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Soil Sampling Services

Everything is built off a strong foundation — and soil sampling is your 1st step.

Before the first seed goes in the ground, Bollmeyer Inc. helps you understand exactly what your fields need. Grid soil sampling gives us a true picture of fertility across every acre, so the right product goes in the right place at the right rate.

Soil sampling sets the table for everything that follows — fall fertilizer, lime applications, and fall cover crop seed. It is the data foundation behind our variable-rate fertilizer and lime recommendations, helping you stop over-applying where you don't need it and start investing where it pays.

Schedule Sampling: (712) 947-4104
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The Benefits of Soil Sampling

Knowing what is in your soil takes the guesswork out of your fertility program and helps protect your bottom line season after season.

Establish Baseline Fertility

Get an accurate, field-wide snapshot of where your nutrient levels stand today so every recommendation starts from real numbers.

Plan Future Nutrient Needs

Track fertility trends over time and budget ahead with confidence, matching inputs to the yield goals you are chasing.

Power Variable-Rate Applications

Grid data is the basis for variable-rate fertilizer and lime, placing product exactly where each acre needs it.

Manage Soil pH

Identify acidic and high-pH zones so lime is applied only where it improves nutrient availability and crop performance.

Improve Nutrient Availability

Correcting pH and nutrient imbalances helps the inputs you already buy actually reach the crop and work harder.

Smarter Manure Management

Credit the nutrients already in your soil and manure so you apply commercial fertilizer responsibly and economically.

Choose Your Sampling Resolution

We offer several grid sizes plus fully custom sampling. A tighter grid captures more detail and supports more precise variable-rate recommendations — our agronomists will help you pick the right fit for each field.

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2.5-Acre Grid
2.5 acre

High-resolution sampling for fields with variable soils, delivering the most precise zone-by-zone recommendations.

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4.4-Acre Grid
4.4 acre

Our go-to balance of detail and value — tighter resolution for stronger variable-rate fertilizer and lime recommendations.

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10-Acre Grid
10 acre

A cost-effective starting point that establishes baseline fertility and pH across the field with full sampling recommendations.

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Need something different? We also offer fully custom sampling tailored to your fields, problem areas, and management zones. Not sure which grid is right for you? Let our agronomy team walk you through it.
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From Soil Data to Variable-Rate in the Field

Soil sampling is only the beginning. We turn your grid samples and yield data into variable-rate fertilizer and lime prescriptions, then apply them with GPS-guided equipment for true acre-by-acre precision.

  • Variable-rate fertilizer recommendations from soil & yield data
  • Lime placed only where pH demands it
  • GPS mapping for repeatable, year-over-year tracking
  • Recommendations built by a Certified Crop Adviser-led team

Does Soil Sampling Work?

See it for yourself. These two pH grid maps of the same farm show how a sampling-driven lime and fertility program corrected acidic zones and evened out soil pH across the field over time.

Field soil pH grid map from 1998 showing acidic zones before a sampling-driven program
1998 Soil pH

Before — uneven, with acidic zones limiting nutrient availability.

Field soil pH grid map from 2002 showing balanced pH after a sampling-driven program
2002 Soil pH

After — balanced pH across the field from targeted lime applications.

Start with the soil.

Ready to build your fertility program on real data? Contact Tony, Brandon, or Tate to schedule soil sampling for your fields.

(712) 947-4104 Email Our Agronomy Team