Tag Archives: soil condition

Friday photo – The stepping tyres, June 2014

Posted on June 6, 2014 by tikiwanderer
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Cucumbers to tell us about their soil

Posted on November 12, 2013 by tikiwanderer

Healthy soil contains a good microbial community – but we don’t know that much about how soil microbes change over a growing season. Sandrine Makiela at CQU has been researching the topic for a while, studying soil communities and their … Continue reading →

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Report card for sustainable natural resource use in agriculture in WA

Posted on September 22, 2013 by tikiwanderer

This month the W.A. Department of Agriculture and Food released a report card on the condition of the State’s agricultural area. It summarises the current status and trend of 10 key indicators of land condition. Department Agriculture Resource Risk Management … Continue reading →

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