Why do farmers adopt soil management practices?
Working with farmer groups from across Australia, this project is finding some interesting factors that influence why some farmers adopt soil management practices.
Conference Webinars
We cancelled our Participants Conference for 2020, but we hosted a series of five amazing webinars.
Soil data portal goes live
Farmers across Australia and New Zealand can now see soil data from both public and private sources through a new internet portal.
Soil Tech a major focus at EvokeAG
Many speakers highlighted the opportunities in better managing our soil for productive and sustainable outcomes.
What drives farmers to choose their farming method?
Understanding what management decisions farmers make, and why, is vital.
Participants Conference Webinars
As is the way for so many at the moment, in lieu of holding our Soil CRC Conference, we are having a series of five webinars.
Smelling soil – developing an eNose to monitor soil biology
We're developing an eNose that will help smell the soil to determine the health of the soil.
Profile: Dr Craig Lobsey
Craig is a mechatronic engineer putting his skills to use in proximal soil sensing. He's leading the Soil CRC project "Novel sensor technology to measure and map nutrients".
Project Update: Building Technical Capacity
This project will build soil knowledge and technical skills of thirty grower and NRM groups from around the country.
Partner Profile: University of Southern Queensland
It's a diverse team from USQ who work with the Soil CRC, they are mostly based in the Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Systems.
Five with a farmer group – Southern Farming Systems
Operating in the high rainfall zone of Victoria, Southern Farming Systems is a farmer driven organisation.
It’s World Soil Day!
Hot on the heels of World Toilet Day and Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day, it's easy to be cynical about another Day to celebrate.