
Understanding how physical and chemical soil properties vary at depth in different soil types can inform management decisions.

A panel of experienced consultants give their insights and suggest management on a range of example profiles from across the southwest agricultural region of WA, along with expert technical advice from Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development scientists.

Wind erosion in south-west Western Australia
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The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development provides this information to help decrease the incidence of wind erosion in Western Australia.
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

A combination of crop choice, water harvesting, gypsum application, maximising soil cover and no livestock, and then maintaining the improved surface soil structure with controlled traffic, mean that the Nixon’s sodic and alkaline soil is productive.


Ten years of managing water repellent soils research in Western Australia – a review of current progress and future opportunities
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

Plants experience osmotic stress when they are exposed to salinity in soil.

WA Soil Health Strategy
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The Western Australian Soil Health Strategy sets the strategic direction that will guide policy, research, investment, and on-ground actions that support the management, protection, improve the partnerships and improvement of soil functions and associated ecosystem services for the next 10 years within WA.
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

National Soil Strategy
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The National Soil Strategy is Australia’s first national policy on soil.