Binalong Landcare native pasture and alternative fertilizer study

Binalong Landcare has been successful in their application for a 25th Anniversary Landcare Grants.

The project

This project will build on the well established Binalong Native Pasture and Alternative Fertiliser Trial to investigate the contribution of macro and micro nutrients to soil health, and in particular, the role played by the microbiological communities under the different fertilizer treatments. Stage 3 builds on soil and pasture samplings and economic analyses undertaken over the past five years, examining the long term effect of the selected fertilizers on soil nutrients and biological communities and the subsequent bottom line outcome of fertilizer cost effectiveness. Results will be made available to the farming community through a field day, newspaper and Landcare internet articles, and presentations at other meetings and seminars.