Selecting a Sorghum Cover Crop for Integrated Crop Protection
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), sudangrass (Sorghum sudanense) and their hybrids (S. bicolor X S. sudanense) are popular summer cover crops. ...
Taking soil samples? We show you how it’s done at Koo Wee Rup
While taking soil samples at our Koo Wee Rup demonstration site in Victoria recently, Soil Wealth ICP team ...
Biochar – What is its potential for vegetable production?
Biochar is a solid charcoal-like material which is made by heating organic materials (biomass) in a low oxygen environment, through ...
pH amendment trial – Tasmania
Soil pH has a profound effect on nutrient availability to plants and microorganisms, and thus soil and plant health. ...
Harnessing science to nurture plants and optimise yield
There are many things we can take for granted, and in vegetable and potato production this can be as ...
Strength in collaboration and shared learning benefits growers
Vegetable and potato growers across Australia will be familiar with the name E.E. Muir & Sons, a national distributor ...
Compost calculator: knowing the value of organic amendments in your vegetable nutrition program in Victoria
The addition of organic soil amendments is becoming increasingly popular in vegetable production. Organic amendments provide a range ...
Sustainable vegetable production in Australia: What’s next?
An increased awareness of the impact of some long-standing farming practices and community expectations, combined with a greater interest ...
Uniformity of nutrient availability continues to improve in 2020
Now in the third year of trials, the benefit of variable rate lime and fertiliser application is starting ...
Project aims to unlock the true value of organic soil amendments
A project led by the Queensland University of Technology is focusing on providing farmers, agronomists and suppliers of manures ...
Biological products and new phosphorus fertiliser technology for potato productivity
The Potato Pest and Disease R&D Coordination project and the Soil Wealth and ICP project, together with McCain ...
Soil health a big winner from precision ag trial
There have been noticeable benefits to soil structure from the precision ag trial focusing on variable rate nutrition ...