Soil and Land Management
Soil and Land Management
The resources on this page are of relevance to SA farmers and regional communities. They assist in decision making and potential practice change to build drought preparedness and resilience. Further information on soil and land management is available through the SA Drought Hub team, including the Knowledge Broker and the SA Regional Soils Coordinator.
SA Soils Scoop
Resources for Soil Management During a Drought
These resources have been compiled by the SA Drought Hub Regional Soils Coordinator:
- Managing soils during and after drought in cropping systems (SOIL CRC)
- Managing soils during and after drought in grazing systems (SOIL CRC)
- Land management and replanting (PIRSA)
- Emergency measures to curb wind erosion (PIRSA)
- Overcoming wind erosion during and following drought (GRDC)
- Soil Preservation: Case Studies (GRDC)
- Wind erosion management (Limestone Coast Landscape Board)
- Guide for Eyre Peninsula land managers on managing soils to avoid wind erosion (this guide is a resource from the former Natural Resources Eyre Peninsula, now the Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board)
South Australian Soil Capacity Gap Analysis
The Soil Capacity Gap Analysis for South Australia was developed by the Regional Soil
Coordinator under the Australian Government’s National Landcare Programme. The purpose was
to assist with identifying the local soil capacity gaps, current soil issues, extension needs and
barriers to adoption within the local region to align with the National Soil Strategy and National Soil
Action Plan 2023-2028. The Regional Soil Coordinator conducted interviews, attended soil events
and collected survey data between 2022 and 2024 to develop this report.
Soil Health & Feedbase Resillience – Australian Wool Innovation
These Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) resources on soils and soil health include information on projects about:
- P-efficient pasture systems
- Dryland legume pasture systems
- Acid soils
- Phosohorus application.
Soil Health & Feedbase Resilience | Australian Wool Innovation
The Future Drought Fund’s My Climate View (formerly Climate Services for Agriculture)
The Future Drought Fund’s My Climate View (formerly Climate Services for Agriculture) tool provides users with location-specific information on seasonal and monthly rainfall outlooks, and medium and longer term climate projections for rainfall and temperature.
The tool can be accessed at: myclimateview.com.au.
Protect Next Season’s Profits with Summer Weed Control – GRDC
Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) informs growers who experienced rainfall over summer how to protect their future profits by making weed control a priority ahead of planting in autumn.
The GRDC summer weed control webpage includes links to the following GRDC resources:
Soils of South Australia – SA Department of Environment and Water
Resources from the SA Department of Environment and Water about soils and soil regions of SA. Includes the comprehensive publication Soils of Southern South Australia (2009) to download as pdf.
Department for Environment and Water – Soils of South Australia
Regional Soil Coordinator Fact Sheet
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