Soils in Focus Seminar Keith
March 5 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Join leading scientists in soil research to hear the latest soil project outcomes from the Soil Cooperative Research Centre (Soil CRC).
This seminar is for farmers, advisors and researchers and will share practical farmer-facing solutions from recent soil projects.
Presenters and Topics
- Stephen Lang, PhD Student, Adelaide University: ‘Addressing physical soil contraints in sandy soils’-
- Dr Amanda Schapel, Program Lead for the SA Soils Collaboration Centre, PIRSA – ‘Amendments for sandy soils’
- Dr Nigel Wilhelm, Senior Research Scientist, SARDI – ‘Overcoming soil constraints in calcareous soils’
- Dr Peter Weir, Research Associate, Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI), Federation University Australia: New app helps farmers view rainfall distribution’.
followed by an interactive Q& A panel session.
Background
Established under the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) Program, the Soil CRC was designed as a long-term, industry-led collaboration to move soil science beyond isolated research projects and into practical, scalable solutions that help farmers improve on-farm decision-making for productivity and resilience.