Category: News

Five with a farmer group – Burdekin Productivity Services

Burdekin Productivity Services is a not-for-profit grower and miller owned organisation in far north Queensland. We caught up with Rob Milla, Manager, for a five minute chat....

Soil CRC Patron reappointed as National Soils Advocate

Patron of the Soil CRC, Major General the Honourable Michael Jeffery was reappointed as National Soils Advocate by Prime Minister, Scott Morrison at the Bush Summit in Dubbo last week. The role of National Soils Advocate will be reinstated as the Prime Minister recognises the importance of healthy s...

Prime Minister praises Soil CRC

The Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, today praised the efforts of the Soil CRC at the Bush Summit in Dubbo. ...

NSW EPA joins the Soil CRC

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has joined the Soil CRC as a Partner....

Five minutes with a farmer group: West Midlands Group

The Soil CRC caught up with a very busy Nathan Craig – the Executive Officer from West Midlands Group for a five minute chat....

Profile: Murdoch University

The Sandy soils project team at the Soil CRC conference Located in Perth, Murdoch University is the only Soil CRC University partner from Western Australia. Murdoch University aspires to excel in translational research, taking new discovery research and applying it to real world. This aligns perfect...

Profile: Professor Nanthi Bolan

For Professor Nanthi Bolan, Program Leader of Program 3, agriculture is in his blood. It has been his life....

Project Update: Visualising Australasia’s Soils

The Visualising Australasia's Soils project has hit the ground running, holding a workshop that brought together farmer groups and researchers for some valuable conversations about soil data and the online portal the project will produce....

Injecting new life into biosolids

A trial soil injection of biosolids in liquid form to improve soil productivity was showcased at a field day hosted by South East Water. ...

Soil CRC hosts inaugural conference

Over 100 delegates from around the country came together last week in Newcastle, for the inaugural Soil CRC participants conference....

$5.6 million funding for new soil research

The Soil CRC has announced another 15 new research projects, bringing the number of current Soil CRC projects to 24....

Profile – Catherine Allan

Catherine Allan is an Associate Professor in Environment, Sociology and Planning at Charles Sturt University and is the Program Leader for Program 1 – Investing in high performance soils at the Soil CRC....