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Soil and Nutrition, 24 Aug 2022
New eBook to address sodic and alkaline soil management
The latest information about sodic and alkaline soil will be available to Western Australian growers and industry representatives in a new digital publication.
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Soil and Nutrition, 23 Aug 2022
Growers work to mitigate problematic heavy soils
Heavy-textured soils in the low-rainfall areas of Western Australia’s eastern grainbelt are challenging for cropping. These soils often come with a host of associated constraints that present physical and chemical challenges for crops, including high pH, high density, poor stability, sodicity, salinity and boron toxicity. Current GRDC and DPIRD projects are doing some good proof-of-concept work, particularly re-engineering the soil profile to tackle multiple interacting soil constraints.
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Soil and Nutrition, 16 Aug 2022
New GRDC project to assess economics of fallow
A new research project is working to give Western Australian growers in the central and eastern wheatbelt improved knowledge of fallow management and the economic value of fallows in their cropping rotations.
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Soil and Nutrition, 12 Aug 2022
CRC invests in new soil research projects
The Soil Cooperative Research Centre has announced funding for six new research projects, with a cash investment of $3.2 million and $6.7 million of in-kind contributions. The investment brings the number of active Soil CRC projects to 44 and the spending on projects to more than $30 million since it launched in 2017.
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Soil and Nutrition, 02 Aug 2022
Trials reveal cost of outdated lime advice
New recommendations are available for alleviating acidity in subsurface soils
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Soil and Nutrition, 28 Jul 2022
Unlocking the hidden potential of ironstone gravel soils
Innovative new research into ironstone gravel soils is working to unlock potential and increase crop yields for Western Australian growers with these challenging soil types.
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Soil and Nutrition, 07 Jul 2022
GRDC looks to better understand nitrogen loss to improve system modelling
Parts of Australia’s northern grain-growing region could be at a heightened risk of losing nitrogen via denitrification after excessive rainfall has caused waterlogging across many paddocks.
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Soil and Nutrition, 06 Jul 2022
Growers request footprint expansion for soils research
Demonstrating the agility of GRDC’s National Grower Network to respond to grower needs, research on moisture retention in sodic-dispersive soils has been expanded to four more sites in the Western Region.
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Soil and Nutrition, 04 Jul 2022
Hardy pasture legume revolution supported by committed visionaries
Working closely with growers in the low to medium-rainfall regions of Australia the Dryland Legume Pasture Systems (DLPS) project has built on previous research identifying and developing a suite of novel hard-seeded pasture legumes. Teamed with cost-reducing management practices and quantifying the benefits of these species to crop and livestock systems, the DLPS was supported by dedicated extension specialists. Their efforts are heralding a revolutionary change for mixed farms in these regions.
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Soil and Nutrition, 29 Jun 2022
Novel legumes boost mixed farm profits
The $18 million Dryland Legume Pasture Systems project has worked for five years across four states with investment from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment as part of its Rural R&D for Profit program and supported by GRDC, Meat & Livestock Australia and Australian Wool Innovation. It has successfully identified better-adapted, novel, hard-seeded legume species and matched them with low-cost production practices, providing a step change for low to medium-rainfall growers.