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Cool Soil IQ™ — Services

Every operation starts with a Standard map. Field verification is optional. Applied turns the map into a plan every season.

Cool Soil IQ™

Soil potential mapping, backed by soil scientists.

Cool Soil IQ™ is a platform that maps the physical potential of every acre and turns it into a management plan. It isn't an algorithm working alone: every map is built on parent-material interpretation and reviewed by a registered soil scientist. Every operation starts with a Standard map.

Standard

Soil Potential Map

One-time. Built from mapped soils and LiDAR terrain analysis, and interpreted by parent material, not just map unit lines. You get a ZoneIQ™ score for every zone, a FieldIQ™ rollup for every field, and zone-based sampling guidance. No field visit required.

Verified

Field Verification

Optional

One-time. Soil borings in each zone replace mapped assumptions with what's actually in the ground: limiting layers, drainage and rooting depth. You keep the same zones, with boundaries confirmed or refined.

Applied

Annual Management Platform

Launching 2027

An annual subscription that builds crop-specific zone maps and recommendations each season from your Standard map, your soil tests, your crop plans and your application history. Use your own sampler, co-op or lab, and the platform interprets the results. Every recommendation shows how old the soil data behind it is. VRT files are delivered ready for your dealer.

Pricing quoted per operation.

Ask About a Standard Map
Now Accepting a Limited Number of Local Farms

Foundational Farms

Separate from the platform, Foundational Farms is a hands-on working partnership with a small number of farms in east-central Indiana and western Ohio. It's the full consulting side: field visits, soil profiles, sampling coordination, and real conversations about what the results mean and what to do next. In return, your soil tests, yield records and history help build and test Cool Soil IQ™ over several seasons.

A good fit is an operation that:

Spots are limited. How your data is used and kept confidential is agreed in writing up front.

Ask About Becoming a Foundational Farm

Independent by design: no product sales, no input incentives.

The Platform

See Cool Soil IQ™ in Action

From understanding the landscape to making better management decisions.

ZoneIQ productivity zones shaded over aerial imagery of a field, with a legend grading zones from under 85% to 115% and up of the field average
Map colors show zones relative to this field’s average. ZoneIQ™ scores use a fixed reference (100 = well-drained Wisconsinan till).

Every Acre Has Different Potential

Cool Soil IQ™ combines mapped soil characteristics, parent material, and terrain analysis to identify differences in physical soil productivity across a field. ZoneIQ™ translates those differences into management zones that provide the foundation for more informed decisions.

Three-dimensional terrain view of the same field, showing how productivity zones follow ridges, slopes and drainageways across the landscape
Map colors show zones relative to this field’s average. ZoneIQ™ scores use a fixed reference (100 = well-drained Wisconsinan till).

Understanding the Landscape

Landscape position influences drainage, rooting conditions, water availability, and soil development. Cool Soil IQ™ evaluates these relationships to better understand the productive potential and limitations of different parts of a field.

Applied Platform — Launching 2027

Turning Soil Intelligence Into Management Decisions

The Cool Soil IQ™ platform brings soil potential maps, fertility information, and field-level analysis together in one place. Applied will build on this foundation with crop-specific management recommendations, annual updates, and variable-rate application outputs.

Cool Soil IQ™ demonstration environment. Field observations, yield records, soil tests, and management history shown are synthetic.
Where We Work

East-Central Indiana & Western Ohio Service Area

Based in Fountain City, Wayne County. Primary service area covers the east-central Indiana glacial till plain — the same parent material, the same soil taxonomy, the same management challenges across east-central Indiana and western Ohio.

Field work (Verified and Foundational Farms) is available in east-central Indiana and western Ohio. Standard maps and the Applied platform are delivered remotely. Contact us to discuss.

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