Reasons to monitor your soil the entire season

[PaulTech]

Soil monitoring is becoming a crucial part of modern farming, but monitoring throughout the entire season can offer substantial benefits. Here are some key reasons why setting up a Paul-Tech soil station now could help you stay ahead:

1. Better fertiliser planning with nutrient data
Installing a soil station in autumn allows you to track nutrient levels over winter, giving you crucial baseline data when planning your spring fertiliser applications. This helps you avoid over-fertilising and ensures you provide the right nutrients at the right time for your crops.

2. Accurate soil temperature and moisture insights for spring fieldwork
With autumn and winter data, you’ll have a clear picture of soil temperature and moisture levels as you prepare for spring planting. This can help you avoid sowing into soil that’s too cold or wet.

3. Monitor winter crop survival and soil structure changes
Winters can pose challenges for crops. Soil monitoring helps you track freezing and thawing cycles that affect root systems and soil structure, giving you an early warning of any potential issues as spring approaches.

4. Continuous data for a full growing season perspective
By starting in autumn, you ensure that data is collected without interruptions, providing a complete view of your soil conditions throughout the growing season. This continuous insight helps you make informed decisions at every stage, from sowing to harvest.

5. Automated data collection without the hassle
Paul-Tech soil stations provide automated, real-time data every two hours, meaning you don’t need to manually check or take soil samples. This makes soil management simpler and save your time to focus on other tasks.

Learn more www.paul-tech.com

 

[PaulTech]

Thinking about next year’s crops? Don’t wait until spring! Installing Paul-Tech’s soil station this autumn lets you monitor crucial soil data—nutrients, moisture, and temperature—long before fieldwork begins.

Read our latest blog post to learn why autumn is the perfect time to install a soil station and start making data-driven decisions today!

https://paul-tech.com/why-autumn-is-the-best-time-to-install-paul-techs-soil-station/

 

[DrDunc]

Wasn't much response to the last thread you started when trying to promote your "product"

Anyway, shouldn't selling something be in classified?

 

[PaulTech]

Wasn't much response to the last thread you started when trying to promote your "product"

Anyway, shouldn't selling something be in classified?

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Why so spicy? Our goal is to expand in the UK market and connect with local farmers. If you've got any good ideas on how we can do that better, we’d really appreciate the help! After all, we're all about growing together—pun intended!

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

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Why so spicy? Our goal is to expand in the UK market and connect with local farmers. If you've got any good ideas on how we can do that better, we’d really appreciate the help! After all, we're all about growing together—pun intended!

You should do very well. British farmers have long history of buying unnecessary extras like yours. In fact it's been a salesman's dream I would say.

Unfortunately that was when there was money and optimism in farming which seems temporarily absent.

 

[PaulTech]

You should do very well. British farmers have long history of buying unnecessary extras like yours. In fact it's been a salesman's dream I would say.

Unfortunately that was when there was money and optimism in farming which seems temporarily absent.

I wouldn’t say that our product is unnecessary. In today’s world, where sustainability, efficient resource management, and optimizing fertilizer use are more critical than ever, smart farming is essential. Our product is the result of nearly 40 years of scientific research and stands out as a unique solution on the market. Paul-Tech’s technology is built on decades of experience and knowledge, offering something no one else has. Our goal is to help farmers to make data-driven decisions that lead to better outcomes.

 

[Storeman]

This is getting very spammy.

 

[DrDunc]

I wouldn’t say that our product is unnecessary. In today’s world, where sustainability, efficient resource management, and optimizing fertilizer use are more critical than ever, smart farming is essential. Our product is the result of nearly 40 years of scientific research and stands out as a unique solution on the market. Paul-Tech’s technology is built on decades of experience and knowledge, offering something no one else has. Our goal is to help farmers to make data-driven decisions that lead to better outcomes.

Fertiliser is spelt with an S

So is optimising

Statements of empirical opinion without reference to peer proven analytical facts are nothing more than statements of opinion

The classified section of the forum provides a location for the attempted sale of goods. Your unverified opinion of the worth of your product can be proffered there too. This will permit potential costumers to determine what, if any, value your product would bring to their produce

Or whether your product is the emperors clothes

 

[Spencer]

I wouldn’t say that our product is unnecessary. In today’s world, where sustainability, efficient resource management, and optimizing fertilizer use are more critical than ever, smart farming is essential. Our product is the result of nearly 40 years of scientific research and stands out as a unique solution on the market. Paul-Tech’s technology is built on decades of experience and knowledge, offering something no one else has. Our goal is to help farmers to make data-driven decisions that lead to better outcomes.

You said sustainability in your first paragraph, I’m out!

 

[DrDunc]

Maybe @Clive can enlighten us as to the financial merit of this fancy weather station?

His name is all over the PaulTech website

 

[Spud]

If it's as much use as a soil moisture probe for irrigation scheduling, it'll be akin to mudflaps on a tortoise, make a simple job complicated, and add more cost than value

 

[Kidds]

Maybe @Clive can enlighten us as to the financial merit of this fancy weather station?

His name is all over the PaulTech website

I don't believe Clive wrote that. He may agree with it but that isn't how he writes things.

 

[Clive]

Maybe @Clive can enlighten us as to the financial merit of this fancy weather station?

His name is all over the PaulTech website

see my last post in this thread on this - we had x2 stations here on evaluation last year - we found the data interesting / useful and it will inform future N timings

I was not paid anything to evaluate or endorse them and have no connection to @PaulTech


is that clear enough ?

 

[Clive]

I don't believe Clive wrote that. He may agree with it but that isn't how he writes things.

correct - not my exact words but does sum up my experience

 

[DrDunc]

see my last post in this thread on this - we had x2 stations here on evaluation last year - we found the data interesting / useful and it will inform future N timings

I was not paid anything to evaluate or endorse them and have no connection to @PaulTech


is that clear enough ?

So to be clear, you got given a couple of freebies from Paul Tech, and in return their marketing department attached your name on their website to a made up a quote

Not exactly actions that inspire confidence of integrity and honesty in the claims they make, or indeed to whom they attribute those claims



Why does pricing of their "product" remain as much of a mystery as any factual evidence substantiating their bold claims of improved "sustainably" and "resource management" ?

A rhetorical question, for obviously any input reductions or yield improvements are miniscule in comparison to the intended product price

 

[Spud]

Interesting that when the forum owner receives freebies that blatant advertising is allowed in a discussion forum.
It's almost like being an MP......

 

[DrDunc]

Interesting that when the forum owner receives freebies that blatant advertising is allowed in a discussion forum.
It's almost like being an MP......

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"

Some farmers are gullible enough to be caught on the baited hook of duplicitous marketing, others supply the bait

 

[DrDunc]

Annual subscription starts at just under £3000

£3000 per annum is for the most basic package they proffer. This will allegedly be sufficient to monitor up to 50ha

£3000 (subscription per annum) buys you two soil "stations". @Clive was given two stations as freebies, and in return his name is used on their website to endorse the "product". He has clearly stated the words in the quote attributed to him on their website, are not his words

In a previous blatant advertising thread started by @PaulTech, they state an annual fertiliser (fertilizer?) saving of 5% will cover the cost of their "product". That equates to a total fertiliser spend (on 50ha) of £60,000 per annum

So fag packet maths works out that if you're spreading about 3.5 tonnes of Urea per Hectare, you'll apparently recoup your annual subscription in saved fertiliser



I personally find it rather disappointing that the owner of this farming forum, an apparent bastion for our industry, is content to be associated with this "product". A product that makes bold but unsubstantiated claims of improving sustainably; a product that so clearly can never increase profits for anyone, anyone that is other than the vendor

For those already using the "product", please contact me with your bank details. I have a very good Nigerian friend who desperately needs to use your account to get currency out the country, and he'll make you much money if you can help

Come on @Clive, show some integrity: Stop endorsing products that rip off farmers

 

[warksfarmer]

Soil monitoring is becoming a crucial part of modern farming, but monitoring throughout the entire season can offer substantial benefits. Here are some key reasons why setting up a Paul-Tech soil station now could help you stay ahead:

1. Better fertiliser planning with nutrient data
Installing a soil station in autumn allows you to track nutrient levels over winter, giving you crucial baseline data when planning your spring fertiliser applications. This helps you avoid over-fertilising and ensures you provide the right nutrients at the right time for your crops.

2. Accurate soil temperature and moisture insights for spring fieldwork
With autumn and winter data, you’ll have a clear picture of soil temperature and moisture levels as you prepare for spring planting. This can help you avoid sowing into soil that’s too cold or wet.

3. Monitor winter crop survival and soil structure changes
Winters can pose challenges for crops. Soil monitoring helps you track freezing and thawing cycles that affect root systems and soil structure, giving you an early warning of any potential issues as spring approaches.

4. Continuous data for a full growing season perspective
By starting in autumn, you ensure that data is collected without interruptions, providing a complete view of your soil conditions throughout the growing season. This continuous insight helps you make informed decisions at every stage, from sowing to harvest.

5. Automated data collection without the hassle
Paul-Tech soil stations provide automated, real-time data every two hours, meaning you don’t need to manually check or take soil samples. This makes soil management simpler and save your time to focus on other tasks.

Learn more www.paul-tech.com

 

[PaulTech]

Hello all,

I am Mikk Plakk, co-founder of Paul-Tech.

I would like to clear a few things that have been thrown out here.

a) Clive was one of our pilot customers and yes he did receive the technology as a freebie. This is a normal thing companies do to get feedback about the product.

His quote/feedback is based on his own words and that he has actually seen value in the data we provide. We have not paid him anything to endorse the product.

His quote is based on his own words as he gave as honest feedback on the solution.

Please address all your questions to us as he is not our spokesperson and has nothing to do with the threads we have started.

b) Regarding facts or opinions (about the savings etc) then the solution has over 100 clients before we launched in the UK and everything we say is based on real life feedback and user stories.

c) @DrDunc regarding you last post about the subscription cost. We did admit that the calculation was wrong and corrected this in the other thread.

e) Regarding ripping off farmers - I do not see this in that way. We are providing value from our service and there is monetary gain possible by using it. This is a simple ROI calculation that did your investment paid off or not. Our experience shows that we can provide monetary value which is bigger than the cost.

The problem is that this type of data has never been used before and the hesitance towards that is very big. This is a problem we trying to overcome with conducting a big amount of trials in the UK which would give confidence in the data the solution provides.

Thanks