From the Ohio Pork Council
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.
For more information and links to the original article go to https://ohiopork.org/soil-samples/