ACRES USA · QMA RESEARCH

Help QMA improve soil-test interpretation.

For the next three months, we are inviting ACRES readers to participate in QMA research with no obligation and without the need to purchase a plan or obtain a new soil test. Your existing reports and practical experience will help identify what laboratory reports leave unexplained, how variations in reported values, units, and methods affect a reader’s understanding, and how QMA can present recommendations, calculations, safeguards, and application instructions more clearly.

By participating, you will help shape a service for growers who want practical, naturally focused guidance, including those whose reports use different laboratory methods or formats. You will have access to QMA support for questions about the research program and how the service is intended to work. You will also receive a one-time 10% discount on your first purchased QMA Soil Amendment Plan, should you decide to purchase one.

Reports submitted for research may be older and do not need to meet the same requirements as a soil test used for a QMA plan. If you later decide to purchase a QMA plan, the same report may be used if it is current, site-specific, and contains the information needed to prepare your plan. If it does not, a new soil test will be required.

QMA does not support or endorse any particular laboratory or testing method. If a report does not provide enough information for a sound interpretation, QMA will explain what is missing rather than make an unsupported recommendation.