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Learn about what’s going in soil and why.
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The Soil attributes section contains information on different topics within soil biology, physics or chemistry. Pages within these topics present an overview of the current state of knowledge, explain the principles and properties of different soil attributes, and highlight insights from research and resources like case studies. Resources are suggested throughout these Pages.
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Soil management focuses on practical advice and guidelines to improve soil management. This information discusses how soil management integrates into different farming systems and considers different options that may be available to improve soil quality. Resources are linked throughout Soil Management pages.
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Soil analysis & testing provides information on how soil attributes and properties are measured and tested, as well as guidance on how to analyse and interpret soil test results and set up soil sampling and monitoring.
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Physical and chemical properties of soil types used for crop production in the south-west of Western Australia

Soil analysis and testing

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

Journal article

Long-term rundown of plant-available potassium in Western Australia requires a re-evaluation of potassium management for grain production: a review

Potassium

Journal article

Comparison of soil analytical methods for estimating plant-available potassium in highly weathered soils

Potassium

Report or other publication

Soil Testing and Interpretation for Vegetable Crops

Testing soil nutrients

Soil testing for crop nutrition (Western Region)

Testing soil nutrients

Updated critical soil test values will help improve test interpretation to inform better fertiliser decisions for the GRDC Western...

Nitrogen fertiliser management

Nitrogen

Fact sheet from researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) who conducted glasshouse studies to investigate the short-term...

Report or other publication

The interaction between soil pH and phosphorus fertilizer is dynamic

Soil analysis and testing

Video

Explaining Phosphorus Buffering Index (PBI) by Simon Clarendon

1:15:25

This NSW DPI Soils Network of Knowledge (SNoK) webinar will delve into the history of the Phosphorus Buffering Index...

Report or other publication

Understanding soil analysis data

Testing soil nutrients

The aim of this Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development report is to help people who are interested...