Along with the development of modern agriculture, views and awareness about plant fertility have also developed. New technologies and approaches offer various innovations to the representatives of the agricultural sector: farmers, agronomists, specialists in specific areas…

A question is often asked: how important is soil analysis ? What role does it play on plant fertility and fertility? In general, is it necessary to conduct it?

Any growing organism needs nutrition for growth and development. In the case of a plant, the nutrient area is the soil . The more fertile the soil and full of micro- and macronutrients needed by the plant, the stronger the culture it nourishes. Soil analysis is the most effective method for determining this level of fertility, because this process helps us to detect any kind of problem in time and, if it exists, to quickly take appropriate measures.

<strong>Why is soil analysis needed?</strong>

There is only one way to maintain soil fertility – gradual monitoring of soil and culture. The goal of any agronomist and farmer is to get a bountiful harvest, not once, but many times over the coming years. Achieving this goal is unthinkable without healthy soil, therefore we need constant control of both the constituent elements of the soil and the nutrients needed by the plant in it, in order to be able to assess the deficiency in time and correct it if necessary.

At such a stage, we turn to soil analysis for diagnosis.

If visual symptoms of deficiency are observed on the crop, it means that any kind of response is already late and we have lost a certain amount of the harvest that year. That is why the preliminary assessment of the soil is of great importance in the production of agricultural crops. At this time, it is determined to what extent the soil has the ability to supply the plant with sufficient nutrients both during the planting process and during the entire vegetation period.

Agrocompany Baraka offers high-quality services to farmers in this direction as well. More specifically, our soil specialists take a soil sample according to European standards, and after that, the sample is sent to Eurofins Agro , one of the most advanced Dutch laboratories in Europe, for examination.

Eurofins Agro is a leading organization in the field of biological sciences research. The laboratory currently cooperates with about 1,000 organizations in 50 countries, including Baraka exclusively in Georgia.

It is interesting, what exactly does soil analysis mean and what stages does it include?

For a fruitful, high-quality harvest, it is necessary to properly feed the culture we grow based on its needs.

The joint recommendations issued by Agrocompany Baraka and Eurofins Agro are based on two main ideas: we monitor the content of nutrients in the soil and the quality of their assimilation by the plant during the entire vegetation period. We will also study which nutrients are deficient in the soil. This is a very important approach, because it is possible to have satisfactory supplies of plant-available nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur and potassium in the soil, but at the same time be deficient in secondary elements. Also, it is possible that we have all the micro and macro elements in the required amount in the soil, but only one micro element – magnesium is deficient, in this case the farmer will get a low-quality, small harvest.

Agrocompany Baraka offers the best solution for improving the structure of your soil in the recommendation given in the scope of soil analysis. In addition, our agronomists provide recommendations regarding the optimal amount of irrigation water, as a large amount of irrigation can lead to the leaching of nutrients from the soil, such as: nitrogen, sulfur and potassium. That is why it is important to give the following recommendations based on the mechanical composition of the soil: the amount of irrigation water and the intensity of supply, the number, volume and timing of measures to improve the soil structure and organic mass.

For more information on these and other topics, see Agrocompany Baraka’s YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/@baraka.georgia2230