Soil Wealth Integrated Crop Protection

Monitoring and managing key inputs such as irrigation and nutrients can lead to improved productivity and reduced input costs on farm, ultimately improving a grower's bottom line.  Tune in to this podcast where Soil Wealth ICP team member Carl Larsen chats to industry experts Ivor Gaylard (Swan Systems), Medi Zaboli (Sentek) and Doris Blaseing (RMCG/Soil Wealth ICP) for some practical tips. T...

The Soil Wealth ICP team developed this podcast as part of The Carbon Series: An introduction to carbon farming and soil carbon management in the Australian vegetable industry. Hear more about Mulgowie Farming Company's journey to develop certified carbon neutral sweet corn in Queensland. This project has been funded by Hort Innovation using the vegetable research and development levy and con...

In this podcast vegetable grower Jake Ryan, from Three Ryans in Western Australia, speaks about the journey to transition the farm's fallow and conventional cultivation to strip-till. Jake was impressed with the substantial time and cost savings of the strip-till method alongside the use of cover crops, combined with observable improvements in soil health. The cover crop and strip-till combin...

In this podcast, John Coulombe, Head of Training and Development at Complete AUV and the Virtual Drone Academy, provides valuable information and sound advice regarding the rules, regulations and responsibilities for those using drones in the horticultural industry. John has spent over eight years working in horticulture and, since branching out into drone training and consulting, has worked for t...

Kim Ngov grows snow peas on trellises with the alleys heavily infested with weeds and the added problem of heavy foot traffic causing the soil to become soggy following rainfall. Recently, Kim took up the suggestion from the SoilWealth & ICP team of seeding cover crops into the alleys of snow pea for weed suppression, creating an easier working environment for his staff and reducing the relian...

Soil biology is a complex, dynamic and broad field. This podcast will introduce you to the concept of why biology is important to soil fertility and maximising crop production. We also briefly explore the complexities, risks and potential of biological crop products. This podcast was developed in conjunction with our Soil Wealth ICP Partnership Network members Sustainable Farming Systems (SFS) and...

Agronomists, Dr Pieter Van Nieuwenhuyse and Marc Hinderager, discuss the outcomes from a case study carried out on a pumpkin farm in Bathurst, NSW. You will hear how inter-row ground cover may assist you in suppressing weeds and a more integrated approach, using cover crops and strip-till, might help you reduce the use of herbicides and, by not disturbing the soil, better water infiltration rates...

In this podcast, members of the Soil wealth ICP team speak with pumpkin grower Michael Camenzuli about the benefits of cover crops and strip-till for pumpkin production.  This project has been funded by Hort Innovation using the vegetable research and development levy and contributions from the Australian Government. This project is supported by Applied Horticultural Research, through funding from...

Agronomist, Marc Hinderager, has been working with the growers in Cowra and reports on the results of this cover crop trial. This project has been funded by Hort Innovation using the vegetable research and development levy and contributions from the Australian Government. Hort Innovation is the grower-owned, not-for-profit research and development corporation for Australian horticulture 

This podcast looks at the value of on-farm trials, and the support given to practice change by membership of a grower group. We meet two Tasmanian farmers, Rebecca Addison and Yuri Wolfert, who trialled mixed cover crops for soil health before potatoes in 2019; with the support of grower group Soil First Tasmania, and funding from Landcare Tasmania. They speak about the challenges and teachings fr...

Over the past two years, Victorian vegetable growing operation Schreurs & Sons and the Soil Wealth ICP team have partnered to explore the application of precision agriculture in celery, leek and baby leaf production systems. The demonstration site is located at Adam Schreurs’ Cora Lynn farm, about 80km south-east of Melbourne, Victoria. During that time, Adam and the team have aimed to improve...

Management of rots, both in the field and post-harvest, is an ongoing challenge for potato producers. Agronomists Marc Hinderager and Dr Pieter Van Nieuwenhuyse discuss a trial that was set up to explore the effect of sanitisers and/or drying on the development of post-harvest bacterial soft rot in potatoes. This project has been funded by Hort Innovation using the vegetable research and developme...

The Soil Wealth ICP team look at how Harvest Moon, a large volume vegetable producer in North West Tasmania, are using cover crops to protect and improve their precious red soil. We also talk to other growers and explore cover cropping more generally. This podcast covers an introduction to cover crops, species and their benefits, how to plan for cover crops and economics. This project has been fun...

Soil Wealth ICP follows the implementation of a compost trial for vegetable growers in Virginia SA. We speak to the growers, the compost supplier and Dr Doris Blaesing. This project has been funded by Hort Innovation using the vegetable research and development levy and contributions from the Australian Government. Hort Innovation is the grower-owned, not-for-profit research and development corpor...

An interview with agricultural scientist John McPhee about his long standing interest in controlled traffic farming and why he thinks it's an important practice for soil health. This project has been funded by Hort Innovation using the vegetable research and development levy and contributions from the Australian Government. Hort Innovation is the grower-owned, not-for-profit research and deve...

Soil Wealth ICP present this podcast about controlled traffic farming, featuring the best practice agriculture of Harvest Moon, with Agriculture Director Mark Kable, John McPhee, a controlled traffic farming researcher from the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, as well as grower James Addison. Keep roads as roads, and beds as beds for high performing soil and crops. This project has been funded...

Soil Wealth and Integrated Crop Protection, a Hort Innovation project, presents an exploration of a unique machine, the ripper mulcher. Invented and built in Tasmania by Bill Cotching to control erosion on sloping ground under cultivation. The ripper mulcher is one of the soil health tools being used by Harvest Moon, an intensive vegetable production business in north west Tasmania. This project h...