The first course of this free online learning platform is designed to build your understanding of the essential relationship between soil and plants.
EasyDiesel Calculator
Tool or calculator
This simple calculator puts fuel price in context ahead of spending any money. It was developed to help you with decisions around your fuel spend by understanding your likely return from deep ripping.
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
EasyClay Calculator
Tool or calculator
Before spending the time and money spreading clay, it is important to know how much you need based on the clay source you have available. This simple three-in-one calculator allows you to vary rates, clay % and mixing depth.
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Estimating maintenance lime rates
Report or other publication
Research summary developed from Gaus Azam and Chris Gazey, DPIRD (2023)
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Benefits of improved crop root development in ameliorated soils
Report or other publication
Research summary developed from Gaus Azam, Kanch Wickramarachchi, Craig Scanlan (DPIRD) and Yinglong Chen (UWA) (2025)
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Shallow incorporation of lime in the low rainfall region
Report or other publication
Research summary developed from Gaus Azam and Chris Gazey, DPIRD (2023)
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
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
