Excellent discussions with growers, crop advisors and researchers about strategies to close the yield gaps in #SandySoils.

Poor seed depth control & furrow infill on ameliorated soil can = deep sowing. GRDC West DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock co-investment long coleoptile wheat on ameliorated soil expt with Greg Rebetzke at Ogilvie. Big gains for Mace-18 vs Mace, note Scepter height gain with amelioration! SoilsWest

It’s with a touch of saddness that I get my last lunch from the Mingenew bakery. Thankyou to Chris and Sarah and all the amazing staff that have made their business something special for our little town and those that pass through it.

95% Permanently untraveled area - CTF!

Stay tuned DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDWA introducing soil researcher Hasinur Rahman's research snapshot on the "potential use of on-farm acidic sands to alleviate boron toxicity in re-engineered calcareous soils" GRDC West #GRDCUpdates Day 2 (28 Feb) Focus Session 4 from 1:30 pm on

Big news! We're excited to share that SwarmFarm has raised $12M AUD in Series A funding to put Integrated Autonomy in the hands of growers. Major shoutout to our team, investors, and the farmers who have trusted us to deliver autonomous farming tech! finance.yahoo.com/news/swarmfarm…

Bit of a balloon pop on the ego from Dr Gaus Azam at GRDC crop updates in Perth. To paraphrase: Congratulations for growing a 25mmt crop, but it should have been 50mmt if we fixed the soils and improved the WUE #GRDCUpdates

A plough that buries high carbon topsoil to preserve C and brings low C subsoil to the surface where it sequesters more - for a net increase in Soil C from ploughing - brilliant. Old sites in east Germany from 1970s and 80s showing persistent effects.

🔔 NAG Spring Field Day program is here 🔔 Checkout the details below, a great day lined up with a variety of speakers and trials 🌾👇 Rabobank Australia Dylan Hirsch Byfields Tony Rosser CSBP Fertilisers Nick Eyres Nutrien WA Agronomy Nigel Routledge AGT

"We are creating a radically different soil environment, with a reduction in surface organic matter and change of soil structure potentially altering how herbicides behave" Tom Edwards 🚜 🎧 Listen to how new research is offering better herbicide strategies after tillage ⬇️

Farmers just over a week to the WANTFA live machinery demo day at Lake Grace on September 21. See attached flyer for a detailed map to the site. Free event for ALL WA growers and ag industry participants. Please bring a gold coin donation for lunch. Please RT

Kanch Wickramarachchi @msrbau and I have just published a book chapter covering our recent research on strategic tillage and liming for sustaining farm productivity and profitability. Hope you enjoy reading it from intechopen.com/online-first/8… GRDC West DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock Chris Gazey

Our latest paper is available: Reversible strengthening behaviour of subsurface layers in sandy soils (2024) Soil and Tillage Research. We thank the GRDC South and all #SandySoils Project team members, growers and collaborators.

Meet Jorja! Jorja grew up nearby on a broadacre farm and graduated from Cunderin Ag in 2022! Jorja is the first trainee of our "Sow and Grow" Traineeship, and she will be completing her Diploma of Agriculture during her time with us! We are super excited to have you, Jorja!

Karen Tighe leaves a legacy that will defy comparison forever…warm….classy…professional…tireless…what service 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️💀

300kms and 4hrs a day is what we are expected to drive to get our boys to education next year when they terminate George’s bus. 1500km and 20hrs per week. 60,000km a year. I bet no one in the City would accept this shit. Guess what - no one in Yuna is going to accept it either!🤬

Merredin on a scorching 45-degree day, brainstorming solutions for the sodic soil challenges faced by WA agros. Also tapping into EBL's expertise and training our new team member, Shuangzi Z. Thanks to all past and present researchers who have contributed to this important work!

Just behind the Bluff Knoll, we have this hidden gem (deep non-wetting gutless sand), a clay pit was found 400 m away. This is going to be Glenn McDonald #2 farmer scale reengineering trial. Big thanks to DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock GRDC West