Fertilisers, amendments and testing (Webpage)

This webpage has links to a series of factsheets on fertiliser, amendments and testing. It includes guidance on best practice guidelines for poultry litter for pasture, compost factsheets, fertigation equipment in orchards, delivering fertiliser in irrigation water, fertiliser calculations, fertilisers and the environment, humic products, molybdenum deficiency, phosphorus nutrition for winter crops, soil solution analysis, using recycled organics and manures in grain cropping systems and why phosphorus is important. The webpage includes a series of 12 videos on this topic. They are listed below the factsheets. This webpage is written for New South Wales soils, but the principles can apply to other Australian regions. #

Videos:

Soil testing: how to get what you want – with Amanda Musgrave, NSW DPI [23:49]
Understanding soils and interpreting soil tests: What do all the numbers mean? – with Brian Murphy, Soils Knowledge Network [47:12]
Reading the landscape – not just your soil test – with Carol Rose, NSW DPI [47:25]
Soil functionality: What is it? – with Lukas van Zwieten, NSW DPI [37:13]
Stubble fertiliser and water management – with Steve Kimber, NSW DPI [18:19]
Nitrogen cycling, losses and production responses in dairy – with Warwick Dougherty, NSW DPI [30:16]
Phosphorus fertility of Vertosols in northern farming systems – with Chris Guppy, UNE [31:31]
Poultry litter and alternative fertilisers – with Neil Griffiths, NSW DPI [55:27]
Can we increase soil carbon & reduce greenhouse gas emissions in horticulture with soil amendments? – with Janelle Cox, NSW DPI [25:18]
Soil testing results for the Riverina high rainfall zone – with Janelle Jenkins, NSW LLS [41:27]
Standards in fertiliser advice: Fertcare – with Jeff Kraak, Fertilizer Australia [49:07]
Deep banded P promotes chickpea root growth – with Tim Weaver, CSIRO [35:01]

 

Resource Last Updated: August 9, 2023

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