AgriLab offers AgriSoilSampler automated soil samplers, manufactured in-house. Their key advantages include adaptability to different soil types, automation, consistent sampling depth and quality, fast auger sampling even in hard or dry soils, and the ability to collect samples during winter.
These soil samplers are already successfully used by agricultural holdings with their own soil agrochemical laboratories, as well as by companies providing soil survey services in Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
- Operates using a drilling method, which is well suited to different soil conditions and does not compact the soil. In addition, the spiral auger can be purchased from any hardware store if needed. This provides an advantage over samplers that use a hydraulic hammer-driven penetration method;
- Maximum sampling depth: 30 cm;
- Sampling speed: 7–10 seconds per sample, with automatic sample recording;
- The soil sampler is equipped with an unique automatic system for monitoring and recording the soil sampling process;
- The sample collection box is enclosed, protecting samples from moisture, dust, and other external factors;
- Operation under challenging weather conditions: sampling is possible when the soil is frozen to a depth of up to 20 cm, as well as on ploughed, deeply loosened, or disked fields;
- Compact design: the soil sampler folds onto the rear frame and does not occupy space in the vehicle bed, which can be covered with a tarp and used to transport samples, fuel, and other items;
- Dimensions: the sampler extends up to 50 cm from the vehicle;
- Ground clearance: 40 cm. This allows safe sampling on ploughed, deeply loosened, and disked fields;
- Noise insulation: the equipment operates quietly, without causing discomfort to the operator;
- Soil sampler monitoring system: records equipment downtime and the sampling process online via the Web interface; the system also supports barcode identification of samples;
- The unit is controlled by a remote control from the driver’s seat. The number of sampling cycles is recorded by a counter.
“Automated soil samplers with GPS-referenced sampling points are essential for soil agrochemical surveys conducted according to modern standards and, in particular, for implementing precision farming technologies. AgriLab soil samplers are already used by a number of agricultural holdings, as well as by companies providing soil survey services. To date, AgriLab is the only company to have used its own automated soil samplers to collect more than 100,000 samples using various sampling technologies, making it possible to digitize the spatial distribution of different soil properties across approximately 1 million hectares.”
