Why particle characterisation is important in the agriculture industry
Particle characterisation is significant in agriculture as it contributes to understanding and optimising various aspects related to soil, fertilisers, pesticides, and other agricultural inputs. The properties of particles in these materials play a crucial role in determining their effectiveness, impact on crops, and overall agricultural productivity.
Laser Diffraction in Pesticides
From the key active ingredients to the final pesticide product, particle size is known to play a critical role in the residual period, the biological activity, and the stability properties of pesticides.
Laser Diffraction analysis of soils
Laser diffraction analyses soil particle sizes swiftly and accurately, aiding in soil classification, fertility assessment, and understanding soil structure for optimal crop growth and environmental management in agriculture.
Case study
To continue to be the world leaders in Animal Health and Micro Nutrition products it is important to us to continually develop new and improved solutions. Our product is slow release, from between 12 hours to as much as 240 days. We rely on particle size analysis data to ensure our product is the optimum size for slow release. For this we turned to Meritics for their guidance. Now, with our Beckman Coulter LS13320XR we are able to test every batch as it is manufactured and our R&D team are now onboard using it to develop new products.
