Soil Health Workshop

Forty local growers, agronomists and researchers had their say on soil problems at Cranbourne on 28th August 2007.

The workshop was one of a series setting national priorities for future soil health projects funded through your national R&D levy.

Short talks from guest speakers included:

• Lessons from broadacre cropping soils
  
  
• Indicators of soil health used in sub-tropical vegetables
  
  
• Physical, chemical and biological indicators of soil health
  
  
• The success of grower soil training days - UTE GUIDE

These were grouped into major themes including: measuring soil health, raising soil organic matter and reducing soil inputs.

The groups views will help develop better targeted R&D levy proposals on soil health.