Services & Fees

Landscape
Level 1	Fertility Test: Nutrients, pH, recommendations	$15
Level 2	Problem Solver (soil/plant suitability test): Nutrients, pH, soluble salt level, organic matter content, soil textural class, recommendations	$35
Level 3	Topsoil Evaluation: Nutrients, pH, soluble salt level, organic matter content, percentages of sand/silt/clay, soil textural class, gravel content, recommendations	$60

Farm
Level 1	Fertility Test: Nutrients, pH, estimated CEC & cation saturation, recommendations	$15
Level 2	Pre-sidedress Nitrate Test Only: To determine mid-season N requirement	$10
Level 3	Enhanced Test: Nutrients, pH, estimated CEC & cation saturation, Inorganic-nitrogen, organic matter content, recommendations	$35

Greenhouse
Saturated (Organic) Media Extract Analysis: Nutrients, pH, electrical conductivity, inorganic nitrogen	$35

Sport Turf
Level 1	Fertility Test: Nutrients, pH, estimated CEC & cation saturation, recommendations	$15
Level 2	Complete Test: Nutrients, pH, estimated CEC & cation saturation, soluble salt level, organic matter* content, soil textural class, recommendations	$35
Level 3	Sand Root Zone Test: Nutrients, pH, estimated CEC & cation saturation, recommendations, soluble salt level, organic matter* content, percentage fines	$40
*Organic matter content would be determined by Loss-on-ignition for golf course greens, as described by USGA guidelines.

Engineering
Level 1	Permeability Class Rating: Percentages sand/silt/clay, sieve analysis of sand, gravel content	$80
Level 2	Boring/Excavation Material Test: Acid-producing soil test	$20
Level 3	Topsoil Evaluation: Fertility, pH, soluble salt level, organic matter content, percentages of sand/silt/clay, soil textural class, gravel content	$60
Level 4	Ecological Research Test: Nutrients, pH, estimated CEC & cation saturation, soluble salts, organic matter content, percentages of sand/silt/clay, soil textural class, TKN, Inorganic N	$90

Individual Special Soil Tests ("a la carte")
Soil pH and Lime Requirement Only	$7.50
Soluble Salt Test	$7.50
Soil Organic Matter Content	$12.50
Loss-on-ignition OM (LOI)	$10
Soil Texture (sand/silt/clay %)	$30
USDA Sieve Analysis of Sand	$50
Inorganic Nitrogen	$15
Total (Kjeldahl) Nitrogen	$15
Cation Exchange Capacity	$40
CEC & Exchangeable Cations	$50
Lead Screening by Mehlich 3	$15

Other Analyses
Water Analysis for Irrigation: pH, soluble salt content, Nitrate, P	$20
Plant Tissue Analysis: N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Cu, Mn, Zn, B, Fe, Mo	$40
Plant Tissue Analysis: pre-ground samples ($5 credit per sample for grinding)	$35

Fee Adjustments
Express Processing: per sample, turnaround will depend on tests and number of samples, includes faxing of results	$50

Notes:
"Nutrients" refers to P, K, Ca, Mg, Cu, Mn, Zn, B, Fe.
Cation saturation refers to calculated % of CEC for macronutrient cations: Ca, Mg, K.
The pH test includes determination of lime requirement by Adams-Evans buffer.
When not preceded by "percentages of sand/silt/clay", "soil textural class" refers to texture by feel (qualitative).

Soil Testing Lab Links

For More Information:

Rutgers Soil Testing Laboratory
P.O. Box 902
Milltown, NJ 08850
Telephone: 732-932-9295
Email: soiltest@njaes.rutgers.edu

County Offices:

Need more information about testing services and costs at the Rutgers Soil Testing Laboratory?
Contact your Cooperative Extension county office for answers to your questions.

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