Solvita® is Soil Life, from latin: [solum] soil; [vita] life

Your Farm

Your Soil

Your Carbon

Solvita® has advanced across markets and is inspiring soil conservationists, farmers and composters in new ways to gauge the quality of their products.

Soil Quality

Solvita® soil tests capture key biological, chemical and physical traits indicating healthy functioning in a farm system.

Compost Quality

Solvita® probes are sensitive media responding to CO2 and NH3 gases as they are released naturally from compost.

About Solvita

Solvita’s mission is to increase awareness of soil biology functions by providing simple, accurate tools for performing measurements in the field and laboratory.

Soil Health

Soil Health is an emerging concept of soil fertility which includes biological traits like microbial respiration in equal footing with nutrient chemistry.

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Compost Quality Monitoring

Many composters worldwide employ Solvita® to monitor the composting process and to certify end-product maturity.

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Carbon Respirometry

IRTH® is an investigator’s ideal tool to carefully study scenarios which reveal and validate biological carbon dioxide behavior of soils and composts at the micro- to macro-scale.

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Solvita Blog

WEBINAR: Combating Dry Conditions with Soil Health – Presented by Rebecca Harvey (November 15th, 2024, 11am CST)

Good Afternoon, Is dry weather keeping you from getting those soil samples? You’re not alone. Across the U.S., soil labs and collectors are experiencing lower productivity due to compaction and drought—conditions that may highlight deeper soil health issues. Join us...