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Table of Contents 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Farming soils in the southern agricultural region of Western Australia – Gradyn Wilcox 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Healthy soils – lessons learned from history can take us ‘back to the future’ –Tim Reeves 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The international perspective – knowledge gained through long term trials and established agriculture –Olle Andren 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Prioritising the properties of soil structure – David McKenzie 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .You and your soil – getting the chemistry right in your relationship – Chris Dowling 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Soil biology – Dan Murphy 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Keeping nitrogen under control – Charlie Walker 55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Landscape changes start with changes in ourselves – David Marsh 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Snapshot – Peter Jackson 67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Defining soil carbon – Jeff Baldock 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Management practices for building soil carbon – John Kirkegaard 79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Decision support for identification and management of subsoil constraints – Yash Dang 89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .What do some of the new tools tell us about carbon? – Pauline Mele 92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carbon farming – facts and fiction – Peter Grace 100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Australian farming practices – Better for soil, better for productivity – Alan Umbers 111 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Learning from long term experiments – what do they teach us? – Rob Norton 120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Crunching the numbers - Brooke White 130 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A farmer perspective – does it pay to be healthy? - Martin Hockey 131 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .How far has soil health come in the cotton industry? – Guy Roth 140 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sheep meat industries – supporting soil health – Bob Hannam 146 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .What is the dairy industry doing to ensure it sustains its soils? - Warwick Dougherty 150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Soil health – what’s going on in horticulture? – Doris Blaesing 155 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bridging the gap between scientists and farmers – Albert Rovira 2 healthy soils symposium
General Information Hosting Entity The Healthy Soils for Sustainable Farms Programme Land & Water Australia Level 1, 86 Northbourne Avenue, Braddon ACT 2612 GPO Box 2182, Canberra ACT 2601 Tel: 02 6263 6000 www.healthysoils.gov.au The Healthy Soils for Sustainable Farms programme is managed by Land & Water Australia and funded by the Australian Government’s Natural Heritage Trust, in partnership with the Grains Research and Development Corporation. Venue Location Twin Waters Resort Ocean Drive, Twin Waters, QLD 4564 (Near Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast) T: 07 5448 8000 F: 07 5448 8001 www.twinwatersresort.com.au Conference Organisers Esther Price Promotions PO Box 75, Serpentine WA 6125 Tel: 08 9525 2663; Fax 08 9525 2532 E: esther@estherprice.com.au W: www.estherprice.com.au For assistance at any time during the conference, please contact: Esther Price: 0418 931 938 Donna Sykes: 0412 778 849 Accommodation For delegates staying onsite at Twin Waters, your accommodation (which includes breakfast) has been booked and confirmed. Delegates will need to pay on departure, the cost of all incidentals charged back to the room. We regret that no refunds on any un-used accommodation are available. Welcome Function The welcome function commences at the Wandiny Centre at 6.30pm sharp on Tuesday evening, July 3. (Watch for directional signs in the hotel foyer). A special presentation will occur at 6.45pm. Don’t be late! The welcome function is to be followed by an informal BBQ in the adjacent outdoor area at 7.30pm. Dinner on July 4 The Symposium dinner takes place with pre dinner drinks commencing at 6.30pm back in the Wandiny Centre at 6.30pm on Wednesday evening. We have some simply superb entertainment lined up so come prepared to be entertained and intrigued! Dress is simply smart casual. Conference programme Please refer to pages 6-10 in these proceedings for the final conference program of events. healthy soils symposium 3
Page 1 and 2: the Symposium Can Australian soils
Page 3: Welcome Investors in the Healthy So
Page 7 and 8: Terms & Conditions Cancellation Pol
Page 9 and 10: Session 1 Putting soil health into
Page 11 and 12: 3.00 Break Session 4 - Horses for c
Page 13 and 14: Farming soils in the southern agric
Page 15 and 16: Perennials As the chairperson for t
Page 17 and 18: adaptation to the changes confronti
Page 19 and 20: history has constantly taught us, t
Page 21 and 22: (t/ha) (kg/L) (kha) (t/ha, 0-25 cm)
Page 23 and 24: Andrén O, Kätterer T, Karlsson T
Page 25 and 26: can be done to modify subsoil struc
Page 27 and 28: prepared by the farm staff. A netwo
Page 29 and 30: You and your soil - “Getting the
Page 31 and 32: How does soil chemistry fit in to s
Page 33 and 34: Implementing a programme to measure
Page 35 and 36: Strategies for management of soil c
Page 37 and 38: critical concentration. The approac
Page 39 and 40: Biodynamics is frequently described
Page 41 and 42: Soil biology - How is it measured?
Page 43 and 44: Fungal/Bacterial ratio Some managem
Page 45 and 46: Soil biology - Can I manage it? The
Page 47 and 48: Subsequent workshops provide region
Page 49 and 50: So, why is this bad? (i) (ii) (iii)
Page 51 and 52: Leaching reduction Once nitrogen is
Page 53 and 54: Denitrification reduction For denit
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References: Neumann, G. and Romheld
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Landscape changes start with change
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In agriculture we have become confu
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2002 to 2004 inclusive show increas
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Future Resource Base A diverse
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The looming crises of human-induced
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to 100 kg/ha. They saw responses st
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Defining soil carbon Jeff Baldock,
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Figure 2. Amounts of each type of s
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Figure 5. Average cation exchange c
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The role of soil organic matter in
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Carbon loss from soil Most carbon a
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Estimating the impacts within a far
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Decision support for identification
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Spot test for Sulphur (qualitative
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How much Sodium (Na) is in my soil?
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Lime or gypsum Both lime and gypsum
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Step 4. Management options Table 1.
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What do some of the new tools tell
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References. Amato, M and Ladd, J.N
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socially efficient incentives for f
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Technical potential The computation
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Finally, the model constructs the s
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Mooney, S., J.M. Antle, S.M. Capalb
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over the long term, without these s
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Fig. 1. Average decadal wheat yield
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Crops are frequently limited in the
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Also apparent is that in successive
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The table below attempts to show th
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Learning from long term experiments
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LR1 provides a good platform to loo
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A similar story was seen from MM1,
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In a similar way, long term applica
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Hedley MJ, White RE, Nye PH (1982)
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1). The rates used in these trials
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fertiliser can save growers from ov
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(Norton et al., 2006) revealed a de
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Table 7. Wheat yield, protein and g
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APPENDIX 1: DESCRIPTION OF TRIALS C
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How Far Has Soil Health Come in the
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11 13 15 17 19 21 23 conducted acro
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(Rochester, 2003). However there is
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In 2006 a grower survey benchmarkin
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Shaw, G (2005). Soil health issues
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A second project near Canberra is i
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Development of molecular assays for
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Pasture health kit This is a key ou
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economic/production inefficiencies
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Those farmers remaining in the indu
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whether, when and why a particular
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Incorporation of green crops (brass
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Bridging the gap between scientists
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Adequate levels of plant nutrients
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