David Hardwick is an agroecologist and has over 20 years experience in rural landscapes, farming and food systems.
He develops and delivers many of the extension projects for Soil Land Food across Australia.
David will offer his wealth of experience in agronomy, soils, biofertiliser and organics in a webinar series he’s hosting on behalf of Boorowa Community Landcare ReGen Grazing Group (BCLRGG), called Making Sense of Soil Tests.
Learn how to read a soil test with confidence.
Improve your ability to make good soil decisions and build soil health.
BCLRGG will provide you with instructions on how to take your own soil sample and send it to the Environmental Analysis Laboratory for testing before the course.
Worksheets will help you make sense of your soil test results and identify issues with your soils as you go through the four-part online soil skills webinar course.
The aim is to demystify agricultural soil tests and offer a clear, holistic process to follow for reading them.
It’s ideal for those who are in farming, grazing, dairying or horticulture and want to improve their ability to read soil tests.
It’s about taking an ecologically-based approach, as you go through the course you will start to identify soil constraints and key nutrient issues that may be holding back your enterprise.
David goes through different approaches to using soil tests, perfect for an agronomist starting out.
Places in this course are limited to 10 farm businesses so participants get time to ask questions, share and learn with other participants and with different soils.
You will need access to Zoom and a soil test to participate in this course.
Dates and Times:
Thursdays from 8.30am to 10am
Oct 28 to Nov 18 2021
Wk 1 Thurs 28th Oct 8.30am - 10am
Wk 2 Thurs 4th Nov 8.30am - 10am
Wk 3 Thurs 11th Nov 8.30am - 10am
Wk 4 Thurs 18th Nov 8.30am - 10am
Each session will be recorded, so if you miss a session you can catch up on Zoom via the group’s online event hub.
Contact BCLRGG boorowacommunitylandcare@gmail.com or 0459 681 018 if you need help or advice on collecting soil samples.
