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Newcastle, New South Wales
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🌾Celebrating #WorldFoodDay! Did you know that 95% of the food we eat is produced by soil? The Soil CRC is driving research & innovation to improve soil health, productivity & resilience, helping to ensure our soils can continue to support food production for generations to come.
🗓️ 21 October 2026: @SouthernFS’s AgriFocus field day – Streatham, Victoria
Join Soil CRC Program 2 Leader Nathan Robinson and Richard MacEwan (@CeRDI_FedUni) in the soil pit to find out more about soil indicators. Full program and registrations 👉 123tix.com.au/events/55059/a…
AgriFocus 2026 features a diverse program spanning agronomy, soil health, farm profitability, data-driven decision making, cropping systems and emerging technologies from leading researchers, advisers and industry experts. Get your ticket bit.ly/4hGMzmz
@SoilCRC @theGRDC @meatlivestock @GHCMA @VicGovGrains
👩🌾Farmers: have your say about the Soil CRC
What impact has the Soil CRC had on Australian agriculture? Catherine Allan @CharlesSturtUni is undertaking an evaluation to find out.
Add your voice to the evaluation:
📧[email protected]
📞02 6051 9781
ℹ️soilcrc.com.au/soil-crc-eval…
👏Congratulations to Dr Adnan Al Moshi who has completed his Soil CRC PhD. Adnan’s research tackled a problem holding back #PrecisionAgriculture: underground sensors that simply cannot reliably talk to each other. Find out more 🔗 soilcrc.com.au/finding-the-s…
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🎧Join Soil CRC to hear about the opportunities & trade-offs of using cover crops, including their potential to build more resilient soils & their impacts on soil water availability compared with conventional management.
📆9 Oct 2026
🕧12.30–1.30pm AEDT
🎫 uonewcastle.zoom.us/webinar/…
👩🌾 Spring is a busy time of year for our grower groups and researchers as their calendars fill up with field days, presentations and extension activities. Our Adoption Manager Felicity Harrop shares her key takeaways from the latest Soil CRC activities 🔗 soilcrc.com.au/field-days-we…
🧑💻 Researchers at @unisqaus are leading a Soil CRC project to develop an innovative decision support tool to help farmers manage soil constraints. Learn more about DynaSoil 🔗soilcrc.com.au/dynasoil-deci…
#decisionsupport #machinelearning #ai #soilconstraints #ausag
September newsletter out now 🔗 mailchi.mp/ea03feafbc0b/soil…
@unisqaus @CeRDI_FedUni @SCU_Australia @CharlesSturtUni @SoilScienceAust
#soilscience #soilresearch #ausag #collaboration
The Soil CRC Tasmanian rural landholder survey is still open and we are keen to hear from more local farmers and landholders. Please complete the survey to help guide the priorities of our Tasmanian partners and inform strategic planning across the state:
soilcrc.com.au/major-survey-…
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🌱 TOMORROW! GET INTO THE SOIL!
🔎 See the soil profile up close with hands-on soil pits and explore what’s happening below the surface.
Join FarmLink & Soil CRC for a practical morning focused on soil constraints, soil water and improving soil performance.
📅 Tomorrow — Tuesday 22 September
⏰ 8am–11am
📍 Lockhart NSW – Brookong Lane, off Western Road
🎟️ FREE EVENT
🥓 FREE BBQ BREAKFAST
👨🌾 Hear from Dr Shihab Uddin, Sam North & Hayden Thompson, with plenty of opportunity for discussion.
👉 Project webpage: farmlink.com.au/high-perform…
👉 Event registration: trybooking.com/DPRNQ
@SoilCRC
#FarmLink #SoilCRC #SoilHealth #SoilWater #SoilConstraints #SouthernNSW #Agriculture
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There's a familiar face! Emeritus Professor Richard Bell is presenting at today's @WMG_WA Spring Field Day. He will also be running a #soil pit session with Regional Soil Coordinator @BridgetWatkins0. #soilnews #soilevents #soilscience #soilresearch @MurdochUni @SoilCRC
🗓️22 September, Lockhart NSW - Head along to @Farm_Link's free field walk to learn about the Soil CRC’s long-term trial site investigating integrated solutions for accessing soil moisture. Details below 👇
@NSW_Soils_Unit @SCU_Australia #soilconstraints #soilcarbon #soilhealth
🌱 From research to practice: Managing constrained soils and improving access to soil water
How can we improve soil performance and help crops access more of the water stored in the soil?
Join FarmLink and the Soil CRC for a practical morning in Lockhartexploring the latest research and what it means for growers.
📅 Tuesday 22 September 2026
⏰ 8am–11am
📍 Brookong Lane, off Western Road, Lockhart NSW
🎟️ FREE EVENT
🥓 FREE BBQ BREAKFAST
🔎 On the program:
• Integrated solutions for accessing soil moisture – Dr Shihab Uddin, NSW DPIRD
• Assessing soil water storage – Sam North, Hydrologist
• Plant-based solutions to improve soil performance – Hayden Thompson, Soil CRC PhD student
• Facilitated discussion and Q&A
Come along, get into the soil and hear what the research is telling us about managing constrained soils and improving access to soil water.
👉 Project webpage: farmlink.com.au/high-perform…
👉 Event registration: trybooking.com/DPRNQ
@SoilCRC
#FarmLink #SoilCRC #SoilHealth #SoilWater #SoilConstraints #SouthernNSW #Agriculture
Heading to @BCG_Birchip's Main Field Day tomorrow? Catch Soil CRC researcher Sam North in the soil pit to find out how soil properties and management affect crop water availability. Based on findings from our ‘Assessing soil water storage’ project. bcg.org.au/event/bcgs-main-f…
NEW STREAM ADDED! 🟧 🌱
You asked, we listened!
An additional stream has been added to this year’s Main Field Day program, providing growers and advisors with more opportunities to attend sessions throughout the day.
It’s been a big year for research, and we have plenty of insights, results and topics to share.
The program has been adjusted to accommodate the additional stream. The updated program will be included in your event booklet on the day, with program boards also located throughout the site to help you navigate the sessions.
It’s shaping up to be a fantastic day of research, discussion and industry insights.
📍 Curyo West rd
🕐 8:30am start (breakfast provided)
📅 Wednesday, 9 September 2026
📅 10 September, Inverleigh Vic – @SouthernFS Spring Field Walk: Soil CRC researcher Dr Santosh Paul (@Uni_Newcastle) will present a research update at the ‘Evaluating the agronomic benefits of biosolids biochar’ trial site. Register here 🔗 sfs.org.au/events/event/spri…
🚜 Spring Crop Walk | Inverleigh
See research in action and learn about:
Biochar Soil Amelioration Trial, Seed Treatments, Foliar Biologicals, Foliar Nutirition & Spray Carrier, NVT & using soil moisture probe data effectively
📍Inverleigh Trial Site 🍴 Register forms.cloud.microsoft/r/63HB…
#SoilCRC #NaturalHeritageTrust
📅 8 Sept Condobolin, NSW – @CWFS_Condo Spring Field Day: Go on a field walk with Prof Terry Rose (@SCU_Australia) to learn about our plant diversity for drought resilience trial & hear from Dr Yunying Fang (@Griffith_Uni) about our organic-based nitrogen fertiliser project 👇
Soil CRC researcher Dr Mick Rose (@SCU_Australia) will present research outcomes from our herbicide residues and biological indicators projects at the SARDI MAC Annual Field Day in Minnipa on 9 Sept.
🎟️Register now: eventbrite.com.au/e/sardi-mi…
📖 Learn more: soilcrc.com.au/knowledge-and…
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Yesterday, Professor Terry Rose @SCU_Australia and Sam North #NSWDPIRD spoke at the Riverine Plains "station" of the #FarmershelpingFarmers field tour at Burramine. The site looked at a long term @SoilCRC investment at increasing plant diversity through multi species and summer cover crops. It was a pleasure having conversations with people that have tried similar methods and to hear people's experiences.
The Soil CRC PhD Program is taking a cohort-led approach for its final six months, facilitated by PhD Program Manager Dr Cassandra Wardle. The idea is to give the cohort opportunities to contribute to organising and implementing program activities 🔗 soilcrc.com.au/soil-crc-phd-…
Dr Mehran Rashti (@Griffith_Uni) led a Soil CRC project that examined how land management practices affect soil resilience. The goal was to identify which practices build more resilient soils & under what conditions they are most likely to benefit farmers👉soilcrc.com.au/land-manageme…
ALT Lawrence Di Bella (previously of Herbert Cane Productivity Services) standing in a cover crop on a Queensland sugarcane farm.