Key Takeaways
- Eurofins Agro Testing has acquired Laboratoř Postoloprty, one of the Czech Republic's most established agro testing laboratories, founded more than 35 years ago and employing 30 staff.
- Laboratoř Postoloprty is accredited by the Czech Accreditation Institute and authorised by the Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture (ÚKZÚZ), offering analysis of soil, plant, feed, fertilizer, water, sediment, and biogas materials.
- The laboratory supports precision agriculture through drone-based crop mapping, GPS-guided soil sampling, and its proprietary SKYZOL software, which integrates soil analysis with satellite data to generate agronomist application maps.
- The acquisition strengthens Eurofins Agro Testing's presence in the Czech Republic, combining local analytical expertise with the group's international network and resources.
Eurofins Agro Testing Acquires Czech Laboratory Laboratoř Postoloprty
Eurofins Agro Testing has acquired Laboratoř Postoloprty, a leading agro testing laboratory in the Czech Republic with more than 35 years of operating history. The laboratory, which employs 30 people, is accredited by the Czech Accreditation Institute (ČIA) and authorised by the Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture (ÚKZÚZ), and provides a broad range of analytical services covering soil, plant, feed, fertilizer, water, sediment, and biogas materials.
The deal extends Eurofins Agro Testing's footprint in central Europe and brings together Laboratoř Postoloprty's established local client relationships and sector knowledge with the Eurofins group's international laboratory network and resources.
What Laboratoř Postoloprty Brings to the Group
Beyond standard analytical services, Laboratoř Postoloprty has built a precision agriculture capability that includes drone-based crop mapping and GPS-guided soil sampling. The laboratory has also developed SKYZOL, a proprietary software solution that integrates soil analysis data with satellite imagery to help agronomists produce field-level application maps. This positions the acquired business as a practical bridge between laboratory analysis and on-farm decision-making.
The laboratory regularly collaborates with research institutes and universities, reflecting a focus on applied innovation alongside its core testing services. Its sampling and consulting offering gives clients both the analytical data and the contextual guidance needed to act on results.
Strategic Fit Within Eurofins Agro Testing
Eurofins Agro Testing cited the alignment in quality standards and in the shared focus on delivering practical, actionable results for farming customers as a key basis for the acquisition. The combination is intended to give Czech and regional agricultural clients access to a wider range of services backed by Eurofins' global infrastructure, while retaining the local expertise and market knowledge that Laboratoř Postoloprty has built over three and a half decades.
The acquisition adds to a broader pattern of consolidation in European agricultural testing and precision agronomy services, as operators seek to combine data generation with the digital tools and analytical depth needed to support sustainable farm management at scale.
