Archive: June 2024
The Hon Penny Wensley receives esteemed international soil award
The Hon Penelope Wensley AC, Patron of the Soil CRC and of Soil Science Australia, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal at the International Union of Soil Sciences Centennial Congress held in Florence, Italy in May. The IUSS medal is one of the most prized soil awards in the world; it is awar...
100 years of the International Union of Soil Sciences
1500 scientists, practitioners, and policymakers with a passion for soil came together in Florence, Italy, last month for the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) Centennial Congress. It was 100 years ago that soil science was recognised as a discipline in its own right, and the first interna...
Smart Soils community in action
Last month, the Soil CRC and University of Newcastle hosted the National Soil Science Extension Team Smart Soils Community of Practice (CoP) in Newcastle (NSW). The event presented an opportunity for members to hear about the work of the Soil CRC and talk about how we can work together to facilitate...
New technical fact sheets on soil management
The Soil CRC recently released 28 new fact sheets on priority soil management issues as part of our ‘Building technical capacity for improved soil management’ project. The fact sheets were created by the Soil CRC’s Soil Knowledge Broker, Felicity Harrop, to support a series of Soil CRC webinar...
Meet Muhammad Salik Ali Khan
The Soil CRC is pleased to introduce our newest PhD student, Muhammad Salik Ali Khan, who is based at the University of Tasmania in Hobart. Muhammad was born and raised in Lahore, Pakistan’s second largest city and home to over 13 million people. “Growing up in a large city, I was intrigued by r...
Building on success: Soil CRC announces eight new projects
The Soil CRC is investing a further $4.1 million in new research with another eight projects approved for delivery over the next three years. Soil CRC CEO Dr Michael Crawford said these projects build on previous Soil CRC research into soil data and performance metrics, novel products and technology...