Soil CRC shines the spotlight on soil health
| Posted Apr 28,2022
From Soil Wealth and Integrated Crop Protection website:
Underperforming agricultural soils cost Australian farmers billions of dollars in lost revenue each year – but the good news is that all is not yet lost for our soils.
“Our purpose is to undertake soil research and development (R&D) to help give farmers the tools and knowledge they need to improve soil management, and increase productivity and profitability,” Soil CRC CEO Michael Crawford said.
“Our research is directed by end user participants and while they are mostly in the broadacre sector, many of our projects are also of interest for vegetable and potato growers as a lot of our work is in the space of soil health.”
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