Soil Wise

Soil Wise is a collaborative project to help farmers and land managers improve their soil health and nutrient management.

The aim is to promote best practice sustainable agriculture so that farmers can increase productivity and profitability, whilst protecting and improving the condition of natural resources. Soil Wise develops educational material, hosts field days, workshops and webinars, all to increase adoption of best practice sustainable agriculture and increase the capacity of land managers to adopt best practice sustainable agriculture.

Soil Wise:

  • promotes the benefits of soil testing to inform soil management decisions

  • improves soil testing knowledge and skills among land managers and farmers

  • increases the capacity of land managers and farmers to interpret soil test results

  • supports land managers and farmers to undertake land management practices to improve soil health

  • encourages land managers and farmers to contribute soils data to relevant national databases

  • facilitates collaboration and communication between soil scientists, extension officers, advisers, natural resource management and farming systems groups, land managers and farmers

  • establishes fertiliser trials across south-west WA over a range of soil types with contemporary pasture species, with a focus on best management practice for phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium and sulphur.

The project will be delivered over three years (2022-2024) in the Peel-Harvey, Leschenault, Geographe, Hardy Inlet, Wilson Inlet, Torbay Inlet and Oyster Harbour catchments, and will extend to the surrounding high rainfall grazing catchments.

Keep an eye on your inbox and our social media platforms to be informed of upcoming Soil Wise events, or visit the Soil Wise events calendar here.

Soil Wise is funded by the National Landcare Program Smart Farms Small Grants – an Australian Government initiative. It is supported by Healthy Estuaries WA – a State Government program.