Category: News
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 ...
National social benchmarking study complete
The Soil CRC’s social benchmarking of rural landholders across Australia wraps up this month with the release of the final reports for Tasmania and the Wimmera region in Victoria. Led by Dr Hanabeth Luke (Southern Cross University), the latest research completes a nationwide study focussed on land...
Meet Dr Rahat Shabir
Dr Rahat Shabir recently completed his PhD in Agriculture with the Soil CRC and Griffith University and is now looking to embark on the next stage of his career. We caught up with Rahat to learn about his journey so far and find out what’s next. Born and raised in Burewala, Punjab Pakistan, Raha...
Soil CRC in China
The Soil CRC was on the international stage last month as our CEO, Dr Michael Crawford, was invited to present in the ‘High Level Dialogue’ section of the Global Forum on Soil Health, held in Yangling, China. Dr Crawford joined a small Australian delegation who attended at the invi...
Making sense of soil indicators
Soil CRC researchers at Federation University, in partnership with Charles Sturt University and the University of Newcastle, are examining how farmers use soil indicators to inform and support their farming practices. Soil indicators are the observations, assessments and measurements farmers use t...
Panels explore challenges and opportunities
The Soil CRC’s Participants Conference featured four constructive panel discussions that highlighted some of our research projects while delving into key challenges and opportunities for soil research. The full panel discussions are available to view on Soil CRC’s YouTube channel. Soil data ...
Soil CRC Conference wrap-up
We were thrilled to see over 140 Soil CRC participants and stakeholders gather in Launceston, Tasmania, from 29 to 31 August for our 2023 Soil CRC Participants Conference. Soil CRC staff and participants gathered on day one to take part in productive project team meetings, program workshops and our ...
PhD students in the spotlight
Soil CRC PhD students shone bright at our 2023 Participants Conference in Launceston last month – showcasing their research projects, contributing to robust future-focused conversations, and sharing soil knowledge amongst like-minded peers. Day one of the conference kicked off with the highly ...
Digging into Tasmanian soils
The 2023 Soil CRC Participants Conference concluded with three jam-packed field trips focused on soil management issues in northern Tasmania. Delegates elected to hop on a bus and head on one of three tours. “The field trips were a great opportunity to highlight the challenges and opportunities fo...