For farmers and ranchers

Start free. Add help when you need it.

Three ways to work with Soil Health Exchange: a free account, My Farm for the records that repeat every season, and a soil scientist when a decision needs a second read.

Free account

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One farm profile: state, system, practices, and goal
Saved expert answers, articles, and resources
Your questions, with the expert answer kept automatically
Cost-share, grant, and loan programs matched to your farm
One free soil assessment report
One new sampling plan a month

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My Farm

$9/month

or $90/year (save $18) · 30 days free, card required

Everything in the free account
Every soil assessment report, with soil-test history and seasonal comparisons
Fields, records, and cover-crop plans in one private place
3 new sampling plans a month and 100 saved sampling campaigns
CEMA 216 Field Pack included (one during the trial)
Funding Action Packs, application tracking, and dated reminders
One private summary to bring an adviser up to speed
Export anytime; records stay readable after you cancel

Start the 30-day free trial Or choose $90/year

Expert help

from $99

Soil Decision Review · written within 5 business days

A soil scientist personally reads your soil tests and CREU assessment, then writes what stands out, what to do first, and what to confirm — delivered by email.

One soil-test report for one field and one primary question
A written interpretation with prioritized next steps
One clarification or correction round requested within 14 days of delivery
Private intake before payment; if your report cannot support a useful review, you are not asked to pay

Bigger projects: hands-on applications from $1,500 or advisory work at $125/hour, scoped by email.

What the review covers

acres behind the farmer questions our experts have answered: 40,806
article reads: 5,662
founding members in the Founding Circle: 10

“We want to learn and improve our stewardship steps with others.”

Michael McDonaldFounding member · Indigo Ridge Farms and the NE Soil Health Coalition

“The lessons of taking care of the land, the people that worked with us, the animals and even of the wildlife on the land were more of a lesson of responsibility than of taking care of the environment.”

Sledge TaylorFounding member · Mississippi

Studying soil health? Standard My Farm is free for students with a verified institutional email.

Other one-time options

Pay for one piece of work without a subscription.

Soil assessment reports
After your free report: $9 for one or $29 for 5, for more fields or sampling dates. Every report is included in My Farm.
Interpret a soil report
CEMA 216 Field Pack · $39
Field sheets, protocol bag labels, and the lab handoff sheet for one sampling plan. Included in My Farm.
Plan the sampling
Funding Application Preparation Package · $249
An eligibility screen for one farm, a shortlist of up to three relevant programs, and draft practice justifications and a document checklist for one selected application. Delivered within 7 business days; you review, sign, and submit.
Checking a funding offer before paying anyone? Use the free checks for grant and loan claims.

Need more than 3 new sampling plans a month? Add Unlimited Sampling: $29/month or $290/year for My Farm in total.

Your reports, soil history, cover-crop plans, reminders, and adviser summaries are already in My Farm. This upgrade adds sampling capacity for the same farm operation.

What the Unlimited Sampling upgrade changes
Sampling feature	My Farm	With Unlimited Sampling
New plans per month	3	Unlimited
Saved sampling campaigns	100	500
Sampling PDFs	SHE attribution	Without SHE attribution

Client work belongs in the practitioner workspace.

Choose Unlimited Sampling