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Soil Amelioration - WA
Description
WA’s sand plain soils feature multiple constraints including water repellence, acidity and compaction, all focus points of GRDC’s $33-million-dollar investment in the Soil Constraints West Project.
Soil constraints result in lost grain production worth more than $4 billion annually, just in WA.
A key project outcome is that growers should consider treating multiple constraints over smaller areas, rather than working on one constraint at a time.
The 'ranking options for soil amendments' (ROSA) tool provides a cost-effectiveness ranking of soil amendment options to address one or more soil constraints within a farm business.
Check out the ROSA decision support tool: https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/climate-land-water/soils/managing-soils
GRDC project codes: DAW00244 Soil Water Repellence and AVP00003-A (RCSN) projectsDAW00252, DAW00236
Further information:
Dr Stephen Davies
0408 439 497
08 9956 8515
Stephen.davies@dpird.wa.gov.au
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