Soilo Announces Essence 6: Next-Generation AI-Powered Soil, Water, Animal Feed and Silage Testing Device Launching 22 November 2026

A new generation of agricultural intelligence is coming. Soilo has officially announced Soilo Essence 6, its upcoming portable, AI-powered testing device designed to expand on-site analysis across soil, water, animal feeds and silage. The product is scheduled to launch worldwide on 22 November 2026, bringing together 22+ measurable parameters, integrated solar-powered charging, longer battery life, offline functionality and additional capabilities coming soon in one handheld solution.

As agriculture becomes increasingly data-driven, understanding the resources that support crop production and livestock management is more important than ever. Farmers and agricultural enterprises need timely information about soil conditions, water quality and the nutritional characteristics of animal feeds. These are closely connected elements of agricultural productivity, yet they are often managed through separate processes, instruments and information systems.

Soilo Essence 6 represents an important step towards bringing these areas together. Designed as the next generation of Soilo's portable testing technology, Essence 6 expands the company's announced product capabilities beyond conventional soil intelligence. Its applications include soil testing, water testing, nutrient analysis for animal feeds and nutrient analysis for silage. The new generation is intended to connect agricultural information with the places and people making practical decisions.

Soilo has also announced up to 99% accuracy compared with laboratory results as a headline capability. The actual hardware design and commercial price remain confidential ahead of the official unveiling. For now, Soilo is introducing the technology and its confirmed capabilities while preparing to open pre-booking. Interested customers can register an enquiry through the official website; pre-booking transactions are not open.

A new chapter in Soilo's agricultural technology journey

Soilo's development has been centred on a fundamental idea: useful environmental information should be accessible where decisions are made. Agriculture depends on a complex relationship between soil, water, crops, agricultural inputs and livestock. Each element affects another, and decisions made without adequate information can influence production costs, resource efficiency and operational outcomes. Portable testing technology offers an opportunity to bring information closer to the people managing these activities.

With Soilo Essence 5, the company developed a portable soil-intelligence product focused on field measurements and agricultural workflows. The existing generation established an approach to bringing soil observations into digital reporting and decision-making. Soilo Essence 6 builds on that direction while expanding its scope. The announcement concerns a broader product generation, rather than a change to the established specifications of Essence 5.

The development is not simply about increasing the number of measurable parameters. It introduces additional application areas, particularly animal feed and silage analysis, alongside new power-management and usability capabilities. This reflects Soilo's broader vision of connected environmental intelligence for agriculture, commercial operations, research organisations and field programmes. Information collected in different parts of an agricultural business can become more useful when people understand how those parts relate to one another.

Four important areas of testing in one product generation

One of the defining announcements surrounding Soilo Essence 6 is its support for four major application areas: soil, water, animal feeds and silage. These applications represent different but interconnected requirements within agriculture. Soil provides the physical and nutritional foundation for crop production. Water supports crop growth and influences soil conditions. Animal feeds provide nutrients required by livestock, while silage plays an important role in preserved-fodder systems.

For farms that manage both crops and livestock, information from all four areas can contribute to decisions about production and resource utilisation. Essence 6 extends Soilo's portable testing approach into these connected applications. The broader scope is relevant to agricultural cooperatives, field-service providers, feed businesses and institutional programmes working across multiple agricultural activities. Each application has its own context, even when it forms part of the same farm operation.

Rather than describing the device only as a soil tester, Soilo is positioning Essence 6 as a new generation of agricultural and environmental testing intelligence. The announced 22+ parameters describe the expanded platform. A parameter-by-parameter breakdown for each application has not been disclosed in this pre-launch announcement. Customers can discuss their intended use with Soilo while following the official product information as it is released.

Advanced soil intelligence

Soil testing remains a central component of the Soilo Essence product family. Healthy and productive soils depend on a combination of physical conditions, chemical characteristics and nutrient availability. Understanding these factors helps farmers and agricultural advisers make informed decisions about crop management. Soilo Essence 6 will continue supporting soil testing and nutrient analysis while introducing its expanded measurement platform across the announced application areas.

For users working across different fields, plantations and agricultural environments, portable testing can support more accessible observations and improve visibility into field conditions. Soil conditions can vary within the same farm. Differences in composition, management history, irrigation, fertiliser application and crop practices can create variations between locations. Organising observations around those differences helps teams place individual readings in a useful agricultural context.

Essence 6 builds on Soilo's focus on making environmental observations more accessible. The objective is to help users move from assumptions towards decisions informed by measurable information. Soil information becomes more valuable when understood alongside crop requirements, farm operations and management decisions. This relationship between measurement and practical agricultural intelligence remains central to the Essence family as its application areas expand.

Expanding into water testing

Water is another major application area for Soilo Essence 6. Agricultural water management involves more than deciding when to irrigate. Water characteristics can influence irrigation practices, soil conditions and the management of agricultural resources. The new device generation extends Soilo's portable testing capabilities to water testing and analysis, connecting another important part of agricultural operations with its field-intelligence approach.

This creates opportunities for users managing soil and water together, particularly farms, plantations, irrigation projects and agricultural service operations. Field teams frequently work across multiple locations with different water sources and environmental conditions. Portable testing functionality can make it more convenient to collect observations during agricultural visits. Organised water information can also contribute to operational reviews and resource-management discussions within larger businesses.

Water analysis is relevant to horticulture, protected cultivation and diversified farming systems, where soil and water requirements are often considered together. The relationship between soil observations and agricultural water management will be an important part of Essence 6's positioning. Detailed water-specific parameters and operating instructions are not being introduced in the teaser campaign; the confirmed announcement is that water testing and analysis are included in the new generation's applications.

Introducing nutrient analysis for animal feeds

One of the most significant new applications announced for Soilo Essence 6 is nutrient analysis for animal feeds. Animal nutrition is central to livestock management. Dairy farms, cattle-rearing enterprises and other livestock operations depend on feed materials suited to their animals' nutritional requirements. Feed quality and composition can vary depending on raw materials, sourcing, processing and storage, making access to information relevant throughout the agricultural value chain.

Understanding these characteristics helps livestock businesses review materials used in feeding programmes. Conventional analysis may involve collecting samples, transporting them to a laboratory and waiting for results before information becomes available for operational use. Soilo is introducing animal-feed nutrient analysis as an additional application of its portable testing technology, with the objective of bringing nutritional information closer to the environments where feed is handled and managed.

Potential users include dairy farms, commercial livestock operations, feed suppliers, feed manufacturers, agricultural advisers and organisations working with animal nutrition. For feed businesses, measurement information can support discussions about consistency, material selection and quality review. For livestock operators, it can contribute to a more informed understanding of available feed resources. The announcement does not specify individual feed analytes or limits; those details have not been released as part of this campaign.

Silage analysis for livestock farming

Silage is an important component of livestock feeding systems in many agricultural regions. It is produced by preserving forage materials, such as maize or grasses, through controlled fermentation. Properly managed silage provides a way to store fodder beyond the immediate harvesting period. Its nutritional characteristics influence how it is used in animal feeding programmes, making nutritional assessment relevant to farms depending on preserved forage.

Silage characteristics can vary with crop material, harvesting conditions, preparation, storage and the preservation process. Soilo Essence 6 introduces nutrient analysis for silage within its expanded testing capabilities. This application is particularly relevant to dairy farms and other livestock enterprises using stored forage. Silage producers and feed suppliers may also find nutritional information useful when reviewing materials and discussing requirements with their customers.

The addition reflects Soilo's intention to serve agricultural operations more comprehensively. A farm may cultivate fodder crops, use water for irrigation, manage soil nutrients and produce silage for its livestock. These activities are interconnected even when different teams manage them. Supporting analysis across soil, water, feed and silage makes the new generation relevant to a wider range of agricultural workflows without reducing its purpose to a single testing category.

An expanded platform with 22+ measurable parameters

Soilo Essence 6 introduces an expanded measurement platform supporting 22+ parameters. This represents a development from the 16-parameter capability associated with Soilo Essence 5. The increased parameter count reflects the company's efforts to broaden the information available through portable testing technology. It also accompanies the expansion into additional agricultural applications, including animal feeds and silage alongside soil and water.

Different measurement parameters serve different purposes. Some describe environmental conditions, while others contribute information relevant to nutrient assessment and resource management. Their practical value depends on interpretation within the appropriate application. The new generation is designed to bring a wider range of analytical capabilities into a portable product, while keeping the relationship between measurements and operational needs at the centre of the experience.

The detailed parameter-by-parameter specifications will be communicated through official product information. This announcement does not assign particular analytes to soil, water, feed or silage, or claim that every parameter applies to every material. The confirmed headline is 22+ measurable parameters across the expanded platform. Customers considering a specific workflow can register their interest and identify the application they would like to discuss with Soilo.

Up to 99% accuracy compared with laboratory results

Measurement performance is a central focus of the upcoming product. Soilo has announced up to 99% accuracy compared with laboratory results as a headline capability of Essence 6. Agricultural measurements contribute to operational decisions involving nutrient management, material assessment and environmental observation. Users need information that is understandable and relevant to their intended applications, particularly when different operators collect observations across several sites.

The accuracy statement is an official announced product specification for the new generation. The teaser campaign does not publish parameter-specific comparison datasets, testing limits or separate performance figures for each material. The phrase up to remains part of the announced statement. Soilo's product information will provide the appropriate context as further details are released; this announcement does not turn that headline into an unconditional guarantee for every sample or application.

Essence 6 combines this announced measurement capability with the company's focus on AI-powered intelligence, portability and field usability. The broader objective is to make analytical information useful within agricultural work. Understanding the intended application and the context of an observation remains part of using testing information responsibly across farms, service organisations and institutional programmes.

AI-powered agricultural intelligence

Artificial intelligence is a defining part of the Soilo Essence 6 announcement. Agricultural testing generates information, but numbers become more valuable when users understand them within a practical context. Soilo's wider technology ecosystem places importance on bringing together device information, digital platforms and AI-assisted agricultural intelligence. Essence 6 continues that direction with AI-powered intelligence and analysis among its confirmed capabilities.

Farmers, agronomists, feed businesses and field technicians work with information that must be interpreted alongside the material being tested and the purpose of the assessment. Soil observations, water information and feed analysis serve different decisions. Presenting information clearly becomes especially important as the Essence family extends into multiple applications and reaches users working in different parts of the agricultural economy.

Soilo's approach combines portable technology with intelligence-oriented workflows rather than treating measurement as an isolated activity. The pre-launch announcement confirms AI-powered functionality without disclosing a detailed feature list, model architecture or operating requirements for individual AI functions. Offline operation is also confirmed, but those two announcements should not be interpreted as a statement that every future AI feature will run without internet access.

Works offline: designed around field conditions

Agricultural work frequently takes place outside reliable internet coverage. Farms, livestock facilities, plantations and rural service locations may not have consistent mobile data connectivity. A portable testing product therefore needs to be practical where internet access is limited or unavailable. Soilo Essence 6 will support offline operation as one of its announced capabilities for real agricultural working conditions.

This is relevant to field technicians and agricultural service providers travelling between sites. It also matters to enterprises organising work across remote locations, where connectivity can influence how teams plan their activities. Offline functionality allows supported field operations to be considered without making a constant internet connection the foundation of every visit. Detailed instructions will describe the requirements of individual workflows when official operating information is released.

Offline use fits the wider emphasis on portability and practical equipment. Users need technology that can accompany daily agricultural activities, rather than assuming those activities take place in an office environment. Essence 6 brings offline operation together with a handheld design and new charging capabilities as part of the announced direction for this generation.

Integrated solar-powered charging

Power availability is another practical consideration in agricultural technology. Field devices may be used far from charging points, particularly during visits to agricultural land or remote operational sites. Soilo Essence 6 will introduce integrated solar-powered charging. The feature is intended to provide additional charging flexibility for users working outdoors and moving between agricultural locations.

Solar-powered charging is relevant to field teams, service providers and organisations conducting measurement activities across distributed sites. It also aligns with Soilo's focus on technology suited to environmental and agricultural operations beyond conventional facilities. Users travelling between farms, or working with inconsistent access to electricity, may find an additional charging option useful when considering how equipment fits their working arrangements.

The announcement confirms integrated solar charging without specifying solar wattage, charging time or energy output. Those figures have not been disclosed. Together with longer battery life and portable design, the capability represents a focus on practical field readiness. Customers can follow official product updates for configuration and operating information rather than inferring electrical specifications from the teaser visual.

Longer battery life for extended use

Alongside solar charging, Soilo Essence 6 introduces longer battery life. Battery endurance matters to agricultural consultants visiting several farms, field technicians assessing multiple locations and institutional teams undertaking organised testing programmes. The next generation is intended to provide improved battery endurance and greater flexibility during agricultural work, reflecting the importance of power management in a portable device.

Combined with integrated solar-powered charging, longer battery life supports the objective of practical use outside office and laboratory environments. These are complementary announced features, but the teaser does not provide a numerical battery capacity or promise a particular number of hours, tests or days between charges. The company is keeping those engineering details outside the pre-launch campaign.

The confirmed message is that battery life is longer in the new generation. Buyers planning field operations can register their interest and describe their intended requirements. Further product information will help them assess the device within their own operating arrangements as it becomes available through Soilo's official channels.

Portable, handheld and designed for mobility

Portability remains at the centre of the Essence product family. Agricultural testing often involves moving between locations instead of bringing every observation into a central facility. A handheld product can be useful when information is collected across fields, livestock-related operations and agricultural service routes. Soilo Essence 6 retains a portable, handheld design as one of its confirmed characteristics.

For farmers, portability can reduce the logistical complexity of field observations. For commercial service providers, it can make testing technology easier to include in visits. For larger programmes, handheld equipment can support teams working across different sites. The expanded applications are therefore being introduced alongside a form of operation intended to suit mobile agricultural professionals.

The physical appearance of Essence 6 remains confidential before the official unveiling. Soilo has not released dimensions, weight, detailed physical silhouettes or hardware photographs in this announcement. The concealed-device creative communicates anticipation without exposing the design. The public campaign focuses on the announced applications and capabilities, keeping the appearance of the actual product for the official reveal.

Customizable probe lengths

Agricultural testing environments present different operational requirements. Site accessibility, working procedures and sampling arrangements can influence how equipment is used. Recognising this need for flexibility, Soilo Essence 6 introduces customizable probe lengths. The capability is intended to support different user requirements and testing configurations while maintaining the product's focus on portable agricultural intelligence.

For businesses operating across varied environments, adaptable configurations can provide a useful starting point for discussing equipment requirements. This is relevant to farms, agricultural service operations and institutional programmes with different ways of organising field work. The announcement confirms customizable lengths without disclosing numerical dimensions, construction details or application-specific engineering configurations.

Detailed options will be introduced through official product information. Until the full reveal, the hardware design and technical configuration details remain confidential. Customers interested in this feature can identify it in their enquiry so the Soilo team understands what they would like to discuss when additional information becomes available.

Designed for multiple agricultural sectors

The broader applications of Soilo Essence 6 are relevant across several segments of the agricultural economy. Farmers can explore expanded field-testing capabilities in a portable device. Agronomists and crop advisers can consider soil and water analysis in the context of field observations and crop-management discussions. Dairy farms and livestock enterprises have a particular connection to animal-feed and silage nutrient analysis.

Feed manufacturers and suppliers can explore portable analytical information within material-review and customer-service processes. Agricultural cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organisations may consider shared services across member farms. Agricultural service providers can discuss a wider range of supported testing requirements, connecting their existing crop-related work with the needs of livestock businesses and feed operations.

Research organisations can consider the announced capabilities within defined study and observation workflows. Government programmes can explore their relevance to field demonstrations, agricultural support and organised information gathering. These are intended application areas, rather than claims of procurement, certification or programme endorsement. The broader announcement reflects Soilo's aim to serve different kinds of agricultural intelligence requirements through accessible technology.

Connecting crop agriculture and livestock management

Crop agriculture and livestock management are frequently discussed as separate industries, but many agricultural businesses operate across both. A dairy farm may cultivate fodder crops, irrigate fields, manage soil fertility, prepare silage and purchase additional feed. Each activity contributes to the wider operation. Information about soil, water, feed and silage can therefore be relevant to different teams within the same business.

Essence 6 introduces a product generation designed around these connected needs. For a diversified farm, it creates a way to consider several testing applications within one product family. For a cooperative, it provides a foundation for discussing agricultural services across crop production and livestock support. For enterprise customers, it broadens the conversation about organised agricultural intelligence programmes.

The connection does not remove the distinct purpose of each application. Soil observations support different questions from feed analysis, while water information and silage assessment each need their own context. Soilo's direction is to bring these areas into a connected view of agricultural resources, helping customers consider the relationships between activities that contribute to their overall operation.

Building on the Soilo intelligence ecosystem

Essence 6 forms part of Soilo's wider environmental intelligence strategy. The company presents eight core offerings: Soil Intelligence, Water & Irrigation Intelligence, Ground Intelligence, Carbon MRV & ESG, Compliance & Traceability, Industrial Intelligence Solutions, Field & Automation Solutions, and the combined Soilo Ecosystem. These offerings connect environmental measurement, digital information, technology and practical services.

Within that structure, Essence 6 belongs to the Soil Intelligence product family. It does not introduce a ninth top-level offering. Its announced water and livestock-related applications extend the relevance of the Essence generation while preserving the site's existing way of organising Soilo's products and services. Visitors can explore Essence 5, Soilo Presence and the new Essence 6 announcement through Soil Intelligence.

The relationship between hardware and intelligence remains central to Soilo's development strategy. A measurement has greater practical value when it can be placed within an agricultural activity, management requirement or operational decision. Essence 6 is being introduced as another component of that direction, with broader application areas and additional capabilities still to be announced.

From Soilo Essence 5 to Soilo Essence 6

Soilo Essence 5 established the company's portable soil-testing platform with 16 reported parameters and agricultural workflows. Essence 6 introduces 22+ measurable parameters across its expanded testing platform, new animal-feed and silage nutrient analysis, and soil and water testing. Integrated solar charging, longer battery life and customizable probe lengths are also among the announced enhancements for the new generation.

AI-powered intelligence, offline operation and a portable, handheld design are confirmed features of Essence 6. The comparison is restricted to announced specifications. No measurement time or numerical price has been disclosed for the new product. Existing Essence 5 specifications, documentation and customer workflows remain attached to that product; its information should not be treated as undisclosed Essence 6 specifications.

These developments expand the Essence family. They do not announce that Essence 5 is discontinued. Soilo Essence 5 continues to serve its established product role, while Essence 6 is introduced for customers interested in the next generation and its broader applications. Both products retain their own identity and information on the official website.

The device design remains a secret

Although Soilo has announced the major capabilities of Essence 6, the actual device has not been unveiled. The company is preserving the appearance of its next-generation hardware until the official launch. Initial promotional material features an object completely covered by dark cloth with an illuminated lock, maintaining the concealed-device theme without publishing actual hardware photographs or engineering views.

This presentation keeps attention on the applications being introduced while maintaining anticipation around the final design. DEVICE REVEAL COMING SOON is a central message of the campaign. The official hardware reveal is planned as part of the 22 November 2026 launch. Until then, visitors can learn about the confirmed capabilities through the announcement and dedicated product page.

The teaser is the approved public visual for the launch campaign. Its appearance should not be used to infer dimensions, detailed shape, probe construction or engineering specifications. Those details remain outside the announcement. Soilo will communicate further product information through its own official channels as the launch approaches.

Price locked: commercial details coming soon

Another central part of the announcement is the decision to keep pricing confidential. Soilo has introduced the message PRICE LOCKED. REVEAL COMING SOON. No public numerical device price is announced at this stage. The initial campaign introduces the product's capabilities and builds awareness ahead of the official launch without opening a purchase or payment flow.

Information about pricing, commercial availability and ordering arrangements will be communicated through official Soilo channels. The locked-price theme accompanies the concealed-device presentation, and both remain prominent in the website's launch materials. Neither the teaser nor the product announcement offers a checkout link, deposit amount or paid reservation opportunity for Essence 6.

The launch date and commercial announcements are separate matters. The product page will not automatically reveal a price or mark pre-booking open simply because 22 November arrives. Changes to those states require a separate official announcement. For the present campaign, the price remains locked and pre-booking remains an upcoming programme.

Pre-booking for Soilo Essence 6 opens soon

Soilo is preparing to open pre-booking for interested customers. Potential users include farmers, agricultural businesses, dairy operators, livestock enterprises, feed manufacturers, distributors, service organisations and institutional buyers. Organisations considering different applications can register interest and describe their requirements, helping the company understand the range of use cases being considered across markets.

Until pre-booking formally opens, the website offers an enquiry workflow with Soilo Essence 6 Pre-booking selected as the product interest. Registering interest does not take payment, reserve stock or guarantee an allocation. It provides a way to ask for information and discuss intended requirements with the Soilo team through the existing contact process.

Customers can use Register Your Interest to submit an enquiry. Commercial arrangements and the formal opening of pre-booking will be communicated separately. The message remains straightforward: a new generation is coming, the device remains hidden, the price remains locked, and pre-booking opens soon.

Launching worldwide on 22 November 2026

The official launch of Soilo Essence 6 is scheduled for 22 November 2026. The date marks a milestone in the development of the Essence product family and the planned unveiling of the next-generation hardware. Customers and partners can follow official updates to learn more about the product's features, technical information and commercial announcements as they are released.

The launch will provide an opportunity to explore how the new generation relates to soil testing, water analysis, animal-feed nutrient assessment and silage analysis. It also communicates a wider direction for portable agricultural intelligence, with technology intended to serve more of the requirements encountered across crop-production and livestock environments.

As November's launch approaches, Soilo will continue sharing product information through its website and official communication channels. The dedicated Soilo Essence 6 product page brings together the confirmed capabilities, launch information, frequently asked questions and interest-registration link, giving visitors one canonical destination for the new generation.

Looking ahead: a more connected future for agricultural intelligence

Agriculture continues to evolve as businesses look for better ways to manage resources, understand environmental conditions and make informed decisions. Information matters across crop production, water management, livestock nutrition and agricultural supply chains. At the same time, technology must remain practical for the people using it: portable enough for field teams, understandable within agricultural work and suited to locations without reliable connectivity.

Soilo Essence 6 brings these priorities together through its announced capabilities. Soil and water testing, animal-feed and silage nutrient analysis, 22+ measurable parameters, up to 99% accuracy compared with laboratory results, AI-powered intelligence, integrated solar charging, longer battery life, offline operation, portable handheld design and customizable probe lengths represent a substantial expansion of the Essence family. Additional capabilities are coming soon.

The new generation is designed around the idea that agricultural intelligence should extend beyond individual measurements and support a wider understanding of the resources involved in production. For Soilo, this announcement is another step towards making agricultural and environmental technology accessible to different users, industries and regions while maintaining a clear connection between testing information and its practical purpose.

Soilo looks forward to introducing Essence 6 to farmers, livestock enterprises, agricultural professionals, research organisations, distributors and partners worldwide. A new era of agricultural intelligence begins on 22 November 2026. The device is still a secret. The price is locked. PRE-BOOKING SOON. Follow official Soilo updates and register your interest to learn more about the next generation.