Ben Farina just had 3,327 ACCUs issued across 665 hectares of dryland cropping country in WA's eastern Wheatbelt, proof that soil carbon is possible even at 280mm of annual rainfall. 🌾ap1.hubs.ly/y0JrSB0

Below are two graphs looking at the change in lime requirement with soil texture, nitrogen application and grain removal in a 325-450 mm rainfall environment. Further information can be found here – Estimating maintenance lime rates: soilqualityknowledgebase.org…

Precision SoilTech is leading the way in deeper, higher-resolution soil sampling across WA. Shallow 0–10 cm tests miss hidden acidity layers that limit yield. Sampling to 30 cm gives clearer insights & better decisions. Read more: precisionsoiltech.com.au/the…

Harvest getting closer. Still lots of green heads at soft dough stage

All 3 @DPIRDbroadacre French and Schultz maps. To be clear- this is based on rainfall, it doesn't take into account waterlogging, nutrition, pests, diseases, heat and frost. There are far fancier models (Yield Prophet being one), but this free! #climate

Potential Yield map from @DPIRDbroadacre - WUE 12 and 15. Looking good most places. #climate

1 Week to Go! WMG & Summit Crop Walk – Wednesday 20 August, Dandaragan Join WMG and Summit Fertilizers for a full afternoon in the paddock, bringing together local trial work, in-season crop observations and direct access to research and product specialists. The program includes: • Early results from soil amelioration plots, with the tools used on display • 2024 soil water repellence trial results • Full tour of the Summit trial site – N x S ratio trial, BiOWiSH products, H2Optimise soil wetter • Insights from Summit’s Alana Alexander and Gary Matten, plus BiOWiSH technical manager Julian Smith 📅 Wednesday 20 August 🕑 2:00PM – 6:00PM (followed by refreshments) 📍 Minty’s – 1192 Rowes Rd, Dandaragan 🎟️ Free entry – register at trybooking.com/DEKCV

Fallow moisture effect kicking in at Yuna and Ogilvie. It will be interesting to see how the $GM/ha and ROI stacks up for Wheat onFallow and Canola on Fallow to Wheat on wheat and Canola on Wheat for the 2 year period.

Happy #NationalScienceWeek! Here are the steps to hand-texturing #soil - an important experiment that ANYONE can do. What does your soil tell you? soilqualityknowledgebase.org… @DPIRDbroadacre @GRDCWest #SQKB #soilscience

In 2003, Craig Forsyth left broadacre cropping to instead focus on grazing cattle - and since then he hasn't looked back. Mr Forsyth backgrounds about 2500 cattle each year, while maintaining a core herd of 400 Angus breeders. farmweekly.com.au/story/9033…

Farmers, just one week to our weed control technology day on August 14 South Tamin. Workshop with Bill Campbell followed by live demos of the latest sprayers available along with Swarmbot autonomous technology working in the paddock. See flyer below for more information.

Kicking off the 2025 Industry Forum!

Kojonup’s weather couldn’t be better for our Area Managers from across the state visiting growers along with our wheat and canola trials led by Local Area Manager Chloe Turner ☀️

Make sure you come and visit Ben from Precision Ag who will be in the Aglime shed to talk about Variable Rate Farming Solutions for your farm at the Dowerin Field @AgPrecision

🚨Upcoming Event Alert!🚨 Take a closer look at trial plots and mid-season crop responses at the WMG & Summit Crop Walk – Wed, 20 August. - Full tour of Summit’s 2025 trial site - N x S, BiOWiSH & H2O Optimise treatments - Soil amelioration & water repellence results - Refreshments to follow 2–6PM | Free entry Register now: tinyurl.com/mr2mt4fr

#Soilacidity is an economic and natural resource threat throughout the south-western ag region of WA. It is est. more than 14m ha of #soil are acidic or at risk of becoming acidic to the point of restricting production: soilqualityknowledgebase.org… @DPIRDbroadacre @GRDCWest #SQKB

Well it may have been a little while between posts but we are officially well into yet another late but great season so far, drones finally coming out with pathways now in to make it all pop. Yuna, Greenough, and Mingenew NVT and Breeding sites featured #NVTprovider @GRDC_NVT

Breaks in the weather for our Area Managers Murray Simkin and Juliet McDonald mean plant sampling, checking SaT Gauges and looking at crops from Geraldton to Coorow ☀️🌱

Into our Agricultural Systems sessions this morning, with Mel Fraser and Kenton Porker. Water use efficiency and optimising productivity in sandy soils 💧🌾 #GCSS2025

Potassium doesn’t behave the same in every soil. WMG’s @theGRDC funded K Extension Project trial near Ballidu found clear differences in where K is sitting across 2 soil types - with implications for how it’s measured and managed. 📖Read more: tinyurl.com/aessrsbu