Test a strip before you rip with Mel Fraser

01/06/23 • 13 min

Save money, time and get the soil amelioration result you want! Check out our latest podcast with Mel Fraser who catches up with Tanja Morgan to discuss easily accessible tools you need to make quick and simple assessments of soil constraints in your paddock.

Why is this important? So you can work out the best soil amelioration strategy going forward. Is it ripping, delving, spading etc or will a soil intervention make your constraints worse? Make sure you test a strip before you rip!

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Useful GRDC resources

Managing water repellence:

Seeding Sandy Soils: http://bit.ly/3V40NAu

Soil Wetting agents: http://bit.ly/3TUrupT

Soil Profile mixing :

With Rotary spader: http://bit.ly/3gwWH4Q

Technology considerations for cost-effective subsoil loosening: http://bit.ly/3tRgWNx

Understanding passive inclusion ripping:http://bit.ly/3Xp1FB9

Support the show: https://msfp.org.au/about/membership/

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Download the transcript here

Useful GRDC resources

Managing water repellence:

Seeding Sandy Soils: http://bit.ly/3V40NAu

Soil Wetting agents: http://bit.ly/3TUrupT

Soil Profile mixing :

With Rotary spader: http://bit.ly/3gwWH4Q

Technology considerations for cost-effective subsoil loosening: http://bit.ly/3tRgWNx

Understanding passive inclusion ripping:http://bit.ly/3Xp1FB9

Support the show: https://msfp.org.au/about/membership/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Previous Episode

NSW strategies and paddock restoration experience after drought

In this episode, Chris McDonough visits cousins Nigel Baird and Peter Baird in a paddock badly drifting in the 2018 and 2019 drought.

They're talking about the GRDC investment 'Practical tactics to improve ground cover and ensure soil preservation following successive low rainfall seasons.'

The Baird's is a remarkable story of recovery. Following an extended period of drought, which in itself is bad enough, thousands of kangaroos descended from station country to take away any remaining ground cover, and this caused devastating wind erosion.

Since then Nigel and Peter have been working really hard to get the paddock back to where it was before the drought. Their success now just goes to show what can be done with a bit of hard work and determination.

To view the case studies from the project visit the GRDC website click here

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Next Episode

Area wide management of pests - it can work!

On this episode host Tanja Morgan is joined by Matt Strmiska, Consultancy Lead with EE Muir Sons who hails from Fresno, California.

Matt has spent a decade of his career working with some of the largest horticultural growers in the region to minimize pesticide use by applying knowledge practically.

In this episode, Matt speaks about his experience with area-wide pest management in the United States and the long-term benefits.

Since 2019 MSF has been involved with the Area Wide Management of Weeds project looking specifically at controlling fleabane in the Sunraysia. A range of horticultural and broadacre trials have been conducted over the last 3 years and can be viewed using the Immersive Ag links below:

Horticulture - novel herbicides, managing resistance and 'double knock' application

https://immersiveag.com.au/area-wide-management-for-fleabane/

https://immersiveag.com.au/area-wide-management-for-ryegrass/

Broadacre - controlling summer weeds with optical sprayer technology

https://immersiveag.com.au/area-wide-weed-management-summer-weeds/

https://immersiveag.com.au/area-wide-weed-spraying/

Matt Strmiska is happy to be contacted by growers and his details are [email protected] or 0400 860 426.

This project is supported by the Department of Agriculture, Water, and Environment with funding from the Rural R and D for Profit Program the GRDC and the Cotton RDC.

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