Company Profile

Western Laboratories, Inc. has sveral well-trained Laboratory Technicians are cross-trained to perform all of the analysis the lab provides. Western Laboratories is a full service commercial laboratory for testing of soils, plants, nematodes, plant diseases, manures, feed and water. The firm specialize in providing information about the chemical, physical and biological properties of soils. Western Laboratories are the world’s largest potato and onion testing laboratory, complementing the testing services of many EPA laboratories with expertise in regional soil extraction techniques and fertilizer recommendations. Personnel provide useful recommendations about soil improvement, customized for the crops or plants of interest, based on crop curves and sufficiency ranges processing 50,000 soil, 12,000 plant tissue, 3,000 feed, 3,000 biological, 500 manure, 6,000 nematode and 1,500 plant disease samples per year from 6,000 clients. Samples include both agricultural fields (155 crops) as well as golf courses, parks, forests, municipal works and home lawn and garden. We have the capability of processing up to 1,000 samples per day, and can provide results in as little as 24 to 48 hours, depending upon the test requested. Western Laboratories has been a voluntary participant in the American Society of Agronomy Soil Proficiency Exchange Program since 1978. We were among the first of four laboratories to participate in this program.