Soil testing is important for several reasons:
Agricultural productivity depends on the farmland quality.
Analytical Laboratory Services offers a broad range of individual tests to determine the nutrient status in soil and plant tissue, each of which provides different benefits that complement each other. Soil testing provides a basis for responsible land management decisions, which identifies real and potential deficiencies and/or toxicities and helps to optimize crop yield and quality. Plant tissue analysis can be used to monitor nutrient status or diagnose nutrient problems.
In accordance with ISO and SANS standard methods we analyze agricultural soils, plant tissue, biosolids, fertilizer and aggregates.
Plants need nutrients to grow, which they take from the soil. If there is a nutrient shortage in the soil, the plants will not grow well, which in turn will reduce crop yield. Therefore, fertilizers and biosolids form an important part in crop yield.
Whether you are producing fertilizers for your own use or for sale, our laboratory can analyze your product to assist in consumer confidence.
Aggregate are compound mixtures that are most used in building projects. Testing of aggregates is important as the quality of the aggregate will determine the quality of the concrete that will be used.
We offer analyses both on the aggregate and the water used to produce concrete. Here we test the aggressiveness of chemical environment in soil and water, as we know that pH is a main parameter which determines the aggressiveness of soil. Further parameters are: Soluble sulphates, carbonates, conductivity etc.
