Soil Health
Case Studies in Soil Health
The importance of timing to strawberry production | Farmer's Weekly, 2020
Investing in soil: emerging climate-smart business opportunities | WWF-ZA, 2018
Biological wine farmer achieves twice regional average yield | Farmer's Weekly, 2017
Biological farming ensures dairy farm’s success | Farmer's Weekly, 2017
New soil analysis kit could improve production | Farmer's Weekly, 2016
Conservation Agriculture in South Africa: Lessons from Case Studies | Grain SA, Mahlathini Organics, KEL Growing Nations Trust, UP, 2015
Biological farming – it works for them! | Farmer's Weekly, 2013
Service Providers
Name of company |
Location |
Service/product offerings |
| Intertek | Gauteng (agri lab) |
- Soil analysis - Irrigation Water analysis - Plant analysis - Plant Sap analysis |
| Nemlab | Western Cape |
- Soil analysis for plant-parasitic nematodes (R450 - R690, crop dependent) - Community Profile analysis (R570) +soil analysis (R760)+root analysis (R985) - Mycorrhizal cololnisation test (R480) - Phylloxera analysis (R285) - Grapevine bud mite and bud fruitfulness analysis (R7.50 per bud | R450 per Ha) |
| Nvirotek Labs | Gauteng & Western Cape |
- Soil analysis - Microbiological screening of Water, Foodstuffs, Beverages and Feeds - Plant Leaf, Sap and Fruit analysis - Surface and Air Hygiene monitoring - Chemical analysis of Compost, Fertiliser, Soil and Water - Environmental |
| Soil Health Support Centre | Western Cape |
- Volumetric Aggregate Stability test (R290) - Microbial Respiration test (R450) - Haney Analysis (R1 200) - PLFA Analysis (R1 650) - Mycorrhizae Colonisation (R480) - Nematode Community profile (R570) |
| Zylem | KwaZulu Natal |
- Respiration tests (IR Gas Analyser CO2-C) - Extractable Organic Carbon test - Extractable Organic Nitrogen test - % Microbially Active Carbon |
