Archive: November 2023
Parliamentary Friends of Soil celebrate World Soil Day
The Parliamentary Friends of Soil group celebrated the United Nations’ World Soil Day at a networking event held at Parliament House on Tuesday 28 November. Hosted by Soil Science Australia with support from the Soil CRC and Soils For Life, along with fifteen other organisations, the event was a m...
Green light for longitudinal landholder study
The next phase of the Soil CRC’s national social benchmarking study kicks off this month as we seek to understand how farming and soil management practices change over time. North Central Victorian landholders will be the first to complete our follow-up surveys in early 2024, with two more regions...
Henry’s hydrochar research highlights
Hailing from Uganda, Henry Luutu first visited Australia in 2014 after finishing his undergraduate degree. It was this visit, and a passion for sustainable agriculture, that inspired his return in 2019 to pursue postgraduate studies at Southern Cross University. “During this trip I had an opportun...
Enabling soil data
Good decision making is inextricably linked to good data, so it’s important that we reliably capture, store, analyse, and manage the wealth of data being generated by Soil CRC’s research projects. Dr Nathan Robinson from Federation University Australia is leading our ‘Improving soil data manag...
New soil management resources build technical capacity
As farmers better understand the importance of sustainable soil management for their productivity and profitability, they need advice, technical assistance and expertise from their local grower groups. The Soil CRC’s ‘Building technical capacity’ project set out to increase the soil technical ...
Making sense of soil indicators
Farmers, agronomists and researchers are being invited to participate in a project that looks at the factors influencing their decisions about soil indicators – the tools that evaluate soil performance and help farmers make informed decisions about soil health on their property. The project aims t...