We often get asked by growers, what are the benefits of doing on-farm trials? Well, here’s an example of positive impact at the Soil Wealth ICP demonstration site in Tarwin, VIC:
- 33% reduction in diesel use due to less tillage
- 50% reduction in labour cost due to less tillage
- 50% reduction in irrigation in the first six weeks of crop establishment.
This is in addition to maintaining soil carbon and improving soil health through using a combination of different cover crops, compost and minimum till.
The host grower, Adam Schreurs, highlighted: “We’ve used less fuel, less labour, less machinery hours all together, to end up with the same result of crop [to previous tillage practices], and use less water. So that’s been a real win so far.”
You can watch this short video to find out more.
The Soil Wealth ICP team has been running demonstration sites around Australia for over 10 years and Schreurs & Sons have generously hosted trials in different areas of Victoria since the project’s inception in 2014.
We take a look at a practical example of how soil moisture monitoring and other agtech has delivered real results for the business across multiple farms in this video.
