Graziers across the catchment are adopting
grazing land management practices
with a focus on soil and pasture growth.
Many have undertaken tailored technical
support to access specialised skills, as well
as undertaking education and training
programs.
Many graziers have had soil tests to help
with decision making. Collaboration
between LDC and DAF has resulted in beef
extension officer Jim Fletcher conducting
many of the soil tests.
Dr Christine Jones, Amazing Carbon, pictured centre, and from her left, Christian Roth CSIRO,
Dyan Hughes, Wentworth Cattle Company, Brian Wehlburg, Inside Outside Management,
Raymond Stacey, RCS, and Bristow Hughes, Strathalbyn Station.
Assessing soil pH.
Participants at a soil health workshop
held at Crediton, near Eungella.
Wayne Reading, Beth Reading, Juliane Kasiske and David Hardwick.
LDC has developed a soil health
assessment toolbox — a Rapid
Assessment of Soil Health (RASH)
manual and a series of seven ‘how to’
videos.
Graziers use the RASH manual to carry
out objective assessments of soil health.
This information helps them to plan
and implement soil health management
practices to alleviate identified
constraints and maintain healthier soils.
The videos are also available on the
website. Topics cover: Soil Health – The
RASH approach; Assessing ground
cover; Assessing soil texture; Assessing
water infiltration; Soil agg egate testing;
Soil organisms and Soil pH testing.
David Hardwick, of Soil Land Food,
developed the RASH approach and
helped LDC to compile the manual and
videos.
The RASH manual can be downloaded
from the LDC website.
The RASH manual.
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