Testing services

  • Cornell Soil Health Lab - The Cornell Soil Health Testing Laboratory is the home of the Comprehensive Assessment of Soil Health (CASH): the Comprehensive Assessment of Soil Health is designed for farmers, gardeners, agricultural service providers, landscape managers and researchers who want to go beyond simply testing the nutrient levels of their soils. It was the first commercially-available laboratory soil health test that provided standardized information on important soil biological and physical constraints, in addition to standard nutrient analysis. (Absorbed the Cornell Nutrient Analysis Lab in 2023.)
  • Dairy One Soil Laboratory - Testing to determine the nutrient content of your soil to provide you with the information necessary to determine what crops will thrive and what amendments are needed to optimize growth. Follow this with a manure analysis to determine the nutrients that you can readily supply from the farm and minimize your purchased fertilizer costs. As a final test, plant tissue analyses can be used as a diagnostic tool to identify nutrient excesses or deficiencies.
  • Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic - The clinic provides fast and accurate plant disease diagnosis and up-to-date pest control recommendations for anyone from home owners to commercial growers. Services include analysis of plant material and soil for bacterial, fungal, viral, and nematode pathogen.
  • Insect Diagnostic Lab - At Cornell’s Department of Entomology, the Insect Diagnostic Lab can help identify insects and related arthropods, and provide management suggestions if needed.  If you already know what you have want more information, they have a number of factsheets available.
  • NYS Seed Testing Lab - Crop seed must be tested for germination and noxious weeds to legally be sold in New York.  Planting high quality seeds is the first step to growing a successful crop. The Seed Testing Laboratory provides assurances to the agricultural community that seed used in production is healthy and robust. The Lab performs critical functions for the agricultural industry, testing 800 samples annually to ensure that seed purchased by New York State farmers and consumers is true to label claim, meets minimum germination standards, and is free of noxious weed seeds.