The Strategic deep tillage section of the Soil Quality Knowledge Base explains how mechanical interventions, such as deep ripping and soil inversion, can be used to overcome soil constraints to plant production. It includes a video, Soil movement during ripping, presented by Wayne Parker [1:02]. The webpage contains advice on strategic deep tillage tips and techniques. A second video, Risks associated with soil tillage presented by Tom Edwards, explains how to ameliorate non-wetting soils iand the risks involved [1:33]. The third video included in this webpage covers Setting up mouldboard ploughs to optimise soil inversion and is presented by Stephen Davies [3:13]. There is a table that compares the cost and impact of common management options and also a list of considerations and soil management options for strategic tillage. While the content focuses on Western Australia, the information will be applicable to other Australian regions.#
This is a carefully curated database of important soil resources. The data base is not exhaustive but rather a library of the resources we believe are the most useful for the audience. Each resource has been added after careful consideration against our selection criteria, including but not limited to its scientific validity, accessibility, and readability. The library generally does not include most academic research papers but may include some open-source papers written in accessible English.
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