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Soil CRC Program 3 Leader Professor Megh Mallavarapu from Newcastle University gives an overview of Program 3, ‘New products for soil fertility and function’, at the 2025 Soil CRC Participants Conference. Recorded in Perth, Western Australia, on 27 August 2025. Watch recording.

In this panel session, Soil CRC participants discussed how farming systems groups accelerate research impact (dubbed the ‘farmer filter’). Bret Ryan from Southern Farming Systems guided the discussion with Simon Kruger (West Midlands Group), Rob Milla (Burdekin Productivity Services), Christine Storer (Charles Sturt University), Stephen Rutter (The Scale Institute). Kelly Angel (Birchip Cropping Group) and Diana Fear (Central West Farming Systems). Recorded in Perth, Western Australia, on 27 August 2025. Watch recording.

Soil CRC PhD student Christopher Wilmot from Charles Sturt University presents his research on incentivising soil stewardship through the consumer market. Recorded in Perth, Western Australia, on 27 August 2025. Watch recording.

Soil CRC PhD student Pradeep Rai from Charles Sturt University presents his research on quantifying farmers’ tradeoffs in regenerative and modern conventional agriculture. Recorded in Perth, Western Australia, on 27 August 2025. Watch recording.

Simon Kruger from West Midlands Group presents on his Soil CRC research project (1.4.005), which developed a new tool for defining the benefits of adopting new farming practices. Recorded in Perth, Western Australia, on 27 August 2025. Watch recording.

Christine Storer from Charles Sturt University and Karl Behrendt from Harper Adams University present on Soil CRC research project 1.4.004, which is defining the benefits of regenerative agriculture. Recorded in Perth, Western Australia, on 27 August 2025. Watch recording.

Soil CRC Program 1 Leader Professor Catherine Allan from Charles Sturt University gives an overview of Program 1, ‘Investing in high performance soils’, at the 2025 Soil CRC Participants Conference. Recorded in Perth, Western Australia, on 27 August 2025. Watch recording.

Soil CRC PhD student Vijay Aralappanavar from the University of South Australia presents his research on the development of a Diffusive Gradients in Thin-films (DGT) methodology to assess bioavailability of imidazolinone herbicide residues in soil. Recorded in Perth, Western Australia, on 27 August 2025. Watch recording.

Soil CRC PhD student Stephen Lang from the University of Adelaide presents his research on hardsetting horizons in sandy soils. Recorded in Perth, Western Australia, on 27 August 2025. Watch recording.

Dr David Minkey from Western Australian No-Tillage Farmers Association presents on his Soil CRC research, which investigated modern farming methods for sequestering soil carbon and improving soil fertility. Recorded in Perth, Western Australia, on 27 August 2025. Watch recording.