With planting underway, the SoilView team is getting ready for a busy season of soil sampling services, including EIC soil sampling, moisture probe installations, soil health sampling, carbon sampling, in-crop nitrate and tissue sampling, and crop scouting. With all of this upcoming field work, it’s crucial that we take steps to care for and avoid damaging the growers’ newly planted fields.

Proper Training for Field Technicians

At SoilView, we make it a priority to thoroughly train all of our field technicians on the proper protocols for working in growing crops. This training ensures our team can make informed decisions while providing services without harming crops. A few key areas that we make sure our team is aware of are:

• Avoiding entering fields that are still tacky from planting to prevent picking up newly planted seed.
• Identifying where to drive when crops aren’t yet emerged to minimize soil compaction and damage.
• Checking crop height to determine if it’s still short enough to drive in.
• How to properly turn around at field edges.

Handling Contour or Narrow Row Crops

While narrow rows, drilled crops, contours, and other specialty planting configurations require extra care during sampling, they can still be excellent candidates for EIC sampling. They might just have a shorter window of opportunity. Make sure to identify these (and the correct crop – corn grows FAST!) on your soil sampling order so your SoilView Manager can prioritize these first.

If you have high-priority EIC fields that need urgent attention, mark them as “Ready” today. Your area manager and the SoilView Support team are ready to assist with scheduling and execution.