Higher-value crop production requires attention to what is harvested: marketable volume, commercial grade, test results and documentation. Soil quality is part of this planning.

Appearance is one part of the assessment

Size, integrity and grading help monitor harvest standards. Pesticide residues in food require dedicated analyses; their presence cannot be assessed from the fruit's appearance or inferred solely from a soil report.

Define the target market

Residue requirements must be checked for the commodity, substance and destination market, as well as the buyer's conditions. In the European Union, the official database allows limits to be checked for each food–substance combination; current values must be verified for each transaction.

Connect quality with results

The monitoring proposed by Terrapure combines marketable yield, culls, prices and costs. Comparisons must clearly describe growing-season and market conditions to assess whether the investment generated a return.

Soil, food and financial performance require different indicators. The program combines this information to support decisions; approval to market a production lot depends on the applicable checks.

Reference for the European market: European Commission, pesticides and maximum residue limits database.

Consult the official European database ↗