Weiz, Austria, March 21st, 2023 – Pessl Instruments GmbH enters into a distribution and development partnership with Borealis L.A.T GmbH to enhance the companies’ N-Pilot® and offer solutions that help optimize fertilizer use.

Pessl Instruments GmbH, a global manufacturer and leading provider of advanced agricultural technology solutions under the METOS® brand, enters into a distribution and development agreement with Borealis L.A.T, a member of the renowned Borealis Group, that focuses on solutions that help farmers optimize their fertilizer use without compromising the crop yield.

When it comes to fertilizer application timing, there’s no room for guess-work. The right amount of fertilizer at the optimal time is crucial to reduce the costs and minimize the impact on the soil. Therefore, our main objective of this collaboration is to develop even better tools that will help with fertilizing decision-making together with more data inputs coming from the Satellite and other handheld devices from Pessl Instruments like Dualex and MobiLab.

This partnership will aim to bring Borealis L.A.T’s digital products closer to the global agriculture market. We will make additional development inputs, namely on N-pilot®,  a handheld, portable sensor that detects the nitrogen nutritional status of plants. Along with additional hardware and product enhancement, Pessl Instruments and Borealis L.A.T will optimize fertilizer input without sacrificing yield and safeguard the environment at the same time.

Combining that with Pessl Instruments extensive portfolio of hardware and software solutions, agronomy knowledge, and development expertise, farmers all over the globe will have access to the most extensive and holistic tool-box of solutions for sustainable approach to fertilizer application.