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      • Chapter 4: Soil Properties
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      • Chapter 8: Assessing Soil Nutrients
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      • Chapter 11. Introducing Fertilisers
      • Chapter 12: Nitrogen and Nitrogen Fertilisers
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      • Chapter 14: Calculating Rates and Costs
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      • Chapter 16: Developing a Fertiliser Management Plan
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Getting Soil Testing Right

 1. Right Sampling

tickEvery Farm Management Zone
tickEvery 2-3 years, 30 soil cores per sample
tickCorrect sampling depth
tickUse monitor lines
tickAvoid nutrient hot spots
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2. Right Lab

tickASPAC certified                    tickNATA accredited                    tickRight test methods ASPAC logo NATA logo

3. Right Recommendations

tickFertcare accredited advisortickSoil fertility guidelines usedtick4Rs recommendations provided Fertcare advisor logo 4Rs logo

Getting it right

  • How Fert$mart are you?
  • Farmer Checklist
  • Getting Soil Testing Right
  • Case Studies
  • Best Management Practices
  • Environmental Management

Fert$mart Planning

  • 1Fert$mart Planning
  • Glossary
  • Appendices

Limits to Production

  • 2Limits to Plant Growth
  • 3Plant Nutrient Requirements

Productive Soils

  • 4Soil Properties
  • 5Understanding and Managing Soil Biology
  • 6Soil Types
  • 7Managing Limiting Soil Factors

Valuing Nutrients

  • 8Assessing Soil Nutrients
  • 9 Interpreting Soil and Tissue Tests
  • 10Keeping Nutrients on Farm
  • Soil Fertility Guidelines

Fertiliser Selection

  • 11Introducing Fertilisers
  • 12Nitrogen and Nitrogen Fertilisers
  • 13Using Dairy Effluent

Fertiliser Planning

  • 14Calculating Rates and Costs
  • 15Nutrient Planning
  • 16Developing a Fertiliser Management Plan
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Definitioner

farm management zone (farm management zones)
farm areas (or paddocks) with similar physical features and management.
hot spots (critical source areas)
Critical source areas of a nutrient result from the co-location of areas with high levels of that nutrient availability (source areas) with areas with high potential for nutrient movement (transport areas).