Fieldays: New technologies aim to improve soil nutrients

Waikato University PhD student Kyle Devey says new technologies will help improve soil nutrient testing by speeding up and improving the accuracy of the soil tests.

Devey, who's based at Hills Laboratories in Hamilton told a seminar at National Fieldays today that if farmers can get more accurate results, their fertiliser costs could be significantly reduced.

The technologies Devey is testing in his doctoral research include near infrared spectroscopy, an automated soil tapping robot, X Ray fluoresence and laser spectroscopy.

His research is partially funded by Hills and Tech NZ. Kyle Devey will repeat his lecture at 3pm tomorrow afternoon at the University's stand at Site 25 on D street at Fieldays.

See more of Kyle Devey's interview (below) as he talks about soil nutrient testing.

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