Soil Sampling Best Practices

Soil sampling is the foundation of every good fertility plan. In this FarmQA webinar, Nicholas Birkhimer (FarmQA Technology Specialist) walks through step-by-step soil sampling workflows—from setting up grids, zones, and composite samples to assigning tasks, collecting barcodes, and integrating lab results.

Whether you’re managing a few fields or dozens, you’ll learn how to streamline soil sampling in FarmQA to save time, improve consistency, and make better fertility recommendations.

Watch and learn how to:
Build efficient sampling grids, zones, or composite setups
Assign tasks and balance workloads across your team
Use flexible point numbering to match your sampling strategy
Track progress and manage barcoding for lab submissions

Who should watch: Agronomists, field tech leads, and anyone overseeing soil sampling operations.

0:00 – Welcome & introductions
3:56 – Webinar overview + upcoming FarmQA webinars
6:40 – Preparing for soil sampling (season setup, management zones, work page)
12:50 – Task setup in FarmQA (composite, grid, and zone sampling tasks)
19:40 – Composite sampling demo
24:00 – Grid sampling demo (creating/editing grids)
28:40 – Zone sampling demo (management zones + points)
33:00 – Scheduling multiple tasks at once
35:40 – Task management in the Work Page & mobile app
41:20 – Collecting samples in the field (navigation, barcodes, zones)
46:50 – Tracking sampling progress & completed tasks
48:30 – Q&A: Pre-populating numbers, lab integrations, workflows
52:05 – Lab integrations (Agvise, Midwest Labs, ANL, Servitec, more)
53:26 – Support resources & closing remarks