| Researcher(s) |
Sam Taylor |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2017 |
| Contributor | South West Catchments Council |
| Trial location(s) |
Bunbury, WA
|
To demonstrate leadership and show industry-led practice change has the greatest capacity to change behaviours to reverse the trend of over-fertilising and tp promote best-practice fertiliser use, and more specifically soil testing and fertiliser application rates.
The success of this project continues to grow as the concept of developing useful tools to empower farmers to make changes to their practices takes hold
| Lead research organisation |
South West Catchments Council |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | Caring for our Country |
| Related program |
Caring for our Country |
| Acknowledgments | N/A |
| Other trial partners | Western Dairy and DAFWA |
| Crop type | None: No crop specified |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Demonstration |
| Trial design | Unreplicated |
| Sow date | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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