Precision Soil Mapping on Central Victorian Pastures - Field Day

Beef and sheep producers are invited to join Agriculture Victoria and Precision Agriculture at a field day on precision soil mapping and variable rate fertiliser use in the livestock industry.

This producer demonstration site (PDS) was established in 2021, with funding from Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA). The four demonstration sites are on properties owned by members of the Smeaton and Pyrenees BestWool/BestLamb groups. Results and insights from the three-year demonstration will be presented.

Workshop topics
• Visit one of the project demonstration sites and discuss in field variability of soils and some of the drivers of that variability
• Soil variation at the paddock scale
• Variable rate spreading
• Soil testing and fertility
• Economics of precision soil testing and variable rate spreading.