Soil Wealth Integrated Crop Protection

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 the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.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

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 from their trials and what they will do differently in the future.The Soil Wealth and Integrated Crop Protection project is following and supporting grower groups like Soil First Tasmania as an important path of practice change.We also collected soil visual data from the trial of mixed cover crops, which you can also watch here.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

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 nutrition, irrigation and drainage management, and insect pest and beneficial monitoring as a basis for soil and crop health. To achieve this, a range of technology was used including EM38 mapping, gridded soil sampling, variable rate fertiliser spreading, remote monitoring of insect pests and beneficial identification traps with cameras, as well as drones.This podcast explores some of the key demonstration site findings and lessons from 2018 to 2020.You can also read the accompanying case study that showcases more detailed results.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

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 development levy and contributions from the Australian Government. Hort Innovation is the grower-owned, not-for-profit research and development corporation for Australian horticulture

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 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

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 corporation for Australian horticulture

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 development corporation for Australian horticulture

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 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

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 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