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Nutrients and soil life in balance
Soil Balancing · Haney soil vitality · Total digestion

Soil analyses that go further.

Nutrients, soil life and reserves in one report – measured in accredited laboratories, interpreted into clear measures for the years ahead.

Nutrient balance gauge 41 %
Nutrient balance at a glanceHow far is the soil from its optimum?
Potential acidity gauge 2.4 : 1
New Acidity gaugeCa + Mg : Al – shows whether and how much lime is needed.
Soil vitality gauge 26.4
Soil vitalityActivity and food supply of the soil microbes (Haney).
As simple as that

Four steps to your report

1

Choose a package

Soil Balancing, Haney or both – the package finder helps.

Package finder →
2

Take the sample

15–20 cores per field, about 600 g of soil, label the bag.

Instructions →
3

Order form & shipping

Download the order form for your package, fill it in, send it to the lab with the sample.

Order forms →
4

Report by e-mail

After about 3–4 weeks: interpretation, fertiliser recommendation and measures as a PDF. Questions? Advice is included.

Sample reports →
Analysis packages

Four building blocks – single or combined

Green dot: sample goes to AGROLAB Sarstedt. Purple dot: sample goes to IAU Freyburg. The order form tells you where.

Soil Balancing

Nutrient contents and ratios in the soil with a measured cation exchange capacity. Multi-year fertiliser plan that brings all nutrients into balance.

  • Standard: CEC, pH, humus, macro- & micronutrients
  • Premium: plus Mo, Co, Se
€169 / 189 net per sample
AGROLAB Sarstedt

Haney soil vitality

How active is the soil life – and which nutrients actually reach the plant?

  • Soil respiration, microbial food C & N
  • plant-available nutrients (H3A)
  • potential acidity Ca + Mg : Al
€120 net per sample
IAU Freyburg · with Soil Balancing: AGROLAB

Total digestion

Total reserve of all nutrients in the soil. Shows what can be mobilised in the long run – ideal for a first survey.

  • Ca, Mg, K, P, S, Na and all trace elements
  • only in combination with Haney
€30 net per sample, in addition to Haney
IAU Freyburg

microBIOMETER®

Do-it-yourself test: microbial biomass and fungal-to-bacterial ratio in 20 minutes with your smartphone.

  • PRO starter kit with app
  • refill kits 10 / 50 / 100 tests
from €95 net plus VAT
Shipped by BodenBalance
Strategy over the years

Once thoroughly, then fine-tune

Soil Balancing changes the soil over years. Haney shows every year what the main crop really gets. When to repeat Soil Balancing is told by the nutrient balance in your report:

0

First survey

Soil BalancingHaney+ total digestion (optional)

Know ratios, soil life and reserves. Action plan for the coming years.

1

Year 1

Haney

Fine-tuning the nutrient supply of the main crop.

2

Year 2

Haney

Track the effect of your measures on soil biology.

2–3

Check at balance < 30 %

Soil BalancingHaney

Large imbalances need large amounts – and their effect is harder to predict because of many environmental factors. So re-sample 2–3 years after the first measures.

5–7

Check at balance ≥ 50 %

Soil BalancingHaney

Small corrections are easy to predict – the next survey is due 5–7 years after the measures.

The report

Little text, clear pictures

Every sample gets its pages; at the end all fields stand side by side.

Acidity gauge from the report
New

Acidity gauge

From the Haney analysis: ratio Ca + Mg : Al. If the needle is in the red, liming becomes mandatory – the amount flows straight into the fertiliser recommendation.

Field comparison base saturation
New

Field comparison

All fields and sub-fields on one page: deviation from target per parameter, bar up to the red line = target reached.

The three most important measures

The three most important measures

No graveyard of numbers: what is the problem, what to do, where the amount is. Plus the fertiliser recommendation in kg/ha.

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Coming soon

Mineral Balancing Tool

Crop-specific annual fertiliser recommendation from your analyses, all results of your farm in one place, order form straight from the tool. Launch: 2026/27.

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Machinery

Rotary hoe – aerate the soil, feed the biology

Break crusts, control weeds at the cotyledon stage and bring air into the topsoil – one of the measures the report recommends for “too little active C”. BodenBalance sells rotary hoes from 3 to 12 m working width – e.g. 6 m from €10,850 net. Just get in touch.

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