U of G researcher develops soil health test that could save time, money
![View of a farm landscape, where most of the ground is green and lush with plants. There are strips of brown soil visible between rows.](https://www.uoguelph.ca/alliance/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Soil-Field-Trials-Heather-White-banner.jpg?itok=BkMUp-7m)
In this Alliance-funded research, Dr. Adam Gillespie and team developed a tool that creates a soil "fingerprint" using infrared spectroscopy.
The technology could replace traditional time-consuming and costly methods that involve extracting samples and sending them to a lab to be analyzed.
The tool is being tested on research farms. The fingerprint also provides database-informed, regional-specific soil management recommendations for producers.
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