WMG’s first Sandy Soils demonstration site is in the ground at Gillingarra, where composted chicken manure went onto half a perennial pasture paddock at 38t/ha. We look at what the amendment is delivering and what’s being measured this season.
Category Archives: Sustainable Solutions for Sandy Soils Project
Clay on sand: How much helps and how much costs you
Clay on sand is expensive, effectively permanent, and highly dependent on getting the rate right. This article works through what recent Soil CRC analysis says about productive clay concentrations, the point at which more starts costing yield, and why a target concentration is not a spread rate.
Sandy soils, groundcover and what growers are actually doing: inside the Sustainable Solutions for Sandy Soils project
Around 21% of West Midlands farmland lacks adequate groundcover during peak erosion risk periods. A new five-year project is working to change that. Here is what it aims to do and what growers across the region told us.