The Cook County Farm Bureau does NOT accept soil samples for testing at the Countryside location. They do offer a service where people can purchase prepaid bags to ship their soil to an off-site laboratory. The test results are shared with Extension offices.

The Cook County Farm Bureau has recently had a few people bring in or mail in soil samples to be tested - resulting in disappointed and confused clients. This also puts Farm Bureau in an awkward situation.

Please refer to the attached brochure explaining their program.

Cook County Farm Bureau Soil Testing Brochure

Nancy Kreith

Extension Program Coordinator

University of Illinois Extension

3807 W. 111th Street

Chicago, IL. 60655

office: 773.233.0476

fax: 773.233.0910

cell: 708.567.6101

url: http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/cook/