Projects
Project 2.1.009 Soil performance indicators and their interdependencies
Dr Nathan Robinson Project Leader Federation University Australia Previous Soil CRC research has shown that land managers use a range of indicators…
Project 2.2.001 Soil sensor technologies – which ones are most useful for smarter farming?
Dr Marcus Hardie and Assoc Prof John Bennett Project Leader University of Tasmania and University of Southern Queensland The purpose of the…
Project 2.2.002 ‘Smart’ soil sensors
Dr Marcus Hardie Project Leader University of Tasmania There are a range of constraints to the use of soil sensors (moisture) on…
Project 2.2.003 New sensors for measuring soil nutrients
Dr Craig Lobsey Project Leader University of Southern Queensland This project will provide farmers and their advisers with tools to help them…
Project 2.2.004 Affordable rapid field-based soil tests
Dr Liang Wang Project Leader University of Newcastle Farmers need on farm information on soil chemical properties that can affect crop performance.…
Project 2.2.005 Improved soil data management
Dr Nathan Robinson Project Leader Federation University Australia Across its four programs, the Soil CRC is producing a great deal of new…
Project 2.2.006 Commercialising the BILBY® – a below ground wireless sensor node
Dr Marcus Hardie Project Leader University of Tasmania This project is taking the next steps towards commercialising the BILBY®. The BILBY® is…
Project 2.2.007 Rapid soil tests using ‘lab-on-a-chip’ and an app
Dr Liang Wang Project Leader University of Newcastle The costs and time required for traditional soil sampling and chemical analysis can be…
Project 2.2.008 Commercialising the smart penetrometer (BANDICOOT®)
Dr Marcus Hardie Project Leader University of Tasmania The previous Smart Soil Sensors project invested considerable time to understand what growers need…
Project 2.3.001 Visualising Australasia’s Soils
Associate Professor Peter Dahlhaus Project Leader Federation University The Visualising Australasia’s Soils (VAS) project aims to make Australasian soils data from all…