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Soilhealth
Soil health
Soil is a farm’s greatest asset, fundamental to both business profitability and land sustainability. Frontier provides an integrated approach to help growers optimise soil health through expert guidance and tailored solutions. We have simplified our approach and combined our services as part of Frontier Agriculture, adopting the name of the group we’ve been part of for so long. Here you will find information and services previously found under the SOYL brand.
Optimising soil health starts with understanding what’s happening beneath the surface. By identifying key soil characteristics, growers can make informed decisions to enhance productivity across their farm business.
Frontier offers a comprehensive soil sampling and analysis service, providing detailed insights into:
- Nutrient availability
- pH and cation exchange capacity
- Organic matter levels
- Soil texture
- Biological activity
Our detailed reports give growers the precise data they need to tailor soil management strategies and improve overall soil health.
Speak to our advisors to learn how our soil analysis service can help you build a stronger foundation for future crops.
Understanding in-field soil variation is key to optimising cultivation, seed rates and soil management. Electrical conductivity (EC) soil scanning provides a detailed survey, taking hundreds of soil readings per hectare to map variability across a field.
The scanner measures both shallow and deep conductivity, identifying differences influenced by soil type, water-holding capacity, stone content, depth and compaction. The results are transformed into detailed contour and point maps, giving growers a clear picture of their soil’s structure and variability.
By using EC scanning, growers can target inputs more precisely, improve soil health strategies and enhance overall farm efficiency.
Speak to our experts to discover how electrical conductivity soil scanning can support you with soil health.
Organic matter is made up of living organisms and decomposing plant or animal tissue. The presence of this matter in soils is key to soil fertility, structure and health, and increased organic matter offers additional benefits such as reducing tillage and irrigation costs, flooding and pest presence.
Our organic matter testing service uses loss on ignition (LOI) and high temperature dry combustion (Dumas) methods to measure the levels of organic matter in soil, which can help growers benchmark, monitor and compare their soil health season on season.
Speak to our advisors to learn more about how our organic matter testing service can help develop a deeper understanding of your soil.
Effective nutrient management is key to building resilient soils, maximising yields and reducing environmental risk. Our advanced MyFarm mapping technology helps growers make data-driven decisions by giving insights into precisely what their land needs to support crop health.
Using GPS-guided soil sampling, we create detailed nutrient maps that highlight variability across fields, ensuring fertiliser and organic inputs are applied where they’re needed most.
With instant access to results, our advisors can provide tailored inputs recommendations based on soil type, cropping and yield targets.
Speak to our experts to discover how precision nutrient management can benefit your farm business.
Potato cyst nematode (PCN) is a serious pest for UK growers that can significantly reduce potato yields. Early detection through extensive soil sampling is essential to assess infestation levels and make informed cropping decisions.
Frontier’s PCN sampling service gives a detailed, independent analysis of soil health, detecting the presence and severity of PCN in fields earmarked for potato planting. The results include detailed maps and reports, identifying areas of peak activity.
Our advisors help growers interpret the findings, offering tailored recommendations on rotation planning, management strategies and soil health improvements. Where PCN levels are high, we help assess viable cropping options to prevent losses and protect long-term productivity.
As an added benefit, nutrient sampling can be carried out alongside PCN testing, providing valuable insight into overall soil fertility.
Speak to our advisors to learn more about our PCN sampling service and how our tailored recommendations and management strategies can support your farm business.