Soilytics: Replacing Chemistry with Physics in Soil Nutrient Testing
The relevance of understanding organic matter in agriculture includes its impact on soil texture, soil bulk density, water holding capacity, soil pH, cation exchange, and microbial biomass, writes Kim Fleming at PrecisionAg. Current methods of organic matter analysis include Loss on Ignition and Walkley Black.
Persistence Data Mining is introducing the Soilytics solution, a hyperspectral soil nutrient testing technology. Hyperspectral technology allows for quick and easy soil organic matter testing at a cost-effective rate. This will dramatically improve the efficiency of soil labs, all while reducing cost and response times. Not only will this be a huge breakthrough for the soil testing industry, it will serve the precision agricultural market by improving fertilizer application and efficiency.
Organic matter hyperspectral results are well within the standard margin of error of Lost on Ignition organic matter analysis between labs and is a cost-effective method to test and make prescriptions for agriculture. Through the use of advanced algorithms, Soilytics is able to convert hyperspectral reflectance soil data into usable information to serve the agricultural industry.
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