The agricultural analysis laboratory center processes about 8,000 soil samples per year. Two-thirds of these come from the farming community. You can learn more about it and come up with the best results.
Soil analysis is an essential tool for obtaining the best yields for crops while respecting the environment. The application of reasoned manure has become an environmental imperative (groundwater protection), legal (Nitrates Directive, CAP conditionality) and economic (management of fertilization costs).
In accordance with the Code of Good Agricultural Practices, the activities of the chemistry and soil physics laboratories make it possible to better manage the soil capital of Walloon Brabant (located in a vulnerable zone) by conducting land analyzes for manures background with the analysis of agronomic parameters or for nitrogen fertilization with mineral nitrogen residues or spring profile.
The best time to do a soil test is at the end of the winter, before applying fertilizer