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.

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Where Science Meets Service: Meet the Food Commercial Team

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What our customers have to say

"We've always found them to be responsive in getting results back and giving advice on problems we might be facing."

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.