Bridget Watkins
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Regional Soil Coordinator at SoilsWest, Murdoch Uni ➡️ Share info & connect people. Farm kid. WA Ag. 🌾🚜🐏🌱🐂
Perth, WA
Joined May 2023
Are you one of 4000 #landholders invited to take part in the @SoilCRC Rural Landholder Survey? It closes on November 30: https://t.co/ha00WXIqky
#Wheatbelt #soilresearch #soilscience #agriculture @Wheatbeltnrm @LiebeGroup @WMG_WA @DWER_WA @DPIRDbroadacre @MurdochUni
soilswest.org.au
Landholders are encouraged to complete the Soil CRC Rural Landholder Survey ahead of its closing date on November 30.
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AGRONOMISTS & ADVISORS: register for PREDICTA®️B soilborne disease workshop 📍Bentley, Tech Park 📅Tues 9 Dec 🎟️ https://t.co/9z0AS40Vu1 ❓Accreditation in ID & mgmt of locally relevant soilborne diseases including crown rot, root lesion nematodes, rhizoctonia, take-all & more
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This webinar series from the @SoilCRC kicks off with session #1 at 9:30 am AWST tomorrow 5th Nov - recordings also avail for review #AustralianAgriculture
👩🌾This November, join us for a free webinar series exploring what drives farmer decisions, how to share knowledge effectively, and how to communicate the risks and rewards of innovation. Register here: https://t.co/DW7rZvf4Kg
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The #NaturalHeritageTrust National Soil Monitoring Program kicked off in WA last week with @CSIRO & @DPIRDbroadacre running training & @Wheatbeltnrm conducting sampling. Funded by @DAFFgov in collab with @CSIRO - 3,000 sites across Aus - more info: https://t.co/5fXGCkLJWR
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🌾🌱 Funding avail for projects addressing locally relevant challenges & providing practical solutions for growers. 💲 Max budget $300k 📅 Tenders due 20 Nov.
📢 New Opportunity: Grain Adopt - Regional D&E Open Call GRDC is inviting applications under a new Grain Adopt Regional Development & Extension (D&E) Open Call, an initiative of the National Grower Network (NGN). This program supports short-term, grower-prioritised D&E
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Simple online tool to compare variable rate to blanket rate applications - match inputs to specific mgmt zones for efficient use of resources and better soil mgmt outcomes - WIN!
Costs going up? What to do? Blanket Rate vs Variable Rate Check out our free online calculator "RateRater" to run your own business case for your adoption of VRT. Retweet for the unconverted. Any feedback welcome. https://t.co/K3WAzmqihr
#jfg #deeperisbetter
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The National Soil Health Framework project is underway!
NEW #GRDCPodcast 🎙 #SoilHealth 🧑🌾 Whether you're growing crops or running livestock, soil is your farm’s foundation. Hear from @CSIRO's @inverted_soil & @Dr_Soil_Data plus @uwanews’s Prof Lynette Abbott on building a national framework for soil health in 🇦🇺. Listen now 🎧
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Come down to the @MADFIG14 Spring Field Day tomorrow - I'll be talking about #SodicSoils in the paddock including dispersive soils, how to identify & mgmt considerations. Bring your qu's! #AustralianAgriculture #WADroughtHub @MurdochUni @DAFFgov @GGA_WA @DPIRDbroadacre
Reminder: Don’t miss Tuesday’s Annual Field Day collaboration with DPIRD and MADFIG! 🌿 Check out the program for all the details! Don’t forget to RSVP for catering: https://t.co/ciJDbPedOs
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SoilsWest team members out with the @MurdochUni field trip to the Harvestable Annual Legume Option (HALO) project near #Konnongorring today! @theGRDC @WAAgCollab @DPIRDbroadacre
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Research from @theGRDC - Legumes & N mgmt: -Summer/autumn legume sowing, terminate in winter, sow short-season cereal w late moisture -Co-crop legume + cereal, terminate legume before N transfers from soil to seed @CSIRO @WAAgCollab @Stirlings2Coast @DPIRDbroadacre @MurdochUni
The N-ABLE project is rethinking #legumes 🌱 Led by @CSIRO with @Stirlings2Coast, co-invested by GRDC & @WAAgCollab, it explores how legumes can reduce reliance on #nitrogen fertiliser in WA cropping. Read more 📰 https://t.co/rD4K7vQQZ0
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Bring your soils qus to Dowerin! Soil constraints and mgmt options? Current research? #RegionalSoilCoordinator project? See you there! 😎
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Run out of time to deep rip before seeding? No worries! 😎 #AustralianAgriculture #Compaction
First time of ripping, 7th July 4-5leaf, 2nd time of rip is today. 550-600mm deep, 5km/hour, 2-6% track slip
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Join the Transformational Aboriginal Agricultural Methods (TAAM) project for 2 days on Country near Perenjori. Growing the conversation of working with Country, not just on it. Fri 5 Sept - https://t.co/8A0vm7LawO Sat 6 Sept - https://t.co/qbmiv7HgFE
#WADroughtHub
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Questions about BIOSTIMULANTS IN AG? Bring them to this webinar - Fri Aug 22 @ 11:30 am AWST or register to receive the link to watch back later 🔹Labelling Code of Practice 🔹Considerations from industry 🔹What to look for in product data 🔹Determining confidence in the info
This SNoK webinar is on the new Biostimulants Labelling Code of Practice 22nd August by Jeff Kraak & Sofie de Meyer https://t.co/GKtdhpBU4P
@SoilScienceAust @SouthernNSWHub
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Fantastic week in Perth & surrounds for the Global Conference on Sandy Soils! So many good conversations, great content from the presenters, early career networking event, dinners, field trips & immaculately organised throughout. A credit to all involved! #GCSS2025 @SoilsSandy
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Regional Soil Coordinators in the pit! WA Arenosol on display in Bolgart 😁 #GCSS2025 Stoked to be joined by my Northern RSC counterpart Emily Hinds for the Global Conference on Sandy Soils! #SmartSoils
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