April 2nd, 2024New soil health guide for local farmers and keen gardeners

A new resource will serve as a one-stop-shop for farmers and gardeners keen to understand and improve their soil health.

The North Central Catchment Management Authority and Agriculture Victoria have teamed up to create the region’s new Soil Health Guide.

The guide includes a physical and digital book, a step-by step website, and instructional videos on how to understand, test, and improve soil.

The resources provide information to help identify possible soil health issues using nine simple visual tests that can be conducted in the paddock.

The tests are cheap and easy, and can be undertaken using home-made equipment such as wire quadrants.

Observations and results can be used to determine management actions to improve soil health and assess differences in soil health between paddocks, farms, management practices and/or growing seasons.

Those keen to find out more can go to www.nccma.vic.gov.au/projects/agriculture/soil-health-guide.