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The mission of the Soil Testing Laboratories is to help the citizens of Kentucky maintain productive and economical plant growth operations by offering tests on soils, water, greenhouse media, animal waste, and mine spoils; with subsequent fertilizer and lime recommendations.

Introduction: Chemical tests are offered on media utilized for plant growth operations such as soils, water for tobacco float-beds, greenhouse media, and animal waste. Chemical analyses and recommendations from the University of Kentucky (UK) Agricultural Testing Labs are specifically made for Kentucky conditions. Nutrient needs and fertilizer responses are determined by research conducted through the UK College of Agriculture on crops and soils in Kentucky.

Locations: The University of Kentucky operates agricultural testing labs at Lexington and Princeton. The Lexington lab performs the routine soil test (pH, buffer pH, P, K, Ca, Mg, Zn) and non-routine tests which include boron, organic matter, and triazine residue in soil, pH and nutrients in greenhouse media used for various horticultural crops, pH and nutrients in water used for irrigation and nutrient solution purposes, nutrients in animal waste used for land application, and potential acidity in mine spoil. The Princeton lab performs the routine soil test.

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	Soils County Gate Tests Forms Publications Calculators SoilData Soil Test Summaries Miscellaneous Personnel Frank Sikora, Soil Test Coordinator 103 Regulatory Services Building Division of Regulatory Services University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40546-0275 E-Mail \| (859) 257-2785 Regulatory Services Home \| Email Us \| Print Copyright © 2008. An Equal Opportunity University, University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture.	The mission of the Soil Testing Laboratories is to help the citizens of Kentucky maintain productive and economical plant growth operations by offering tests on soils, water, greenhouse media, animal waste, and mine spoils; with subsequent fertilizer and lime recommendations. Introduction: Chemical tests are offered on media utilized for plant growth operations such as soils, water for tobacco float-beds, greenhouse media, and animal waste. Chemical analyses and recommendations from the University of Kentucky (UK) Agricultural Testing Labs are specifically made for Kentucky conditions. Nutrient needs and fertilizer responses are determined by research conducted through the UK College of Agriculture on crops and soils in Kentucky. Locations: The University of Kentucky operates agricultural testing labs at Lexington and Princeton. The Lexington lab performs the routine soil test (pH, buffer pH, P, K, Ca, Mg, Zn) and non-routine tests which include boron, organic matter, and triazine residue in soil, pH and nutrients in greenhouse media used for various horticultural crops, pH and nutrients in water used for irrigation and nutrient solution purposes, nutrients in animal waste used for land application, and potential acidity in mine spoil. The Princeton lab performs the routine soil test.