Contents
Using this manual.........................................................................................................................4
Soil health indicators....................................................................................................................5
Grazing RASH equipment............................................................................................................6
Soil and land monitoring..............................................................................................................7
Setting up a monitoring transect..................................................................................................8
Using the Bullseye Score Card ....................................................................................................9
Soil texture.................................................................................................................................10
Soil health tests..........................................................................................................................12
Ground cover condition.......................................................................................................12
Water infiltration..................................................................................................................14
Aggregate strength.............................................................................................................16
Soil organism diversity.........................................................................................................18
pH........................................................................................................................................20
Management options.................................................................................................................23
Improving soil health...........................................................................................................23
Soil chemical constraints.....................................................................................................24
Bullseye Score Card ...................................................................................................................25
Ground cover condition worksheet............................................................................................26
Further information and resources about soil health and sustainable agriculture.....................27
Landholders Driving Change is a
Burdekin Major Integrated Project
funded by the Queensland
Government through the
Queensland Reef Water
Quality Program.
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