Brookside Laboratories Joins the OMAFRA Soil Test Lab Accreditation Program

Brookside Laboratories, Inc., of New Knoxville, Ohio, has met the requirements of the OMAFRA Soil Test Lab Accreditation Program, and has been added to the list of accredited labs. This accreditation covers soil tests for nitrate nitrogen, plant available phosphorus (sodium bicarbonate extractable), plant available potassium and magnesium (ammonium acetate extractable), zinc and manganese indexes, and soil pH and buffer pH.

Soil test accreditation provides assurance to the farmers of Ontario, and to the public, that soil test labs are providing accurate analytical results to farmers. This provides the basis for responsible management of nutrients on agricultural land, so that applications of fertilizers and manure are both agronomically and environmentally sound.

To be accredited, labs must demonstrate that they can correctly analyze a series of nine samples over three months, and then continue to provide the correct analyses on quarterly exchange samples. In addition, they must have an acceptable internal quality control system, as well as adequate facilities and equipment to handle and analyze samples.

Accreditation does not cover the fertilizer recommendations made by agronomists working for the lab. However, with the accredited test you can use the tables in OMAFRA publications to determine your own fertilizer recommendations, if you so wish.

Brookside Laboratories join the five soil test laboratories that are currently accredited by OMAFRA: Accutest Labs in Nepean; Agrifood Labs in Guelph;, A&L Canada Laboratories in London; Soil and Nutrient Lab at the University of Guelph; and Stratford Agri Analysis in Stratford.

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