PASTURES & SOILS

SMART project to tackle tough sodicity challenges

A new decision support tool promises to make managing sodicity simpler.

Claire Harris
University of Southern Queenslander researcher Yunru (Chloe) Lai. Dr Lai has been awarded a GRDC Early Career Researcher Fellowship to advance research on managing sodic soils in Australian grain systems.

University of Southern Queenslander researcher Yunru (Chloe) Lai. Dr Lai has been awarded a GRDC Early Career Researcher Fellowship to advance research on managing sodic soils in Australian grain systems. | Credits: University of Southern Queensland.

SODICITY is one of the toughest soil constraints facing Australian grain farmers, but a new decision support tool promises to make managing it much simpler. The Sodicity Management and Remediation Tool...

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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.

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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Research Report: Mobile Phones (December 2025)

With the closure of Telstra’s 3G network, Kondinin Group engineers Josh Giumelli and Ben White put several popular 4G phones to the test to see how they stacked up. Our standard test protocol applied over the past two decades was maintained as each handset was measured by the maximum distance a two-way call could be made from a phone tower.

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Research Report: Side-by-side Vehicles (November 2025)

Kondinin Group’s research team dives into the side-by-side market for this report, looking at popular diesel models, a few petrol versions and a couple of electric vehicles.

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Research Report: Farming Inputs (October 2025)

Inputs are unavoidable in any farming system. This Research Report focuses on several key farming inputs with a view to maximising outputs, production and profit.

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Research Report: Self-Propelled Sprayer Testing (September 2025)

Kondinin Group’s Mark Saunders, Ben White and Josh Giumelli have rounded up five of the latest self-propelled sprayers to cast a discerning eye over them for this month’s Research Report. The sprayers were run over our regular test track and thoroughly inspected to see what makes these million-dollar machines tick.