PASTURES & SOILS

Basalt to be trialled as low-cost fertiliser

Crushed volcanic rock could provide a cheap and effective solution to rising fertiliser costs.

Claire Harris
UniSA environmental researcher Binoy Sarkar (right) with student Thilini Amarasinghe, at a field trial site in Mallala, South Australia, in April this year.

UniSA environmental researcher Binoy Sarkar (right) with student Thilini Amarasinghe, at a field trial site in Mallala, South Australia, in April this year. | Credits: UniSA.

WITH fertiliser costs rising, a readily-available natural fertiliser – crushed volcanic rock – could provide a cheap and effective solution for growers, providing a suite of benefits for productivity and...

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A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Kondinin team.

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