Soils

Western Australia’s agriculture sector needs access to quality soil that can sustain long-term productivity and growth. The department is leading the way in developing management practices to maximise soil productivity and minimise land degradation. The department also provides technical information on managing soil constraints, including acidity, water repellence, subsoil compaction, erosion along with nutrient management. We also support agriculture through soil and land condition monitoring, condition assessment and providing management strategies and tools to improve soil condition.

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  • Controlled Traffic Farming with sprayer on permanent tramlines

    Developing a controlled traffic (tramline) farming system

    6 January 2011

    Controlled traffic farming (CTF) is a farming system built on permanent wheel tracks where the crop zone and traffic lanes are permanently separated.

  • classic symptoms of severe soil compaction pointed out in a loamy sand profile

    Identifying soil compaction

    20 December 2010

    Confident identification of soil compaction to restrict crop or pasture growth uses diagnosis combining visual symptoms of plant, root and soil features.

  • Gravel soil compacted by cropping traffic

    The science of soil compaction

    7 January 2011

    Soil compaction is rearrangement of soil particles and reduction in macro-porosity and total pore space by stresses.

  • barley growth effects from compction by cropping traffic on a headland

    Soil compaction overview

    20 December 2010

    All surface and subsurface soils can be compacted; some more easily than others.

  • Broadacre agronomy webinar series

    27 July 2017

    In September 2017, six department research officers presented at the biennial Australian Agronomy Conference in Ballarat, Victoria.

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