Plant Tissue Analysis

Plant tissue analysis is an important diagnostic tool. Measuring nutrients in plant tissue allows you to “ask the plant how it feels” about growing conditions and nutrient availability. There is more to a plant than nutrients. By looking at carbohydrate fractions there is an opportunity to further characterize what a healthy productive plant is.

Interpretation is everything so we provide DRIS (Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System) as well as the industry standard critical level approach. Our soil report adds a colour coded interpretation so you can visualize the limitations in your soil. Wealso offer combined soil and plant tissue reports to improve interpretation of your results.

Plant Tissue  – $35.00

Includes: Protein, Fibre, Sugar, Mineral Composition (Corn Only), Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, Sulfur, Sodium, Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Boron, Copper, Zinc (All Crops)

Plant Tissue Tracker

Plant Tissue Test Like a Pro!

• Track your nutrients through the growing season.
• Tired of flipping between pages? Compare good/poor areas of fields on the same report.
• All data is tracked by Growth Stage to provide a fair comparison between fields planted at different times.

To submit a tissue sample or statt a tracker site please fill out a Submission Form

How to take a Plant Tissue Test

View our Plant Tissue Sampling Guide

Corn

Less than V3 – Whole Plants

V3-Silking – The most recently collared leaf

Silking – Ear Leaf

Soybeans

First Fully Developed Trifoliate

Wheat

Most Recently Matured Leaf

How to Interpret Our Plant Tissue Reports:

View: Understanding Your Plant Tissue Test

Staygreen Program Details

What is the Staygreen Program?
This program is designed to allow farmers to benchmark the nutrient availability from your field against high yielding fields using soil testing & plant tissue testing. Go beyond a soil test and understand how GEM (Genetics, Environment and Management) impact nutrient availability.

How it works:
Step 1: Pick a spot. This spot should be representative of the most common management zone in the field (Representative soil type, yield, etc)
Step 2: Call us to set up your location.
Step 3: Either you can sample yourself or we take care of the rest!

Available Crops:
Corn, Soybeans & Some Edible Bean Varieties (We will provide info about which ones as we have it)

What You Receive
1) Complete Soil Sample – The soil info you are used to PLUS soil texture (type), carbonates, displacement CEC, compaction risk and more. View Here.
2) Four Plant Tissue Reports (V6, V10, VT, R3 for Corn, Bean Samples pulled at the same time as the Corn if you have both) – View Here.
3) Plant Tissue Tracker Report – Benchmark your nutrient levels to the top 10% of Staygreen sites from previous years by growth stage and over time. View Here.
4) Final Yield based off cobs/plants shelled at the end of the season. Calculated bushels per acre based off plant population count, nutrient removal & kernel weight.
5) NEW for 2023! – Collection of precipitation and GDU data as well as some management data (planting date, tillage, etc)
6) YEN Style end of season report

Custom Sampling Cost Per Site – $500/Site
We sample, 5 visits, includes the cost of the analysis & sampling.
For sampling within 50 km of Honeyland Ag Services. Beyond 50 km a travel fee applies (will vary depending on distance but may be waived depending on the number of sites in an area and the distance. Custom sampling is not mandatory but is recommended to ensure consistency in sampling practices and that all samples get pulled.

You Sample (You Sample 1 Soil, 4 Plant Tissue, 1 Yield Assessment) – $237.50/Site
Plant Tissue – $35.00/Sample Complete Soil – $47.50/sample Yield Assessment – $50/sample

To sign up:

Phone Chris – (226) 377-8485
Email – [email protected]