Feed Testing

Feed Testing

Hill Labs provides a wide range of Feed testing profiles, including a range of tests specifically designed to help farmers assess the feed quality of their pasture and forage crops. We use the latest analytical chemistry techniques, including Near Infrared Spectroscopy (‘NIR’), to deliver reliable and accurate results to you as quickly as possible.

Pasture and Forages

New Zealand's pastoral sector has been built on feeding stock with high quality pasture, supplemented at appropriate times of the year with additional feedstuffs to ensure optimal animal health and performance.

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Silage and Compound Feed

Supplemental animal feeding is an invaluable way of ensuring appropriate animal nutrition.

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Helpful links

Our team of testing experts has meticulously crafted these documents to offer recommendations tailored to your testing requirements.

Latest Stories

Canterbury Anniversary Day

A friendly reminder that our Christchurch lab will be closed for Canterbury Anniversary Day on Friday 15th November. If you plan to send any time or temperature-sensitive samples, please ensure you schedule these to arrive before or after this date, to avoid delays.
  14 Nov 2024

Christmas Hours 2024/2025

With the holiday season fast approaching, our hours will differ from usual. Our opening hours over the 2024/2025 festive season can be found below.
  06 Nov 2024

Kea Kids News Reports on New Earthworm eDNA test

We were delighted to welcome young journalist Kadie and the Kea Kids News team to our Hamilton lab, where they burrowed into the fascinating world of soil health. Kadie, a Waikato primary school student, is part of Kea Kids News which produces news videos for kids, by kids.
  01 Nov 2024

What our customers have to say

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Andrew Hutchinson, Technical Manager, Turners & Growers

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Nick Walker, Technical Manager, Egmont Honey

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Accreditations

As a New Zealand accredited laboratory by International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ), Hill Labs' commitment to quality is tantamount to our overall operating philosophy. We pride ourselves on the quality of our work.