{"id":4530,"date":"2023-05-12T07:51:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T11:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soilsatguelph.ca\/?page_id=4530"},"modified":"2024-06-19T12:19:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T16:19:52","slug":"soil-health-testing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/soilsatguelph.ca\/soil-health-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Soil Health Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
OMAFRA released the Soil Health Assessment and Plan (SHAP) tool<\/a>\u00a0for use. SHAP is a mobile- or web-app based tool, created to assess field practices and is paired with lab analysis of soil health indicators.<\/p> With your help, the Soils At Guelph SHAP Ground-Truthing Project will help to populate the SHAP database with more agricultural soils from across Ontario.\u00a0 This is critically important to building scoring functions to compare individual samples to other soils. We aim to refine scoring functions based on texture.<\/p> The Project uses a smaller number of SHAP questions to complete the tool, but all the soil Best Management Practices are covered.<\/p> To register to participate,<\/strong> please email<\/strong> soils@uoguelph.ca.<\/a> Tell us your your name, county<\/strong>, and the number<\/strong> of fields\/orchards\/vineyards you’d like to sample. Our project can cover the cost of one sample analysis per field\/orchard\/vineyard for Ontario Farms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Once you\u2019ve successfully registered with soils@uoguelph.ca<\/a>, follow the 1 -2 -3 -4 Guide:<\/p> This has a $200+ value.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p> You will be part of building a soil health tool for #OntAg backed by real Ontario data!\u00a0 This is a first-come-first-serve offer with limited number of samples in 2023 to 2025.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t The SHAP Ground-Truthing Project will cover the cost of analysis for the following parameters:<\/p> SHAP analysis<\/strong> Plus Soil Texture analysis<\/strong> (% sand, silt, clay)<\/p> Plus Standard Fertility Package<\/strong> AND This is an abbreviated SHAP Tool as part of a project by Soils At Guelph with the goal of building the SHAP database with Ontario soil samples. No personal information (e.g. landowner names, addresses) is being collected. Any production information (e.g. questions on cropping rotations, tillage methods) is being collected in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for the purposes of this project. The information obtained will be anonymized, and may be made available to collaborating organizations, such as University, \u00a0GBF, EFAO, OSN, OSCIA, OMAFRA, and AAFC, and only for specific soil-related research. By participating in this project, you acknowledge that Soils At Guelph is collecting the data for this purpose and provide your consent.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t The first step in choosing a location is determining your Soil Health Goal.\u00a0 This can be done with grower and advisors together. Common goals include:<\/p> If you are choosing a location based on benchmarking or comparison, collect a sample from a point from within the area in question.\u00a0 If good data exists for the field (e.g. yield index maps, soil property maps) or if reliable management zones have been established, this information can guide the selection of a sampling location(s) within the field.<\/p> This guide<\/a>\u00a0provides more detailed information about defining a soil health goal and choosing a sample location.\u00a0 Additional information can be found in\u00a0OMAFRA’s Detailed Guidebook<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t All sample submissions must be accompanied by a completed submission form.\u00a0 The form and necessary details will be sent to your email once you\u2019ve submitted the SHAP Soil Management Tool (Step 1) and<\/u> SHAP In-field Tool (Step 2).<\/strong><\/p> Remember to keep the sample cool before shipping, and<\/p> 1 sample = 2 bags of soil\u00a0\u00a0<\/p> Completed forms will include:<\/p> Ship<\/strong> samples to:\u00a0 Agriculture and Food Laboratory, Univ Guelph, 95 Stone Rd W, Guelph, ON N1G 2Z4. Or drop-off<\/strong> Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm or Saturday, 9:30am to 1:30pm<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t You will get two sets of results.<\/p> The first results<\/strong> will arrive a few weeks after you’ve submitted them to the lab.\u00a0 \u201cSHAPPROJECT\u201d results will come from Agriculture & Food Laboratory,\u00a0 directly to the email provided on the lab submission form.\u00a0 Soils At Guelph will also be sent a copy for our database.<\/p> Note that soil health testing is intensive.\u00a0 Results may take longer than usual to process.<\/p> The second results<\/strong> will arrive during the late winter following your sampling season.\u00a0 It will be a Soil Health Report from Soils At Guelph.\u00a0 This report assigns a soil health scores to your lab results, helping you to interpret the lab results.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Our Ground Truthing project is helping to support OMAFRA\u2019s SHAP Tool by helping to build the database with Ontario Soils.<\/p> More information on OMAFRA’s SHAP initiative is available through their Field Crop News<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Do you have a question?\u00a0 Maybe someone has asked your question already.\u00a0 See the list below for a series of common questions.<\/p><\/div> A9)<\/span> It was sent to you automatically when you completed Step 2 (SHAP-Infield Data Collection Form).\u00a0 It is a 6-digit alpha-numeric code.\u00a0 The email comes from microsoft@powerapps.com. <\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>
organic matter (OM)
aggregate stability active carbon (POXc)
respiration (96-hr carbon mineralization CO2)
potentially mineralizable nitrogen (PMN)<\/p>
(pH, CEC, P, K, Ca, Mg)<\/p>
carbon (inorganic, organic and total) and total nitrogen<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t