GroundCover: Big three nutrients under rigorous study

Long-term changes to cropping systems – together with changing climate – are driving the need to update the knowledge base used to guide nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertiliser decisions for the western region.

GroundCover: Soils research offers glimpse into plant reaction to nutrients

Nutrient trials in Western Australia’s wheatbelt are giving researchers a glimpse into the way a plant responds to applied nutrients after deep ripping.

GroundCover: Soil nutrition probe

After several decades of no-till and precision farming in Western Australia’s grain growing regions, new research is attempting to discover what happens to soil nutrients under these new farming regimes.