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Wheatbelt NRM’s ‘Get the dirt’ podcast digs into what really matters for soil health, resilience and farming in a tough climate. In this interview, Emeritus Professor Richard Bell discusses new farming methods designed to increase soil carbon, reduce green house gas emissions, and improve soil fertility across Western Australia’s Wheatbelt. Listen here.

Check out the May 2026 newsletter from the Soil CRC. In this edition: Sentek to bring BILBY® below-ground soil data transmitter to market, Creating an enduring resource on soil performance indicators, Soil CRC accelerator workshop builds momentum for research adoption, Wimmera farmers to help shape rural land management investment, Soil CRC grower groups and researchers boost extension efforts, Save the date for the Soil CRC’s final conference, Visit the Soil CRC Knowledge Hub . Read newsletter.

Wheatbelt NRM’s ‘Get the dirt’ podcast digs into what really matters for soil health, resilience and farming in a tough climate. In this eye-opening interview, soil scientist Dr Mehran Rashti, Soil CRC project leader (4.1.005 and 4.1.003) from Griffith University, reveals how understanding soil resilience, from microbial functions, organic matter, to the importance of root depth, could help improve your crop long-term. Listen here.

This project (4.2.004) established four on-farm field experiments in 2022 to test new practices and products for ameliorating multiple soil constraints across key soil types in the Australian grains and sugarcane industries. Read our research findings fact sheet to learn more.

Led by Dr Nathan Robinson, this two-year project (2.1.006) set out to understand which soil indicators farmers currently use to assess soil status and which are most appropriate for different farming systems and regions. Read our research findings fact sheet.

This project (4.2.003) focused on identifying practical approaches to improve soil condition, early crop vigour, and crop productivity on calcareous soil in the south-east and upper Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. Read our research findings fact sheet.

In this webinar, Soil CRC researchers discussed our research into sandy soils and explored practical strategies for improving the performance of sandy soils across Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. Watch the webinar.

Soil CRC Program 2 Leader, Dr Nathan Robinson, sat down with agtech innovator Simon Edwards from the University of Tasmania to chat about the Soil CRC’s BANDICOOT® soil probe — a tool that provides actionable insights into compaction, moisture, salinity and clay content in under 30 seconds, making it practical for routine in-paddock use. Watch the video.

Soil CRC Adoption Manager, Felicity Harrop, sat down with Simon Kruger from West Midlands Group to chat about the Soil CRC’s ‘Risk/Reward Tool’ (writing guide and user documentation) and how it can be used to improve research communications. Watch the video.

This project (4.1.005) examined how land management practices affect soil resilience, with the goal of identifying which practices build more resilient soils and under what conditions they are most likely to benefit farmers. Read our research findings fact sheet to learn more.