Healthy Living Soils will build immunity and help fight destructive pests such as the Red Legged Earth Mite. Balance your soils to help build immunity Red Legged Earth Mite (RLEM) is once again causing a lot of damage in some areas to broad acre crops. Sometimes Lucerne Flea join it as conditions for them to multiply […]
With excellent early rains and seeding nearing completion in timely and ideal conditions, confidence in the season ahead for at least an average production year is very positive. At our property NW of Orroroo more rain has fallen so far this year than for the whole of last year. We hope BOM’s forecast for above average winter […]
Suddenly we live in crazy and challenging times, a rude welcome into the 2020’s. No more trips to clients, field days or conferences for us. My last trip arriving home on March 20th from Ariah Park Field Day NSW. We traveled across the Hay Plains to get back home, we didn’t see many trees on […]
Shipments of Seabird Guano arriving into Adelaide To improve your soils in 2020, use a Organic Carbon Rich Fertiliser. Every year we have more new customers for our SMS Guano fertiliser. We never like to say we have sold out and again this year we are making sure we have plenty of stock to satisfy demand […]
Consider Using Guano Fertiliser in your Seeding Program Soil Moisture Levels Like all farmers we here at Soil Management Systems are hoping and praying this season will be a bountiful one. As a farmer myself it is the first time I have experienced a severe back on back drought although it has happened in our […]
Soil Management Systems attended the York Peninsula Field Days at Paskeville September 24th, 25th and 26th and enjoyed discussing our Seabird Guano and Ammonium Sulphate products. These Field Days are the oldest Field Days within South Australia and have been held biennial since 1894. A very timely rain event just before the York Peninsula Field […]
Regenerative Agriculture and soil health was the big topic at last weeks Victorian No-Till Farmers Association two day annual conference. It was very refreshing to witness over 200 enthusiastic farmers attentive to excellent presentations on soil health and diverse pasture and cropping systems. Soil Health: Healthy Living Soils It has been noticeable for some time […]
Balanced nutrients can help in times of drought because they create a healthy living soil. With the very challenging 2018 season behind us we look forward to hopefully a productive and profitable 2019 season. While some in the more favoured southern areas had a profitable year with high grain prices these same high prices doesn’t […]
Traditional fertilisers may destroy plant microbiome’s ability to protect against disease. Research Biologist at University of California US found that beneficial microbes on leaves of plants protect the plant from disease causing bacteria, but when the plant was fertilised the protection was negated leading to an increase in the population of pathogenic microbes on the […]
Amplifying Nitrogen Effects With Higher Sulphur Inputs. Like all good nutrition, balanced soil nutrition is about getting the nutrients right. In this post, we look at the greater efficiencies of using Ammonium Sulphate and Sulphur to provide Nitrogen. It is essential for any applied fertiliser that all nutrients be in BALANCE to achieve efficiencies and […]
