The Soil CRC Participants Conference is a great opportunity for members of the Soil CRC and the public (Days 2 and 3) to find out more about our research.

There will be plenty of time for questions, discussions, networking and general catch ups between researchers, farmers, industry representatives and students who are involved in the Soil CRC.

After successfully launching our field trips last year, we will again dedicate Day 3 (29 August) of the conference to a number of field trips looking at soil management issues in the Riverina region of New South Wales.

The Participants Conference is aimed at those who are part of one of the 39 Soil CRC Participant organisations.

Day 2 (28 August) and Day 3 (29 August) are open to anyone who has an interest in the activities of the Soil CRC.

Registration is free for staff, students and members of Soil CRC Participant organisations.

Non-Soil CRC participants will be required to pay for the Days 2 and 3 when registering.

Registrations close 19 August 2024.

Tuesday 27 August

Soil CRC Participants only

• Optional project meetings
• Student workshops
• Program meetings
• Welcome reception

Wednesday 28 August

Soil CRC Participants and the public

• Keynote speakers
• Program overviews
• Project updates
• PhD student presentations
• Panel discussions
• Conference dinner (Soil CRC Participants only)

 Thursday 29 August

Soil CRC Participants and the public

•  Soil management field trips (see details below)

Program is subject to change.

Three field trips will allow delegates to inspect Soil CRC research trials and soil related research in the region and get a better understanding of the major soil issues, challenges and opportunities. The second and third trips will return early via Wagga Wagga airport to coincide with schedule flight departures.

Field trip 1 – Mangoplah & Lockhart

Departs hotels from 8am and returns 5pm to Wagga Wagga city

This full day field trip will visit acid soil management field trials at Mangoplah where Holbrook Landcare Network, local farmers and government researchers will outline the productivity and pasture persistence outcomes. We then travel to The Rock for lunch before heading to Soil CRC subsoil amendment trials based near Lockhart.

Field trip 2 – Junee

Departs hotels from 8am and returns 3pm to Wagga Wagga Airport then city

Visiting a local farm on route to view landscape, soil management and optimised production systems, we then head to the Hart Brothers intercropping trial near Junee. A soil pit and array of speakers and farmers will explain the trial work including the Cool Soil Initiative in the region.

Field trip 3 – Charles Sturt University Farm

Departs hotels from 8am and returns 12pm to Wagga Wagga Airport then city

Visiting the Charles Sturt University research farm, participants will examine the key soil landscape systems of the region and visit the rhizo-lysimeter and hear about the CSU Global Digital Farm.

Charles Sturt University
Convention Centre
286 Pine Gully Road
Wagga Wagga, NSW

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 NSW farmers, landowners and advisors to a free webinar series to:

• understand the latest soil carbon data resources and tools
• learn how to conduct studies for soil carbon projects
• discover techniques to check the reliability and accuracy of soil carbon data.

Thursday 25 July at 1.30pm AEST

Soil CRC Project Leader Associate Professor Peter Dahlhaus from Federation University will demonstrate how to use the Soil CRC’s Visualising Australasia’s Soils online data portal to access NSW soil data.

Dr Linda Henderson and Brian Jenkins from the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (NSW DCCEEW) will demonstrate accessing relevant soil and land data using the Soils Near Me app and NSW Environment’s eSPADE database.

How to register

This webinar is hosted by the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (formerly NSW DPI) Soils Unit. You can register on their website at the link below.

Thursday 15 August at 1.30pm AEST

Karl Anderson from NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, supported by Brian Murphy from the Soil Knowledge Network, will cover the interpretation of soil data and land capability for optimum soil carbon management.

This webinar is hosted by the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (formerly NSW DPI) Soils Unit.

Registrations opening soon.

These are the first in a series of seven webinars to be presented by the Soil CRC and their participants.

The next five webinars will be hosted by each of the Soil CRC’s farming systems groups working in NSW and will cover locally relevant and suitable land management activities for optimum soil carbon management.

The webinars are part of the ‘Soil Carbon Capacity Building Resources for Farmers and Advisors’ project, which offers guidance on soil management changes, increasing soil carbon, and can help farmers earn carbon credits. Fact sheets to support the webinar content will be published on the Soil CRC’s website.

This project is proudly supported by NSW DCCEEW through the Primary Industries Productivity and Abatement Program (PIPAP).

Watch previous Soil CRC webinars