Flow Injection for Agriculture
Dependable Agricultural Testing with Speed and Precision
Agricultural laboratories worldwide depend on flow injection analysis to process thousands of samples during peak seasons
Analyze soil, fertilizer, water, and plant tissue with unmatched efficiency
Process critical nutrients including reactive nitrogen and phosphorus species
Deliver reliable results at speeds traditional methods cannot match
Flow injection analysis (FIA) is an essential technology in modern agricultural testing, providing rapid and precise analysis of soil, fertilizer, water, plant tissue samples, and numerous other agricultural matrices. This automated analytical technique excels at measuring inorganic compounds crucial to crop health, including nitrate, phosphate, ammonia, chloride, potassium, and other nutrients that determine agricultural productivity.
During planting and growing seasons, the agricultural testing landscape transforms as farmers submit thousands of samples to laboratories, seeking critical data to inform their fertilization and management decisions. These seasonal sample surges would overwhelm traditional testing methods and delay time-sensitive field operations if not for FIA technology. The exceptional throughput capacity of FIAlab instruments allows agricultural laboratories to process this high volume of samples with remarkable efficiency while maintaining analytical precision that farmers can trust for making costly input decisions.
The combination of high throughput capacity and analytical precision offered by FIAlab's instruments empowers agricultural laboratories worldwide to deliver the timely, accurate soil and plant analysis data that modern farmers depend on.
Advantages of FIA
High Sample Throughput
Up to 240 samples per hour
Fast Calibration Times
Under 5 minutes
Automation
Automation that liberates the technician
Wide Range of Analytes
Consistent & Reproducible Results
Avoid human error by automating your chemistries
Software
FIAsoft makes training new technicians, LIMS integration, and data analysis easy
Typical Methods
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Nitrate/Nitrite analysis via the Griess method with Cadmium reduction. Options for in-line dialysis.
Extracts include but are not limited to: Water, KCl (& other salts), Acetic Acid
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Salicylate method for soil extracts.
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Molybdenum blue methods for various extract types, including Bray, Olsen, and Mehlich 3.
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Ferric chloride and mercuric (II) thiocyanate method.
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Potassium and sodium analysis using a flame photometer.
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