constituents include dry matter, protein and acid detergent fiber, neutral detergent fiber along with major minerals phosphorus, calcium, magnesium and potassium. Upgraded packages include ash, fat, lignin, NDF_CP, starch, pH and NDF digestibility. Wet chemistry analysis is available for most constituents listed.
Plant tissue testing is a growing area for the laboratories, especially for Christmas trees, cranberries, and other fruits and vegetables. In addition, AgSource Harris Laboratories is a trusted resource for turf and media analysis. AgSource also provides Global Positioning (GPS) field mapping services.
The AgSource Soil & Forage Lab is certified by the National Forage Testing Association (NFTA) and the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP); approved by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa and Illinois; and a member of the Illinois Fertilizer and Ag Chemical Association, the Wisconsin Agri-Service Association, the Illinois Soil Testing Association, and the Wisconsin Fertilizer and Chemical Association.
