Southern Cross to deliver low-cost soil testing under $54.4m government program
Southern Cross University has been engaged by the Australian Government in a $54.4 million program to support farmers and land managers with soil testing.
Category: Soil & Land
New research hub to transform Australian agriculture with next-gen smart fertilisers
A new multidisciplinary Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Hub for Smart Fertilisers at the University of Melbourne will develop a new class of fertilisers and inhibitors for Australian farmers.
Helping Farmers Benefit from Soil Management
The Australian Government has released for public consultation a draft soil carbon method for the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF).
Organic nitrogen source for carbon-rich fertile soils
While agricultural production around the world struggles with declining soil health, Australian researchers are investigating production of a sustainable organic nitrogen fertiliser made from aquatic cyanobacterial biomass – ideally suited for badly degraded areas reliant on chemical fertilisers.
Sharing the good oil on the best soil practices boosted by Soil CRC grant
Southern Cross University’s Dr Hanabeth Luke has gathered a truckload of insights about good soil management after four soil surveys, thousands of responses and countless meetings with farmers.
Better soil testing could ‘save dollars on-farm’
A leading soil scientist is calling for an urgent rethink of how soil constraints are assessed with concern that an over-reliance on a commonly used soil test is resulting in costly and ineffective soil management strategies on-farm 38 per cent of the time.
New soil research aims to increase agricultural productivity
The Soil CRC has announced funding for 12 new research projects with a total investment of $7 million.
Farmers fight on to contain feral animals
ABARES’ latest report confirms that Australia’s farmers are spending significant amounts of time and money on battling pests and weeds.
Scientist to help unearth knowledge on weed response to soil amelioration
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development research scientist Sultan Mia will bring a wealth of experience in soils and plant biology from Australia and Bangladesh to a new Science Partnership weeds project.
64 percent of global agricultural land at risk of pesticide pollution
The study, published in Nature Geoscience, produced a global model mapping pollution risk caused by 92 chemicals commonly used in agricultural pesticides in 168 countries.
Global catalogue of ecosystems launched to enable coordinated conservation efforts
UNSW and The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have launched the world’s first Global Typology of Ecosystems, the first-ever comprehensive system for classifying and mapping all ecosystems on Earth based on both their functions and composition. The typology allows for more coordinated…
Further action on cadmium needed for global food safety
An international group of leading fertiliser and soils experts have published a major review of the status of the toxic heavy metal cadmium in agricultural systems around the world.