More and more growers realize that psychoanalysis are essential to optimize their crops . There is a grow interest in research about water , nutrient answer , soil , substratum , and crops . Analyses contribute to a better savvy of cultivation , giving a grip on plant sustenance , health and yield . To support global cultivator with sampling and enquiry , Pauline Bugter and Ernesto Obando joined Eurofins Agro Testing in Wageningen this fall .
Seven long time ago , Eurofins Agro Testing established an self-governing glasshouse gardening section . The science laboratory company have samples from all over the world . In Wageningen , however , it does more than just analyze samples . Eurofins is also actively involved in research by companies , test stations and university .
In mid - September , we meet Pauline and Ernesto at the office in Wageningen and take the air around the research lab . The Business Unit Manager Horticulture , Sjors Beijer , is also present .
Pauline is the young International Horticulture Sales Manager and Ernesto is Horticulture Business Developer . Pauline will concenter on Europe and will be get a line ' in the field ' there , Ernesto is focussing on non - European regions . " Our sights are set abroad . We see many opportunities internationally to support growers with improved cultivation insight , " Sjors explains .
Pauline and Ernesto in the lab in Wageningen
Serving growersErnesto has unsubtle experience in gamy - technical school agribusiness . For glasshouse gardening , he cites Mexico as an lesson , where he get word Brobdingnagian growth opportunity during his previous workings visit . " You see society there that want to develop from 60 to 600 hectares ! That show how big the opportunities are . "
Pauline is also already familiar with the sphere . She antecedently work as a technical consultant in floriculture and hopes to be even more in touch with growers in her new office . " You see that agriculturist are increasingly active in multiple nation . Eurofins want to serve them as well as possible for polish site abroad . "
Testing with a purposeEurofins does so with a clustering of laboratories . Sjors lists them quickly and counts 14 in Europe alone , including 2 in France . " And presently there will be 3 , " he set himself . It marks the ontogeny the science laboratory company is receive .
With his international experience , Ernesto sees dispute between how analyses are handled in the Netherlands and afield . " In the Netherlands , I see that cultivator have a exculpated object in idea with an analysis , and they work proactively : feature a sample examine at define times so that problems are prevented rather than repaired . afield , this is not always the instance . Samples are read less at unconstipated intervals , often when problems are already visible , so you actually start pretend too late . More regularity in analysis is an important starting percentage point to make cultivation scheme more robust . "
canonic software package of testsEurofins offer a complete package of analysis for greenhouse gardening . This package is call off Horti Solutions . Among other things , there are various analyses focusing on water timber and flora nutrition in that computer software . Is the starting water of good timbre ? Does the disinfectant do what it is conjecture to do ? Does the supplying of nutrients in the piddle and substrate match uptake in the plant ? get the piddle on a regular basis examine in the laboratory impart quick insight into this .
" The turnaround clock time of our research is one day in many case , " Sjors points out . This is challenging for a companionship that is growing internationally , but thanks to a meshing of testing ground and good logistics lines , Wageningen win . The processing time is also short for sophisticated inquiry that can not be carried out in Wageningen : " For example , we carry out psychoanalysis focus on the microbiome at our laboratory in Hamburg , Germany . It ’s an depth psychology that is in high requirement , partly because of root problem in peppers . "
Collaborations and data integrationGiven its external growth ambition , Eurofins is seeking international cooperation with local chain parties to serve growers well . In addition , the laboratory company is working on collaborations with provider , to whom data is supplied , among other things . " For a fertilizer supplier , providing client data point sixth sense in its own chopine is of add value . Eurofins sees opportunity for even more parties and products .
This is a maturation that was already drive at thestart of the greenhouse expression division . Data from the Eurofins depth psychology app can be incorporate into data political platform of climate information processing system supplier , for example . This allows the agriculturist to immediately see as much relevant data as possible in one chopine , for model also on plant pathogen , another relevant psychoanalysis arm of Eurofins .
" In our department with plant Doctor of the Church , they are the only ones who do get excited about computer virus and complicated industrial plant disease , " express joy Pauline . Eurofins ' Plant Doctors specialize in test plant fabric and unraveling deficiency symptoms . " They make an expert diagnosis in pillow slip of crop impairment and inform the grower about it . "
ProactiveErnesto leave is about to visit the Canadian Greenhouse Conference , and while he is there he will also immediately visit growers and suppliers in the area . This ties in with his ambition to start supporting growers with cultivation insights in an international context .
Pauline will also be taking to the field in the come period . Asked what she hopes to achieve , her answer is : " I hope that when I impose the same agriculturist in ten years ' prison term , he will say that , thanks to our analyses , he has been able-bodied to guide an optimal line of work all this sentence , despite the changing issues . "
In doing so , Eurofins persist a laboratory , Pauline and Ernesto stress . " We are not consultants , and we will never tell grower what they should or should not do . That does not suit our service . " However , Eurofins does support cultivator with data , reference note value and plant food calculations on the basis of which entrepreneurs can take their own footfall . For example , from growing strawberry mark outdoors to in a nursery , or from a modest tomato plant harvest in a tunnel greenhouse to a high - technical school meth greenhouse . Greenhouse horticulture is growing internationally , and Eurofins , with a grow gardening squad , is happy to grow along with it .
For more information : Eurofins HortiTel : 088 876 1014[email protected]www.eurofins - agro.com / nl - nl / glastuinbouw
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