CROPPING

New technology to tackle soil constraints

GROWERS and advisors will be better equipped to manage soil constraints in their paddock after the development of a three-dimensional (3D) mapping strategy, currently being trialled at farms in western Victoria.

Staff writer
An all-terrain vehicle fitted with EM38 and radiometric sensor technologies for mapping the soil profile. Image by Agriculture Victoria.

An all-terrain vehicle fitted with EM38 and radiometric sensor technologies for mapping the soil profile. Image by Agriculture Victoria.

The 3D mapping strategy will help growers better understand the dynamics and location of constraints to crop production that lurk in the depths of the soil. Soil constraints, particularly those in the...

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