Our Lab History
Eurofins Agro Testing NZ has its origins in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and later as part of AgResearch. Formally called the Soil Fertility Service, the original analytical testing service was set-up by MAF Scientists in the mid-1980s.
Comprising two facilities, one at Ruakura Research Centre and one at Invermay, the research carried out by the laboratory lead to the development and field calibration of the key tests that are still used by New Zealand laboratories today.
The laboratory remained part of AgResearch until it was sold to private ownership in 2001. Since then, the laboratory has undergone several name changes, until mid-2012 when Eurofins purchased the laboratory group. In April 2014 the Agricultural Testing laboratory was re-located from Ruakura Research Centre to join our existing Auckland laboratory in Penrose.
Through all the changes over the past 20 years, our Agro Testing laboratory has maintained the link to science and the history of how the laboratory began.
