Order standard soils
How can I order LUFA Speyer standard soils?
To order LUFA Speyer standard soils, please use our order form.
- Order details: Delivery address (additional billing address if necessary), quantities, fresh from the field, stored or steamed
- Please send the order form by e-mail to stdboden@lufa-speyer.de.
Fees plus freight costs and VAT:
| Standard soil per kg* | 11.00 EUR |
| Small quantity surcharge (< 20 kg) per standard soil | 30.00 EUR |
| Surcharge for orders of fresh soil per standard soil | 59.00 EUR |
| Soil steaming (per container up to 25 kg) | 25.00 EUR |
| Surcharge for additional work per order for first-time customers (except customers from Germany)** | 15.00 EUR |
| Surcharge for additional work per order for customers from third countries (except Switzerland and Norway) | 40.00 EUR |
| Surcharge for additional work per order in special cases (filling out forms for the customer, increased costs due to customs, etc.). | 50.00 EUR |
*We grant a 10% discount for order quantities > 500 kg. For order quantities > 1000 kg we grant a 15% discount.
**The first-time customer surcharge for customers from Switzerland and Norway is EUR 40.00.
Where are standard soils used?
Standard soils are used in particular for pesticide approval studies according to GLP (“Good Laboratory Practice”) on leaching behavior, degradation and metabolism, influence on soil microflora and fauna, adsorption/desorption behavior of pesticides in soils as well as for vegetation trials in the laboratory and in the field. As a rule, soils with certain characteristics should be used for these studies in accordance with the guidelines of the JKI (Julius Kühn-Institute) and other relevant guidelines (OECD). However, our standard soils are also used for research purposes with completely different questions without reference to pesticides.
Our standard soil types
We offer various types of soil, which differ in particular in terms of their organic matter content, grain size composition and pH value.
The chemical and physical properties of our standard soils can be found here:
Advantages of standard soils from LUFA Speyer for trial participants and evaluating bodies
The use of standard soils from LUFA Speyer offers significant advantages:
- Long-term availability and therefore comparability of trials from several years and/or with different active ingredients
- No difficult search, procurement, preparation and maintenance of suitable soils
- Free delivery at short notice with all necessary data on location, history, treatment, sampling (in accordance with ISO standard no. 10381-6) and analyses (all in accordance with GLP)
- Delivery fresh from the field (with active microflora), stored (air-dried) or steamed (surcharge)
Our soils are not a mixture of individual components, but naturally formed soils from selected areas of widely occurring soil types that are currently used for agriculture and have not been treated with pesticides, organic fertilizers (except for green manure grown on the respective areas) or biocidal fertilizers for at least 5 years prior to sampling. Mineral fertilizers are applied for a maximum of 3 months prior to soil sampling. The soil is normally taken from a depth of 0-20 cm, processed and sieved to 2 mm.
