Pricelist update (1st June 2023) - no price increases!

We’re updating the Hortus Analytical sample and service pricelist to come into effect 1st June 2023. Cost of living and doing business has increased for everyone in Australia in recent months; but we’re doing our best to keep prices under control for our valued customers – the new pricelist has no price increases for any current sample types!

Instead, we are making a few changes to some samples to streamline our lab workflow; to make sure we can deliver our analytical services in a cost-effective and timely manner.

The most important changes are;

SOIL2 no longer includes P (BSES) or NH4-N tests. We recommend upgrading to SOIL3 if these tests are critical for your farm.
We no longer offer the DT3 package. Cobalt + Selenium are available on-request as an ASE.
We are streamlining our SAP samples to only SAP2 and SAP4.

2023 Pricelist (v3) – Download PDF »

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