The SOILpak series aims to provide a range of best soil management practices to optimise crop and pasture yields.

SOILpak is intended for:

• managers who want to learn more about how to manage their soil
• consultants and extension officers who wish to become more skilled in advising their clients on soil management.

The publication can be purchased from NSW Government Online Shop (shop.nsw) or downloaded in parts.

The table of contents appears below.

 

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SOILpak - southern irrigators (NSW Government Online Shop, shop.nsw)

 

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	Cover, contents, preface, disclaimer	102.6 kb
	Part A	983.6 kb
	Part B	344.3 kb
	Part C	700.5 kb
	Part D	466.9 kb
	Part E	687.5 kb
	Appendices	144.2 kb

Contents

Preface

Section A. Introduction
       A1 Introduction
       A2 Read this first!
       A3 The ideal soil
       A4 Soils of the Riverine Landscape
       A5 Soil limitations to crop production

Section B. Quick help guide
       B1 Trouble-shooting guide
       B2 Reducing waterlogging
       B3 Managing crusting and hardsetting soil
       B4 Do I have a compaction problem?
       B5 Is my soil is acid?
       B6 Is my soil saline?
       B7 Is my soil suitable for rice growing?
       B8 Is my soil suitable for direct drilling?
       B9 Is my soil suitable for raised bedfarming?
       B10 Managing paddocks with soil variation
       B11 Soil survey for irrigation development or redevelopment?
       B12 Managing recently landformed areas

Section C. Diagnosis of soil
       C1 How to use this section
       C2 Soil pit digging: where, how and why?
       C3 How to assess a soil profile
       C4 Soil surface
       C5 Soil structure
       C6 Soil texture
       C7 Slaking and dispersion
       C8 Assessing soil moisture
       C9 Other chemical tests
       C10 Testing soil salinity in the field

Section D. Soil management for the main farming systems of southern NSW
       D1 Management for crop and pasture rotation systems
       D2 Management for rice rotation systems
       D3 Management for summer cropping/double cropping rotation systems
       D4 Management for winter cropping rotation systems
       D5 Management for irrigated pastures

Section E. General soil and other information
       E1 Sodicity and soil management
       E2 Crusting and hardsetting
       E3 Landforming and soil management
       E4 Cultivation and soil structure
       E5 Improving soil structure by crop rotation
       E6 Improving soil through biological activity
       E7 Irrigation scheduling

Appendixes
       1. Glossary
       2. Soil types of the Riverine Plain
       3. References
       4. Acknowledgements