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How to benefit from SoilCares gamechanging solutions October 2016

What business can SoilCares bring you? 

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Who is SoilCares SoilCares vision SoilCares: testing soil using sensor technology What can SoilCares products and solutions bring you

How can you develop your business

Our vision: Who is SoilCares?

Our motive: feeding the world Global agriculture is facing a major problem: worldwide, the population is increasing, and farmers are struggling to cater with the resulting growing food demand. Because of decreasing arable land and limited soil management, farmers are deprived of an optimum yield. The main problem is an “unreachable knowledge� in poor countries and long and expensive processes in wealthier regions.

Our method: Putting the knowledge in the hands of every farmer We believe that if farmers were better informed about the key characteristics of soil content and fertilisation, they would quickly optimise their yields, enhance their revenue and at the same time participate in bridging the world food gap. We enable farmers all over the world to make better use of their land by developing innovative and affordable methods to assess soil and crops.

Our devices are already supporting farmers across the world, by supplying them with quick and inexpensive information on the state of their soil and crops. Well informed, they make better choices rearding what crops to grow and what fertilisers to use to obtain improved and sustainable yields.

SoilCares: testing soil using sensor technology

Different soils: what can you recognise?

Which one has the highest organic matter?

Which one is the clay soil?

Which one has the highest clay content?

Your own sensor technology -

Your eyes: sensor for the visible light range of the electromagnetic spectrum

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Your sensor (i.e. eyes): determine differences in colour, structures and shapes

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Your brains: contains a calibration set ďƒ enables you to translate your sensor (eye) information in soil characteristics

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A specialist: has a larger calibration set and is able to estimate/quantify the % organic matter, % clay content etc.

The electric magnetic spectrum

What about the skeleton of this man?

X-ray can help you

Our products: the SoilCares Lab-in-a-box 

A compact laboratory

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As accurate as a traditional wet-chemistry laboratory

Our Lab-in-a-box: reliable soil analyses, fast results, easy accesible at low costs in your hands Comparison wet chemistry lab/Soil Cares Lab-in-a-box

costs of a laboratory: € 1.000.000,-

costs of Lab-in-a-box: € 85.000,-

costs soil analysis: : € 10 -: € 80,-

costs soil analysis: : € 5,-

Time needed for soil analysis: 10 days time needed for soil analysis: few hours

SoilCares soultions: reliable soil analyses, fast results, easy accesible at low costs in your hands Comparison wet chemistry lab/Soil Cares Lab-in-a-box

No high volumes

>10.000 soil samples

Dependancy of external service

Autonomy: your own lab

No integration of soil data in your management system Standard advice

Your soil data easy integrated in your system Customisable advice

What you get from SoilCares Lab-in-a-box

Our product: the SoilCares Scanner •

Analyse your soil anytime anywhere

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Realtime lime and fertiliser recommendations

Value: the SoilCares Scanner 

NIR Infrared

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Basic information

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Parameters:    

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Nitrogen(N) Phosphorus (P) Potassium (K) pH Organic matter level EC

Realtime lime and fertiliser recommendations

Our products work with big data

The SoilCares global soil database The real science is in our database

Our Golden Standard Laboratory

Storing and analysing thousands of soil samples from all over the world

Analysing the samples with NIR, MIR and X-ray, to make comparison possible

Every sample is analysed using different methods wet-chemistry in exact the same standardised way

Making calculations using big data to obtain parameters and recommendations

Opportunities in your market: 60% of crop yield depends on soil fertility Do you know how to manage soil fertility?

• Do you need to measure? • Do you need data on nutrients, organic matter and pH How would it be to have this information in a few hours in your hands?

Fact: Netherlands have highest yields worldwide comparison Netherlands - Ukraine Yield comparison, t/ha 10

9,1

9 7,6

8 7 6 5 4

3,9

3,8 3,3

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2,6

2,4

2,6

2 1 0 Wheat

Data:

Rye

Barley Ukraine

The Nederlands

State Statistic Service of Ukraine http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/ Statline http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?VW=T&DM=SLEN& PA=7100eng&LA=EN

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Why is soil testing not common in Ukraine?

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No focus on soil testing Overestimating current soil fertility (33% chernozem worldwide is in Ukraine) No reliable testing available Farmers don’t feel responsible for soils ….

SoilCares solutions: using newest technologies to get you: 

Right input for more output: higher yields

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Knowledge and autonomy: become independent with your own data

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Easy management: integrate your data in your management system

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Reliable information you can trust

Ukraine: What to do?

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Understand the needs of your soil: clear analysis of your soil fertility

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Affordable and swift analyis using Lab-in-a-box

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Effective use of fertilisers and organic nutrients

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Based on excellent soils in Ukraine, increase of yields with 3 tonnes per hectare should be possible

Ukraine: Results: 1.

More efficiency in use of fertiliser

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Better follow-up growth of crops

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Better monitoring before and during season

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Overall yield improvement: 

Wheat 5-8 tonnes yield/ha => max 10 tonnes

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Increase of 3 tonnes x € 150 = € 450 per ha

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Thank you for your attention Please come and visit us at stand G2 and get a live-demo of our Lab-in-a-box