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Title: Agricultural Service Laboratory Clemson University


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Agricultural Service LaboratoryClemson
University
  • http//www.clemson.edu/agsrvlb

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Death Valley
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Main Campus
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Tiger Paw Golf Green
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1980 - 2008
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Analytical Services
  • Soil Testing
  • Feed and Forage Analyses
  • Plant Tissue Analyses
  • Irrigation Water Analyses
  • Animal Waste Analyses
  • Compost Analyses

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Soil Testing Analyses
  • Routine Minerals
  • Phosphorus, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc,
    Manganese, Copper, Boron, and Sodium
  • pH
  • Organic Matter
  • Nitrate Nitrogen
  • Soluble Salts
  • Sulfur

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Yearly Soil Totals
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2007 Total Monthly Soil Samples
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Receiving Soil Samples
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Soil Bag Top Chopper
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Drying Soil Samples
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Grinding Soil Samples 10 mesh screen
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Checking In Soil Samples
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Scooping Soil for Mineral Analysis
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Adding Mehlich 1 Extracting Solution to Soil
Samples
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Shaker
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Filtering Soil Samples
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Pouring Extracts for ICP Analysis
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ICP for Mineral Analysis
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Argon Manifold for ICP
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Scooping Soil Samples for pH
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Adding Water to Soil Samples for pH
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Soil pH Analyser
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Moore-Sikora Buffer and Syringe Pump
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Lime Recommendation Chart
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Nitrate Analyzer for Soil and Water
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Scooping Soil for Nitrates
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Adding 0.04 M (NH4)2SO4 to Soil for Nitrates
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Filtering Soil for Nitrates
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LOI
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Soil Sample Storage
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Feed and Forage Analyses
  • Protein
  • Minerals
  • Ash
  • Nitrate Nitrogen
  • Fat
  • Acid Detergent Fiber
  • Neutral Detergent Fiber
  • Bound Protein
  • Soluble Sodium and Chloride
  • Soluble Protein
  • pH on Silages
  • Dry Matter

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Receiving Feed and Forage Samples
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Drying Oven for Feed and Forage60 degrees C
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Feed and Forage Grinder
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Weighing Feed and Plant Tissue Samples
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Hood for Wet Ash Digestion
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ICP for Mineral AnalysisPlant, Feed, Manure,and
Compost
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Combustion Analyzer for Nitrogen
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Ankom for ADF and NDF in Feed and Forage
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Soxhlet Extractors using Hexane for Percent Fat
in Feed and Forage
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Kjeldahl Distillation Unit for Bound Protein and
Soluble Protein
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Nitrate Meter for Feed and Forage, Plant Tissue,
and Animal Waste
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Plant Tissue Analyses
  • Routine Minerals
  • Phosphorus, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc,
    Copper, Manganese, Iron, and Sulfur
  • Nitrogen
  • Nitrate Nitrogen
  • Chloride
  • Boron and Aluminum

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Logging in Plant Tissue Samples
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Drying Plant Tissue at 80 Degress C and Grinding
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Animal Waste Analyses
  • Moisture
  • Organic Nitrogen
  • Ammonium Nitrogen
  • Minerals phosphorus, potassium, calcium,
    magnesium, sulfur, zinc, copper, manganese, and
    sodium
  • Nitrate Nitrogen
  • Arsenic
  • Calcium Carbonate Equivalency
  • pH
  • Soluble Phosphorus

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Hood for Handling and Logging in Fresh Samples
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Drying Ovens for Animal Waste80 degrees C
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Weighing Animal Waste Samples
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Manure Grinding
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Animal Waste Samples Shaking with 2 M KCl for
Ammonium Nitrogen
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Steam Distillation and Titration for Ammonium
Nitrogen in Animal Waste
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Weighing Animal Waste
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Irrigation Water Analyses
  • Routine Minerals
  • Phosphorus, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium,
    Manganese, Copper, Iron, Sodium, Boron, and
    Sulfur
  • Electrical Conductivity
  • pH
  • Nitrate Nitrogen
  • Alkalinity
  • Chloride

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Logging in Irrigation Water Samples
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Inductively Coupled Plasma for Mineral Analysis
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pH meter
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Electrical Conductivity Irrigation Water
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Titration for Alkalinity Irrigation Water
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Compost Analyses
  • Standard test
  • Moisture, Nitrogen, Carbon, pH, Organic Matter,
    and Soluble Salts
  • Special test
  • Standard plus Ammonium Nitrogen, Phosphorus,
    Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Sulfur, Zinc,
    Copper, Manganese, Iron, and Sodium
  • Bulk Density
  • Nitrate Nitrogen

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Carbon and Nitrogen Combustion
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Yearly Plant, Feed, Water, Waste and Other
Analysis Totals
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Office and Accounting
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Data Processing
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Web Reporting
  • Receive an email notification telling you when
    the results have been posted to the web
  • Click direct link to report or Logon to report
    distribution web site with email address and
    password
  • Search for soil or other test reports
  • Soil results can be downloaded into a comma
    delimited file

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Contact Information
  • http//www.clemson.edu/agsrvlb
  • 864-656-2068
  • Kathy Moore

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