Every three to four years the Potash and Phosphate Institute (PPI) conducts a survey of soil testing laboratories across North America and develops a state by state summary of soil test results. PPI has just concluded their most recent survey and this presentation discusses the results for Wisconsin and surrounding states. PPI collected data on approximately 2.5 million soil samples collected in the fall of 2000 and spring of 2001, thus the survey results represent the fertility status of soils for the 2001 crop year. Data was collected and reported as cumulative relative frequency across nine soil test ranges, and as the percent of samples that tested medium or below in P and K or had pH values less than or equal to 6.0. These are soil test categories where most agronomists would predict a significant yield response in the year of application to P, K or lime. The agronomic definition of medium is not the same for all states because of differences in philosophical approaches and research results.