Soil intelligence · Built for agricultural transition

The soil health platform that every stakeholder has been waiting for

One data source. Five outputs. Farmers reduce costs, banks lend smarter, councils get compliance, food companies prove their supply chain.

How the platform works
Live dashboards → 🇳🇿 NZ1 · Ruakura Dairy, Waikato 🇿🇦 SA1 · Bergvlei, Free State 🇿🇦 SA2 · KwaZulu-Natal 🇿🇦 SA3 · Stellenbosch, W Cape
21
OBI indicators per farm
5
Stakeholder outputs
from one data source
−40%
Urea reduction achieved
in transition farms
$58
Avg savings per ha/yr
sustainability loan + inputs
2021
Year OverseerFM declared
"not fit for purpose"
The problem

Three broken systems.
One platform fixes all three.

Farmers, regulators, and banks are all making decisions with incomplete data. NAITRO closes the gap.

The Priming Effect — farming's hidden cost

Excess synthetic nitrogen causes soil microbes to consume stored soil carbon to balance their C:N diet. Every extra bag of urea is destroying the very soil structure that makes farms productive long-term.

−0.3% SOC/yr
Average loss rate under high-urea systems

OverseerFM declared "not fit for purpose"

New Zealand's primary N-budget tool was declared unfit by the Office of the Chief Science Advisor in 2021. NPS-FM 2020 demands catchment-level compliance, but there is no credible replacement. NAITRO fills that vacuum.

2021
Year Overseer lost regulatory credibility

Five stakeholders, five data silos

Farmers report to councils. Councils report to government. Food companies demand Scope 3 data. Banks need risk scores. Everyone asks the farmer for different data in different formats. NAITRO captures it once and routes it to all five.

Reporting duplicated across supply chain

Why the OBI matters: the Rabobank precedent

The Open Bodemindex (OBI) is already used by Rabobank Netherlands to assess farm loan risk. Developed by WUR (Wageningen University), a.s.r. insurance, and Vitens water company. NAITRO adapts this validated framework for NZ and SA conditions — making your soil health score bankable.

OBI · Open source · WUR validated

Four layers. One integrated intelligence platform.

Each layer builds on the one before. Your soil health score becomes a visualisation, becomes a decision, becomes a report that every stakeholder in your supply chain can trust.

Layer 1
Score

OBI-adapted NZ & SA soil index. 21 indicators across Chemical, Physical, Biological, and Management domains. Open-source, WUR-validated, scientifically credible, comparable across farms.

OBI framework21 indicators0–100 score
Layer 2
Visualise

1m³ digital twin soil block. IoT sensor fusion, SPARC visualisation. Input layer → Soil health state → Output layer. Time slider for past/present/future scenario modelling on every paddock.

Digital twinIoT sensorsTime slider
Layer 3
Decide

NAITRO AI decision engine. Priming Effect risk score, BNF potential model, urea step-down planner. Trace mineral gap analysis. Variable-rate application maps. The "WHOOP for soil health."

AI engineBNF modelTrace minerals
Layer 4
Report

HUIGE multi-stakeholder MRV. One data source. Five outputs: farmer dashboard, food company Scope 3, bank risk score, regional council NPS-FM compliance, government NUE tracking.

HUIGENPS-FM 2020Cool Farm
For every stakeholder

Whoever you are,
NAITRO speaks your language.

The same soil data, five different dashboards. Built for each stakeholder's decisions, metrics, and reporting obligations.

Farmer
Food company
Bank
Regional council
Government / IFA

You grow the food. NAITRO grows your confidence.

Stop guessing how much urea to apply. NAITRO's AI engine tells you exactly where to reduce nitrogen, which paddocks have a priming risk, and what the return is on every dollar spent on trace minerals.

  • Soil Health Score — a single number you can track week to week
  • Urea step-down planner with science-backed confidence intervals
  • Cobalt, copper, selenium deficiency alerts before they cost you production
  • Sustainability-linked loan rate reduction — up to 0.40% off base rate
  • NPS-FM 2020 compliance trajectory — know your status before the audit
Your farm dashboard snapshot
Soil health score
78/100
Optimal zone
Urea saved
−$36/ha
vs 2020 baseline
BNF contribution
42%
of N from biology
Loan rate reduction
−0.25%
current tier

Verified Scope 3 data. No more supplier surveys.

Food companies face mounting pressure to report verified farm-level Scope 3 emissions. NAITRO gives you real sensor data, not farmer estimates. Compatible with Cool Farm Tool, certified for supply chain traceability reporting.

  • Farm-level N input data verified by IoT sensors, not self-reported
  • Cool Farm Tool integration — automated annual report
  • Soil carbon sequestration tracking for net-zero commitments
  • Premium access to farms with verified sustainability scores
  • Supplier dashboard showing progress across your entire supply base
Scope 3 supply chain view
Verified farms
4
IoT sensor confirmed
Avg NUE
55%
nutrient use efficiency
Scope 3 status
Ready
Cool Farm compatible
SOC trend
+0.2%
carbon sequestration

Lend with confidence. Reward sustainable farmers.

Rabobank already uses the OBI framework in the Netherlands. NAITRO brings this proven approach to NZ and SA — giving you a standardised, science-backed soil risk score for every farm loan, updated continuously from IoT sensor data.

  • OBI-adapted soil risk score — comparable across every farm in your book
  • Sustainability-linked loan structure: three tiers based on score thresholds
  • Early warning: priming risk flag alerts you before soil degradation accelerates
  • Continuous monitoring — risk score updates quarterly, not annually
  • Precedent: Rabobank NL OBI integration proven model
Sustainability loan tiers
Tier 3 — Optimal
Score ≥85 · urea <120 kg
Base −0.40%
Tier 2 — Improving
Score ≥70 · NUE ≥55%
Base −0.25%
Tier 1 — Standard
Score <70
Base rate

NPS-FM 2020 compliance at catchment scale.

NAITRO aggregates farm-level N data to give regional councils a real-time view of catchment N loads. No more relying on OverseerFM estimates. Verified IoT sensor data, science-backed modelling, audit-ready reports.

  • Real-time catchment N load dashboard — updated from IoT sensors
  • Farm-by-farm compliance trajectory — who is on track by when
  • NPS-FM 2020 reporting pack — pre-formatted for council submission
  • N leaching estimates grounded in soil biology, not input-only models
  • Replaces OverseerFM with a scientifically credible open-source framework
Catchment compliance view
Farms monitored
4
IoT verified
Avg N leaching
38 kg/ha
target: <30 kg
On compliance path
3/4
farms on trajectory
Report status
Ready
NPS-FM pack

National NUE tracking. Policy evidence that holds up.

NAITRO's HUIGE framework maps soil health data to government reporting at national scale. NUE (Nutrient Use Efficiency) tracked at every supply chain segment — from farm input to food company output — providing the evidence base for agricultural policy.

  • National NUE dashboard — farm, processor, and supply chain segments
  • IFA Hackathon-aligned NUE methodology (1 kg bread reference case)
  • HUIGE framework: Health, Utilities, Industries, Governments, Ecosystems
  • Exportable data for UN FAO, IPCC, and global sustainability reporting
  • Policy levers: which interventions move the needle most at national scale
National NUE tracking
Farm NUE avg
55%
N output / N input
Processor NUE
72%
processing segment
HUIGE domains
5
H·U·I·G·E mapped
Policy evidence
Ready
exportable dataset

Real farms. Real data.

Click any farm below to open its full soil health dashboard — soil score, digital twin, recommendations, and compliance reports.
The science

Built on open science.
Validated by world leaders.

NAITRO doesn't invent new science. It makes the world's best soil science accessible to every farmer, bank, and council on earth.

★★★★★
"The Open Bodemindex gives us a standardised language to assess soil health across our entire lending book. NAITRO brings this to the Southern Hemisphere for the first time."
R
Rabobank Model
OBI-linked sustainability lending · Netherlands
★★★★★
"The Priming Effect is real and measurable. For every tonne of synthetic nitrogen over-applied, farms can lose 2–4 tonnes of soil organic carbon. This is the mechanism NAITRO makes visible."
W
WUR Research Basis
Wageningen University · OBI framework authors
★★★★★
"Cobalt and molybdenum deficiency in NZ and SA volcanic geology is systematically under-diagnosed. These cofactors gate biological nitrogen fixation — without them, legume covers produce no benefit."
N
NAITRO Soil Science
NZ/SA trace mineral deficiency research basis

Ready to know what your soil is actually doing?

Join the first cohort of farms on NAITRO. Free for pilot farms in New Zealand and South Africa during 2025.

No obligation. Pilot farms receive free onboarding, sensor installation support, and a baseline OBI soil report.