Sustainable soil management workshops for Queensland broadacre cropping industries

Aims

• Develop and deliver sustainable soil management workshops to more than 500 grain, sugar and dryland cotton producers and their advisers in Queensland
• Develop and deliver extension publications and activities relating to soil health throughout the Queensland grain, dryland cotton and sugar industries
• Develop and validate tools and processes to quantify the soil health status of cropping soils
• Facilitate the conduct of on-farm research in Queensland and northern NSW to validate and demonstrate locally relevant best soil management practices
• Compile a database to benchmark the current soil health status of Queensland cropping soils

Method

Reference manual; training materials; extension publications; tools for on-farm benchmarking, assessment and monitoring of soil health; reference database (benchmarking); training workshops; reports from on-farm research.

Project contributors

• Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
• NSW Department of Primary Industries
• Nutrient Management Systems

Publications and Resources

None listed

Citation

Land & Water Australia. 2009. Sustainable soil management workshops for Queensland broadacre cropping industries. [Online] (Updated May 27th, 2009)
Available at: http://lwa.gov.au/node/3420 [Accessed Tuesday 26th of April 2011 03:37:38 PM ].