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Guidelines for Managing Soil Structure in Irrigated Vineyards

Good soil structure is essential for healthy, resilient plants because it allows them to develop extensive, active root systems. This promotes efficient use of water and nutrients, encourages biological activity and cushions plants against drought and other hardship.

The general perception of a soil with good structure is that it is well-drained, easy to penetrate and crumbles readily into aggregates of about 1-10 mm that remain intact when they are wet.

Long Term Sustainability of Precision Irrigation - Rootzone

This case study looks at maximising water and nutrient penetration into root zones using improved irrigation scheduling.

Long Term Sustainability of Precision Irrigation - Vineyards

This case study looks at improving water use efficiency and earlier flavour ripeness in the vineyard.

Managing Soil Salinity for Wine Quality Groundwater Irrigated Vineyards

This case study looks at root zone and salinity monitoring and the potential impact of seasonal conditions on vineyard production.

Soil Management for Australian Irrigated Agriculture - Stonefruit

This case study looks at the project: Soil Management for Australian Irrigated Agriculture. The project addressed what was seen as the main cause for low productivity: “Australian soils rapidly deteriorate when put under crops – they go hard, then restrict crop roots, yield falls off disastrously and the crops become uneconomic after two years. Soil improvement trials were undertaken on-farm as part of the project.

Adaptive learning through five strands of root-zone knowledge

This case study looks at prototyping the automated soil solution sampling and measurement tool to locate salt in the soil profile.

Increasing the Resilience of Eastern Australia Irrigated Farm Businesses

This case study looks at trialling retention of corn stubble as an inexpensive way to reduce soil water evaporation.

Root Zone Water, Salinity & Nutrient Management Under Precision Irrigation Project

This case study looks at how to retain fertilisers in the 30cm soil zone in vineyards.

Soil Management for Australian Irrigated Agriculture - Orchard Yields

This case study looks at improving soil preparation and management to increase orchard yields.

Water Smart Cotton and Grains

This case study looks at benchmarking irrigation and how it can improve decisions and profitability on Cotton farms using the Watertrack Rapid Tool.