# Samples for dairy farmers

Grass, silage, manure and drinking water: on a dairy farm, everything is connected. With the right samples, you know where you stand.


## From grassland to ration

On a dairy farm, soil, grass, silage and cow are connected. A soil analysis of your grassland shows whether the foundation is right. A silage analysis shows what your cows are really eating.

With a manure sample, you know what you are returning to the land with your own slurry. A water sample shows whether the drinking water is in order.

## What we sample for you

For dairy farmers, these are the samples we take most often:

- **Grassland**: Soil analysis of the topsoil
- **Silage and bales**: Silage analysis per cut
- **Slurry**: What is in your manure
- **Drinking water**: From well, pipe or ditch

## Learn more

- [Reading a silage analysis](https://monsternemer.nl/en/knowledge/reading-silage-analysis/): VEM, DVE, OEB and dry matter explained.
- [Sampling manure](https://monsternemer.nl/en/knowledge/sampling-manure/): Why mixing matters so much.
- [Drinking water for livestock](https://monsternemer.nl/en/knowledge/drinking-water-livestock/): Warning signs and what you can do.

## From list to lab, without manual work

Every list, every field and every sample bag is in our own app, from the first phone call to the courier. As a result, less goes wrong, it takes fewer hours and more information goes to the laboratory with each sample.

- Call script with the questions from the protocol
- Walking route and zigzag across the field, with GPS
- Labels from the printer, every sample bag scanned twice
- Farmers' data in one secure place

[All about the app](https://monsternemer.nl/en/app/)

**Need a sample taken?** Request sampling. You will receive a quote in advance and a proposed time. [Request sampling](https://monsternemer.nl/en/request/)

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Source: https://monsternemer.nl/en/for-whom/dairy-farmers/