Soil Sampling
- Sampling Depths : 0 - 6 and 6 - 24 inches
- Sample Sites Per Field : 160 acres and less - 15 : greater than 160 acres - 20
- GPS sample sites if requested
We have a soil sample rig attached to an ATV, so we can sample in almost any field conditions. When your field is too wet to work and you want soil samples taken, give us a call and we'll be there. We also have hand probes if conditions are too extreme for the ATV - we're unstoppable!
Tone Ag Consulting has a Ranger Soils Auger which allows us to do deep soil sampling. Our primary use for this auger is to establish background profiles for fields where manure will be spread. Depending on the soil, we can sample to depths of up to 30 feet.
Learning how to use the soils auger, July 2001
A Soil Profile, July 2001In fall of 2004, Tone Ag Consulting carried out detailed soil surveys (survey intensity level 3 SIL3) several fields, which included the following tasks:
- review of background environmental conditions
- interpretation of stereo aerial photographs and delineation of terrain polygons
- ground-truthing of terrain polygons
- establishment of representative soil inspection sites soil sites
- sampling of representative soil series for chemical and physical characteristics
- GPS location plotted on ortho photos and recorded in tabular forms
- soil legend development
- soil-landscape map production
- wrinting up a final report including all data and digital maps to be made available to become part of Manitoba soil database