Soil, Land & Earth
Soil Health & Structure
Sampling, structure and the 2030 target nobody has a baseline for.
Soil is the asset every other module depends on and the one with the weakest measurement discipline. This module runs repeatable sampling at fixed georeferenced points, holds laboratory results in a single comparable series regardless of which lab did the work, records visual structure assessment, and produces the soil evidence that schemes, carbon calculators and lenders increasingly ask for.
- 12 capabilities
- 4 linked schemes
- Flagship module
- Offline capable
- 12
- Capabilities in this module
- 6
- Interactive tools
- 4
- Linked support schemes
- 5
- Data integrations
- 5
- Measures reported
The ground reality
What is actually happening in soil health in the UK
The Environmental Improvement Plan target commits to 60 per cent of agricultural soil in sustainable management by 2030, but there is no national soil condition baseline against which that can be measured at farm level. Soil sampling on most holdings is done on an irregular cycle by whichever adviser is engaged, using different depths and different laboratories, which makes the results non-comparable across years — the single biggest obstacle to demonstrating improvement.
Figures are as published at the time of writing. Farm policy and payment rates change frequently — verify against the primary source before relying on any number here.
In the field
Soil health, as it actually looks
Photography from working UK holdings alongside the interface that records it. Every frame below is a commissioned slot: the brief is stated until the photograph is taken.
Soil Health — a walkthrough
A working pass through soil health: entering the record once, and watching it appear in the evidence pack, the calendar and the scheme application without being typed again.
- 0:00 What the module is for
- 0:48 Entering the record
- 2:05 Where it appears next
- 3:20 The evidence pack
Photography slots state their own brief until the shot is commissioned, so the layout never shifts when real images arrive.
Capabilities
What Soil Health does
Every capability below is built on the same underlying record, so entering something once is enough for it to appear wherever it is needed.
Record and plan
- Georeferenced fixed sampling points with repeat-visit navigation
- Standardised sampling protocol by depth, pattern and season
- Multi-laboratory result normalisation into one comparable series
Operate and monitor
- pH, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and sulphur indices with trend analysis
- Soil organic matter and organic carbon tracking with change detection
- Visual Evaluation of Soil Structure scoring with photographic evidence
Comply and evidence
- Compaction mapping from penetrometer readings and machinery traffic modelling
- Soil texture classification and available water capacity estimation
- Earthworm counts and biological indicator recording
Analyse and improve
- Soil erosion and runoff risk mapping by slope, texture and cover
- Liming requirement calculation with product and rate recommendation
- Soil evidence pack assembly for schemes, carbon audits and lenders
Interactive
Tools you actually use, not screens you read
These are working interfaces inside the module — maps, calculators, planners and dashboards that respond to your own holding data.
Soil map with switchable nutrient index, pH, organic matter and texture layers
Soil map with switchable nutrient index, pH, organic matter and texture layers
MapMulti-year trend chart per sampling point with laboratory normalisation applied
Multi-year trend chart per sampling point with laboratory normalisation applied
ChartLiming requirement calculator by field and target pH
Liming requirement calculator by field and target pH
CalculatorCompaction risk model driven by machinery weight, tyre pressure and soil moisture
Compaction risk model driven by machinery weight, tyre pressure and soil moisture
ToolAvailable water capacity estimator for drought planning
Available water capacity estimator for drought planning
ToolSoil structure assessment wizard following the VESS scoring method
Soil structure assessment wizard following the VESS scoring method
WizardEnd to end
How Soil Health runs, start to finish
The module is modelled as a state machine, so at any point the business knows exactly which stage every record is at and what has to happen next.
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1
Design the sampling grid and fix the points
This is where the record starts, and getting it right here removes work at every later stage.
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2
Sample to a standard protocol
The platform prompts only for what this stage genuinely needs, and carries everything forward.
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Submit to the laboratory
Conflicts with scheme rules, regulatory windows and existing commitments are flagged here rather than discovered later.
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Normalise and load the results
Capture works offline, so this stage is completed in the field rather than remembered afterwards.
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Assess structure visually in the field
Everything recorded at this point becomes evidence automatically, in every format that will later ask for it.
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Interpret indices and produce recommendations
This is the stage most businesses currently do twice, once for the operation and once for the paperwork.
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Feed the nutrition and liming plans
Results feed the whole-farm view, so the effect of this stage is visible against the rest of the business.
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Track the trend and evidence improvement
The cycle closes here, and what is learned is carried into next season's plan rather than lost.
Who uses it
Built around four real jobs, not one generic user
Each of these people needs something different from the same record. The module is designed so none of them has to work around the others.
Arable farmer
Four-year sampling cycle
Needs results comparable across years and laboratories.
Agronomist
Nutrient planning
Needs indices in a form that feeds the RB209 plan directly.
Carbon assessor
Baseline and verification
Needs bulk density and organic carbon at fixed, repeatable points.
Agricultural lender
Security assessment
Needs soil condition as a proxy for long-term land productivity.
Schemes and funding
Support schemes this module works with
Agrivencia holds these schemes as data, so eligibility, payment rates, caps and windows update the day they change rather than at the next software release.
Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026
Pay farmers for environmental actions taken alongside food production, as the principal replacement for area-based direct payments in England.
Defra / Rural Payments Agency Northern IrelandSoil Nutrient Health Scheme
Establish a soil nutrient and carbon baseline across Northern Ireland farmland.
DAERA ScotlandWhole Farm Plan
Require farmers and crofters to review land and livestock management across defined components as a condition of support.
Scottish Government WalesSustainable Farming Scheme
Replace area-based direct payments in Wales with a scheme rewarding sustainable land management outcomes.
Welsh Government / Rural Payments WalesRates, caps and windows change frequently and sometimes without notice. Always confirm against the current published scheme rules before applying.
Measurement
How you will know it is working
The module reports against these measures from the day it is switched on, so the value is demonstrable rather than assumed.
- 01Points sampled on schedule
- 02Soil organic matter trend
- 03Fields at target pH
- 04Structure score improvement
- 05Percentage of area with a current soil result
Find
Find surveyors and laboratories
Filter by type, nation, distance and accreditation. Results are ranked by relevance to your holding once your holding record exists, and alphabetically before that.
5 records shown from the platform’s own register
- Module Soil Health & Structure Flagship
- Module Soil Carbon & Organic Matter Core
- Module Land, Mapping & Field Boundaries Flagship
- Module Tenancy, Tenure & Land Markets Core
- Module Peatland & Paludiculture Core
Benchmarking
How this compares with businesses like yours
A cohort is only useful if it is genuinely comparable, so it is built from farm type, soil grade, region and scale rather than from whoever happens to have signed up. Your own figure is never shown to anyone else.
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Points sampled on schedule
Your figure appears hereLower quartile 33 Median 51 Upper quartile 80
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Soil organic matter trend
Your figure appears hereLower quartile 27 Median 48 Upper quartile 86
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Fields at target pH
Your figure appears hereLower quartile 27 Median 57 Upper quartile 80
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Structure score improvement
Your figure appears hereLower quartile 30 Median 57 Upper quartile 86
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Percentage of area with a current soil result
Your figure appears hereLower quartile 21 Median 56 Upper quartile 73
How the cohort is built
- Farm type
- Matched
- Soil grade
- Matched
- Region
- Matched
- Scale band
- Matched
- Cohort size
- Minimum 12 businesses, or no comparison is shown
Questions answered
What people ask about Soil Health
Does this replace the software I already use?
Not necessarily. Agrivencia integrates with authoritative sources and mainstream packages rather than insisting on replacing them. Where an incumbent does one job well, the platform connects to it; where the job spans several systems and nobody does it, the platform does it.
Will it work where I have no signal?
Yes. Field capture in Soil Health is offline first, storing locally and synchronising when a connection returns. Only around a fifth of UK farms report reliable signal across the whole holding, so this is a design assumption rather than a feature.
What happens when the scheme rules change?
Scheme rules are held as data rather than code, so a rate change, a cap change or a window closure is a content update that takes effect the same day. The platform also alerts you to what the change does to your own position.
Who owns the data I put in?
You do. The Farm Data Charter gives you a complete export in open formats at any time, and every instance of data sharing requires an explicit, revocable consent that is visible in your account.
Does it work if I farm across a border?
Yes, and that is one of the main reasons the platform exists. A business with land in more than one nation sees one reconciled view rather than two portals, with obligations and deadlines from both administrations in a single calendar.
Can my agronomist or land agent use it too?
Yes. You grant scoped, time-limited access per holding and per module, and you can revoke it in one click. Advisers never get a shared password or a blanket view.
What is the biggest limitation of this module?
Non-comparable historic data. Mitigated by explicit normalisation and honest flagging where it cannot be reconciled. We would rather state that plainly than let you discover it after signing.
Documents
Take it away with you
Everything here is printable and works on a kitchen table with no signal. Where a document asks for an email address, it says so on the button rather than after you press it.
Comparable Soil Data: Fixed Points, One Protocol, Four Nations of Evidence
The practical handbook for soil health: what the rules require, what the evidence has to show, and the mistakes that cost people money.
soil health — evidence checklist
Every document an audit or a claim asks for, in the order it is asked for, with the validity period of each.
soil health — record template
The record structure the module uses, as a spreadsheet, so a business not yet on the platform can start keeping it correctly today.
Data model reference
Entities, fields and integration points for soil health, for advisers and software partners.
See Soil Health running on your own holding
Thirty minutes, using your parcels, your schemes and your enterprises rather than a sample farm. No obligation and no sales script — if it does not fit your business we will say so.
- Free tier available
- No card required
- Your data stays yours