Category: News
Building a soil data legacy: The evolution of VAS
The Soil CRC recently announced an additional $800K funding for the continuation and further development of the Visualising Australasia’s Soils (VAS) portal, which is contributing to a legacy of soil data in Australia. The project began in 2019 to provide Soil CRC participants, and the agricultura...
Unlock your soil carbon potential
There are a range resources, data and tools available to NSW land managers to help uncover their property’s soil carbon potential. The Soil CRC invites you to a free webinar series to help NSW farmers, landowners and advisors: understand the latest soil carbon data resources and tools learn how to...
Harnessing technology to solve complex problems
Growing up in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, Dristi Datta was surrounded by a rich agricultural heritage and a vibrant community life. A fascination with technology and its potential to solve real-world problems led Dristi to pursue tertiary studies in electrical and electronic engineering. But it was his de...
Lifting a lid on farmer decision-making
North Central Victorian landholders are being invited to share their experiences as part of a national Soil CRC social benchmarking study led by Southern Cross University. The study seeks to uncover how farming and soil management practices change over time, to better guide farmer engagement and str...
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...
Program spotlight: New products for soil fertility and function
Program 3 of the Soil CRC is focussed on developing new fertilisers, amendments and delivery mechanisms to enhance soil fertility and function....
The fertiliser value of manures
Professor Terry Rose from Southern Cross University is leading a Soil CRC project to develop recommendations for the use of animal manures and new organic amendment products in managing soil fertility. The aim is to give growers confidence to replace mineral fertiliser inputs fully or partially with...