Very impressed by my visit to the WA ChemCentre, and the briefings received on the chemistry services it provides to government, industry and research clients. The oldest accredited testing facility in Australia, it has a long history of quality air, water and soil analysis.

Australia's National National Soils Advocate Hon. Penelope Wensley AC delivering the 2022 Soil Science Australia (WA) Boodja Lecture on a beautiful Djilba evening on Whadjuk Noongar Country | "The message is gaining traction - we need perseverance and dedicated commitment."

Pleasingly diverse attendance at the Soil Science Australia WA annual Boodja Lecture. Nice to meet so many fellow soil enthusiasts with interest in big-picture soil advocacy. My thanks to Henry Smolinski, WA Branch President and TimO Soil Science Au for organising.

Our #HealthyEstuariesWA team had the opportunity to present to the National Soils Advocate about our #SustainableAgriculture projects and how they are improving water quality in #WAestuaries. #SoilWise #uPtaketrials #DWERatWork

📣 Soil Seminar coming up on Monday - Prof. Richard Bell - 'Subsoil constraints for crop production' 🗓️ Discuss the latest knowledge with your peers and enjoy free food and drinks afterward 🆓 Attend in-person at Murdoch or tune in live online ➡️ bit.ly/oct-sem

The draft National Soil Action Plan has been released for consultation. This important plan will guide the first 5 years of action on Australia's 20-year National Soil Strategy. I encourage all soil stakeholders to submit your views. Your input matters. haveyoursay.agriculture.gov.au/soil-action

Encouraging to see students and experienced soil scientists work together at UWA Farm Ridgefield as they work to map and improve the landscape under the 'Best Practice Farming Systems Project' to deliver robust farming systems that create economic, environmental and social benefits.

At Kweda with ⁦National Soils Advocate⁩ to see ⁦Soil CRC⁩ soil amendment experiment on increasing the bucket size for crops on low fertility sands with subsoil Al toxicity ⁦WANTFA⁩ ⁦CFIG⁩ ⁦SoilsWest⁩ Building soil C as the co-benefit

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Excellent meeting with Senator Murray Watt at Australia discussing National Soils Advocate work, including global advocacy, the role of soil in natural disaster mitigation and boosting resilience, and the #NationalSoilStrategy. #HaveYourSay by 7 November. haveyoursay.agriculture.gov.au/soil-action

The second #WorldSoilDayWA session next week features presentations zooming out to see the big picture perspectives of our soil and the emerging tools and approaches to understand them in a changing landscape 🌏

The Food and Agriculture Organization theme for this year's #WorldSoilDay is Soil: Where Food Begins and our third session next Monday features a range of speakers immersed in different pockets of this meaningful concept #HealthySoilHealthyFood #WorldSoilDayWA

The final #WorldSoilDayWA session tomorrow will look at how we can re-evaluate and recycle resources to minimise waste and create new opportunities for our soil in doing so 💬 We look forward to seeing those who have registered tomorrow! (This in-person-only event is sold out).

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Strong representation by WA Soil Scientists at the Soil Science Australia Conference in Darwin. SoilsWest DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock Murdoch University UWA Curtin University GRDC West GRDC National Soils Advocate

Biogenesis of ironstone gravelly soils in WA at #soilconferenceau - Senior Researcher Paul Galloway @DPIRDWA

WA wines are truly unique growing mostly on ironstone gravelly soils. WA Terroir as explained by senior researcher (soil assessment) Angela Stuart-Street @DPIRDWA presenting #soilconferenceau Check out the full publication here library.dpird.wa.gov.au/bulletins/281/

Off and running for the southern WA #SmartSoils field trip. Regional Soils Coordinators up on the Darling Plateau with Henry Smolinski Soil Science Australia Grower Group Alliance Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Start of today's #soil #fieldtrip from City of Kalamunda into WA's #Wheatbelt to explore soils with Soil Science Australia and their Regional Soil Coordinators - plus folk from @DPIRDWA DWER WA PeelHarveyCC Perth NRM & researchers UWA NRM_WA NRM Regions #Dirty_hands #laterite

We are formally off and running!! #Agronomy24 Welcome Recetion sponsored by Nutrien Ag Solutions Australia