Archive: April 2024
Program spotlight: Soil performance metrics
Program 2 of the Soil CRC seeks to define the indicators of soil performance, create better tools for on-farm soil measurement and develop better systems for managing soil data. Program Leader Associate Professor Richard Doyle from the University of Tasmania said that farmers need to measure soil pe...
Next-gen soil sensors on the horizon
With the recent completion of the Soil CRC’s ‘Smart soil sensors’ project, we’re one step closer to delivering easy-to-use, field-based senor technology to farmers. Led by Dr Marcus Hardie from the University of Tasmania, the project has successfully developed two new sensing technologies to...
Visualising Australasia’s Soils: extending the soil data federation
The Soil CRC’s Visualising Australasia’s Soils (VAS) project provides an online portal to quality soil data from across Australia and New Zealand. Project Leader Associate Professor Peter Dahlhaus from Federation University Australia said VAS is a dynamic web-based platform where Soil CRC resear...
Sky’s the limit for ‘Lab-on-a-Chip’ creator
Known for his sharp wit and steely determination, Soil CRC PhD student Reuben Mah is a self-proclaimed perfectionist who strives for continuous improvement. His endless curiosity and process-focussed approach were ingrained from an early age. “I was born in Malaysia and raised in a family environm...