The Soil Wealth ICP project has worked closely with the Australian vegetable industry since 2014 to help growers integrate technical R&D information on soil management and crop health into the production systems of vegetable farms.
Soil Wealth ICP is currently focusing on four priority areas identified by the vegetable industry:
- Soil health
- Cover crops, rotations and minimum till
- Consumer education
- Biology and microbiome
- Composting and soil
- Crop health
- Integrated pest, disease and weed management
- Genetics and new varieties
- Optimising inputs
- Nutrient use efficiency
- Waste
- Fuel
- Irrigation
- Carbon and climate
- Understanding policy, markets and methods of measurement
- Resilient production systems (adaptation)
- Mitigation.
Vegetable resources
Mega Pests: Managing Soil-borne Diseases
Want to regain control over chemical-resistant pests? Aiming to reduce costs while meeting quality assurance requirements? The Soil Wealth ICP team has developed a series of fact sheets to assist growers manage Mega Pests....
Termination and transition of cover crop to vegetable crop – Bathurst, NSW
Join Dr Kelvin Montagu for a visit to Val Micallef's property in Bathurst, NSW. Val has focussed on improving his soil health and has been working on how he transitions from his cover...
Bulletin April 2024
In this edition: Coming soon: New cucurbit pest and disease field ID guide Nurturing veg and melon industry leaders Upcoming events and webinars Demonstration site news: Tarwin, Victoria New resource: Give clubroot the boot...
Soil Wealth ICP Tarwin, Vic demonstration site – labile carbon results
While visiting the Soil Wealth ICP demonstration site in Tarwin, Victoria, Carl Larsen took the opportunity to check cover crop termination, undertake labile carbon and soil chemistry tests, and investigate soil profile and structure...
Vegetable demo sites
Recent vegetable news
Mega Pests: Managing Soil-borne Diseases
Want to regain control over chemical-resistant pests? Aiming to reduce costs while meeting quality assurance requirements? The Soil Wealth...
Termination and transition of cover crop to vegetable crop – Bathurst, NSW
Join Dr Kelvin Montagu for a visit to Val Micallef's property in Bathurst, NSW. Val has focussed on...
