# Knowledge about samples

How do you take a good sample? How do you read the result? Here you will find explanations about soil, manure, feed and water.


## Read how it works

- [Taking a good soil sample](https://monsternemer.nl/en/knowledge/taking-a-soil-sample/): A result is only as good as the sample.
- [When should you have your soil sampled?](https://monsternemer.nl/en/knowledge/when-to-sample-soil/): Soil can be sampled almost all year round.
- [Reading the results of a soil analysis](https://monsternemer.nl/en/knowledge/reading-soil-results/): The results of a soil analysis are full of numbers and abbreviations.
- [Reading the silage analysis](https://monsternemer.nl/en/knowledge/reading-silage-analysis/): A silage analysis tells you what your forage is worth.
- [Sampling manure: why mixing is so important](https://monsternemer.nl/en/knowledge/sampling-manure/): Slurry is never the same throughout.
- [Drinking water for livestock: what to look out for](https://monsternemer.nl/en/knowledge/drinking-water-livestock/): Animals drink a lot of water every day.
- [Checklist for sampling](https://monsternemer.nl/en/knowledge/sampling-checklist/): With a few small preparations, sampling goes quickly and the result is accurate.

## Useful to keep

- [Annual planning](https://monsternemer.nl/en/knowledge/annual-planning/): Which sample in which season.
- [Glossary](https://monsternemer.nl/en/knowledge/glossary/): From Nmin to VEM, briefly explained.

## 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/knowledge/