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Soil Briefing: March 2023
The latest issue of Soil Brief is out! What's Soil Brief? It's a quick update from Soil Science Australia to keep you updated. The next few months are full of soil activities, events and opportunities: Registrations are now open for the 2023 Soil Judging Competition...
Costa Georgiadis to Deliver Keynote at Soil Science Australia’s ‘Our Soil: Spirit of a Nation’ Conference Dinner
Soil Science Australia is thrilled to announce that Costa Georgiadis, the well-known host of ABC’s "Gardening Australia" and an expert in sustainable landscape design, will be delivering a keynote address at our upcoming conference dinner, "Our Soil: Spirit of a...
Soil Science Australia announces National Awards recipients and 3-Minute Thesis winner
Soil Science Australia encourages and recognises excellence in soil science through a variety of awards, grants and membership recognition - our National Awards. This year we also held our inaugral 3-Minute Thesis competition. The awards recognise a range of...
The biggest soil issue for Australia
The Second Smart Farm Smart Soils Community of Practice (CoP) Field Trip recently met with the biggest soil issue for Australia The second face to face event of the national CoP for soil extension took place on the Darling Downs in Southern Queensland and focused on...
Soil Science Australia holds 10th Australian Soil Judging Competition in Ballarat, Victoria
The 10th Australian Soil Judging Competition was held by Soil Science Australia in Ballarat and surrounds in December. This year’s event includes participants from around Australia coming together to connect, learn and improve their understanding of soil. The event...
Smart Farms Smart Soils visits South Australia
The National Soil Science Extension program is up and running full tilt. The Community of practice, which is the foundation of the program has meet monthly since July this year. The group includes the national network of regional soil coordinators which have now all...
Australia takes Silver at International Soil Judging Competition
The SSA Australian Soil Judging team won silver, competing against the world’s best, at the International Soil judging Competition held in conjunction with the 22nd World Congress of Soil Science (WCSS) in Glasgow, United Kingdom. The team of soil scientists included:...
The Australian Digital Farmer
The Australian Farmer Digital Book A heavily refreshed version of The Australian Farmer (TAF) is now available! This free digital book (supported by Soil Science Australia) is available FREE to all SSA members and the wider soil community. A bit about The Australian...
Smart Farms Smart Soils – July Update
Introducing your Regional Soil Coordinators Have you heard that Australia now has a National Soil Strategy? This is exciting news for all those who manage and care for our land. The National Soil Package has been developed to accomplish the National Soil Strategy and...
SA Branch Webinar – RemScan in-situ soil measurement
Join the South Australian Branch of Soil Science Australia and Sean Manning, CEO of Ziltek to learn about RemScan, in-situ soil measurement. For over a decade Ziltek has been calibrating mid-infrared spectrometer(MIR) to measure total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in...
Soil Science Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future.