Does synthetic nitrogen fertilizer burn up soil organic matter? Multiple studies say NO. N fertilizer actually slows loss of old soil organic matter and increases microbial biomass and new soil organic matter. New from @jwadeexperience and I: csanr.wsu.edu/nitrogen-ferti…

New to me: For those of us who decided not to learn R, and only do standard statistical analyses, there is hope: JASP It uses R, but requires no coding. Open source, free, easy to use. jasp-stats.org

A lot of people have done a lot of plant density trials for faba bean (myself included), so here we put them all together to see what we could learn. Open access! 1/4 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Climate outlooks are based on complex models with different starting points, common & different input data, similar & different equations run on super computers. Each model has particular sea and atmospheric conditions where its more accurate & vice-versa. Trained meteorologists

How much difference in yield performance between faba bean varieties in a tight finish? A fair bit at Caragabal in 2023. Read up here from GRDC supported pulse trials dropbox.com/scl/fi/zw371sz…

How did the GRDC Pulse Agronomy Project perform at Daysdale? The full report by NSW pulse agronomy project lead Rohan Brill is available now: faraustralia.com.au/wp-content/upl…

'Stomatal effects and #ABA metabolism mediate differential regulation of #leaf and #flower cooling in #tomato cultivars exposed to heat and #drought stress' - Nikolaj Bjerring Jensen et al. 🍅 bit.ly/3ThX2HK

ME Research UK-funded Dr Sarah Annesley at La Trobe University recently published an article discussing some of the pathological mechanisms that may be shared between ME/CFS and long COVID: bit.ly/3vgqWnZ #MECFS #pwME #MyalgicE #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis

What is your unpopular opinion on agriculture? It's interesting to see people 'debating' agricultural practices in recent days. Is there a view you have that is unpopular in the agricultural sphere? Mine is that veganism isn't a huge risk to agriculture. Let's hear them.

So, if N fertilizer increases soil organic matter in the long-term, does it have a similar effect on microbial biomass? This review says YES, N fertilizer application "led to a 15.1% increase in the microbial biomass above unfertilized controls." sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

More research on glyphosate impacts on soil microbiology: neither soil bacteria and fungal diversity (alpha and beta) nor functional potential were impacted by cumulative glyphosate doses. mdpi.com/2073-4395/14/4… pic.x.com/D8HzbfSRoM

"Our analysis suggests that the extra storage capacity of water, which increased by up to 15 mm in the topsoil for each unit percentage increase in SOC, was the main driver for the observed yield responses." With soil health, the benefits are all about the water.

And if it is not a water effect, it is probably a nitrogen effect. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Here's a paper that looked for the soil damage reported in the first article, which was related to increased levels of Fusarium: "We did not detect an effect of glyphosate treatment on the relative abundance of organisms such as Fusarium spp." Open access journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.11…

Australian #agronomists, #growers, and #researchers managing #weeds in grains production, are you concerned about the changing #weed_ecology? Please help our GRDC project by completing a brief survey: federation.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_20… GRDC WeedSmart WeedSmart La Trobe Agriculture, Biomedicine & Environment

Hello everyone, can you please help complete a short survey to support our research. Thanks and good luck with the season! federation.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_20…

The quest to improve lentil production on red soils continues with the installation of amelioration treatments at mallala

💛GOA has been pretty chuffed to be involved in this research to come up with some great tips on growing good quality canola seed. 🧐.........BUT don't forget how much of an impact fertilizer can have on germ. 🎧PODCAST🎧⬇️ soundcloud.com/user-228803574… GRDC GRDC North @nswdpi

New long-term research: the benefit of no-till practices on water infiltration is large. Unlike tilled soil, where aggregates break down after the first rain or irrigation, no-till methods maintain soil structure and infiltration effectively. Open access californiaagriculture.org/article/94714-…