SoilCareNZ
SoilCareNZ
Precision Fertiliser Recommendations
SoilCareNZ™ provides 100% independent, precision fertiliser recommendations for farm systems of any size and complexity.
Applying the right fertilisers, to the right places, in the right amounts and at the right times, helps your land, your wallet and New Zealand as a whole.
SoilCareNZ™ achieves this by mathematically determining the lowest cost combinations of fertilisers and custom mixes to target your farms unique nutrient deficiencies while avoiding overfertilisation.
The Current Fertiliser Industry Problem
Whether it’s the dairy industry relying on pasture growth or the horticulture industry relying on crop yield, New Zealand’s primary industry is dependent on soil. Ensuring soil nutrient levels are within the optimum range is therefore critical to the productivity of these industries.
Unfortunately the use of fertilisers to alter soil nutrient levels to their desired values is rife with inaccuracy. This leads to inefficient pasture growth, needlessly high fertiliser costs and the degradation of the environment.
The current industry methods make it impossible to determine an optimal fertiliser recommendation for a small farm system let alone one with 100+ paddocks, individually tested, with varying starting/desired soil nutrient levels bounded by complex recommendation constraints.
This leads back to generic, untailored and sub-optimal fertiliser recommendations which over apply nutrients where they’re not needed while under applying nutrients where they are needed. This directly contributes to the inefficiency of the agricultural industry both economically and environmentally.
The SoilCareNZ™ Solution
SoilCareNZ™ uses a proprietary algorithm to eliminate the guesswork and inaccuracy associated with fertiliser recommendations. This allows us to boost your farms production and profitability as well as its sustainability. It mathematically determines:
- What fertilisers and custom mixes are the most cost effective for your farm given its unique characteristics.
- Where those fertilisers and mixes need to be applied and at what rates to bring nutrient levels to the optimum without overfertilising.
- When the fertilisers and mixes should be applied for best effect and minimal losses.
This approach allows us to address on average 90+% of the fixable soil nutrient deficiencies within the first year to maximise pasture growth. Additionally, fertiliser costs are typically reduced by 30% even after accounting for the cost of switching to all paddock testing and our fee.
SoilCareNZ™ is 100% independent with no ties to any fertiliser suppliers. We have no incentive to overfertilise nor do we have any incentive to underfertilise. Our one and only concern is to give our clients the best advice possible.