SOIL SAMPLES

The Ohio Pork Council is pleased to announce its partnership with Brookside Laboratories to provide discounted soil and manure samples for all Ohio pig farmers. In an effort to help your operation, Brookside Laboratories has generously offered to provide soil samples for $3/sample and manure samples for $20/sample for all Ohio pig farmers.

After completing a required survey, you will be provided an email with further instructions, a unique identifying code and an order form to be submitted with your soil and manure samples. Special soil sample bags and manure containers will be provided though select integrators and county extension offices.

Step 1 – Complete survey

Step 2 – Obtain soil sample bags and manure collection containers

Step 3 – Take samples

Step 4 – Complete Brookside Worksheet

Step 5 – Send samples and worksheet to Brookside Labs ( 200 White Mountain Dr., New Bremen, Ohio 45869)

Questions? Concerns? Please contact Tom Menke, Menke Consulting 937.447.4225

Participation in this program is 100% voluntary. By participating, you agree to allow the Ohio Pork Council to utilize the information provided at their discretion in an aggregated format. Additionally, your participation allows Brookside Labs, Inc. to release the results of your tests – in aggregate format with no personal information – to the Ohio Pork Council to use as they see fit.

SURVEYOn behalf of the Ohio Pork Council, thank you for taking the time to complete this quick survey. This information is invaluable as we demonstrate to the media, regulators and lawmakers, stakeholders and our neighbors the efforts of the pork producers in this state to effectively manage nutrients and serve as stewards of our natural resources. All answers to the questions will remain anonymous, and only aggregated data will be utilized in any way. Any personally identifiable information, such as zip code or email address, will not be utilized publicly in any way. Data will be aggregated by zip codes and will not be used if there is not more than one respondent per zip code. Email addresses will only be used to deliver a discount code from the Ohio Pork Council to each respondent.

BROOKSIDE WORKSHEETClick here for required Brookside Worksheet.

SOIL SAMPLE INFORMATIONClick here for information on taking your own soil samples.

HOW TO TAKE YOUR OWN MANURE SAMPLESClick here for information on taking your own manure samples.

TEST PROBESClick here for example test probes.