Soil Scientist. Coordinates units in Agricultural Science and Environmental Science at The University of Western Australia. Views expressed are my own.
Perth, Western Australia
Joined April 2013
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Louise Barton retweeted
The colours aren't the best, but here's a map of % of years below decile 2 for 2000-2023. Jurien and Cape Leeuwin have spent 50% of the last 23 years decile 2 or below in May-Oct. Followed by Wyalkatchem, Lake Grace, Moora, Pingaring and Holt Rock. Best place to be is Walpole 16%
Louise Barton retweeted
🌱Soil CRC researchers at @FedUniAustralia are keen to hear how #farmers are using #soilindicators to support their farming practices. Take this short survey to help us identify what indicators work best and where 👉tinyurl.com/soilindicators
Great piece of work by our former Honours student from UWA! @UWAsoils @UWAresearch @IOA_UWA @UWA_students – at Perth, Western Australia
New research on nitrogen fertiliser losses from acidic soils ☁️ Lillian's paper from her PhD revealed that soil with poor pH buffering capacity is most at risk 🚨
Read the open-access paper ➡️ doi.org/10.1071/SR23044
Or the @GRDCWest fact sheet ➡️ grdc.com.au/resources-and-pu…
Louise Barton retweeted
Are you considering applying sulphate of ammonia to recently limed soils? @drloubee from @IOA_UWA has updated research findings. Download our new nitrogen fertiliser management fact sheet for best practice advice 👉 bit.ly/3LzgzQX
Heartfelt thanks to Graeme and Marcelle Stirling for giving their time freely to teach @UWA_students @UWAresearch staff, @DPIRDWA staff, and industry about identifying nematodes. Great collaboration between @UWAsoils and DPIRD. @theGRDC – at Perth, Western Australia
Enjoying cycling through UWA campus on my way to Soil Science. The gardens around The School of Indigenous Studies are looking particularly lovely! @UWAresearch @UWA_students – at Perth, Western Australia
Good to catch up the GRDC N Loss national project team. Today we visited Nigel Wilhelm & Luke Simpson’s field site on a Sodosol just outside of Adelaide. @theGRDC @IOA_UWA @UWAresearch
Best way to look at soil? Dig a pit. Enjoyed spending time with these good people collecting bulk density samples to a meter for the @theGRDC national N loss project. Appreciate @DPIRDWA Merredin crew for helping out. @UWAresearch @IOA_UWA @SoilsWest – at Merredin, Western Australia
In Dili this week to talk about soils, crops and biochar with MAF colleagues who are partners in our UWA-led project (AI-Com 2) funded by @ACIARAustralia. Here we are checking equipment in the MAF soils lab @UWAresearch @IOA_UWA @SoilsAdvocate
Very proud of these UWA Grads in Agriculture Science and Environmental Science. The future is bright for them and us! – at Perth, Western Australia
All four up-and-coming young scientists who presented at the 2023 Young Professionals in Agriculture Forum today were @UWAresearch-ers 🌟 Congratulations to Noel Fitzpatrick medallist @GeorgiaWelsh10, Charlize van der Mescht, Victoria Guthrie & @ChloeInAg uwa.edu.au/news/Article/2023…
ALT Charlize van der Mescht
ALT Chloe Rout
ALT Georgia Welsh
ALT Victoria Guthrie
Field trips with @UWA_students is the best part of teaching #soil #science at UWA! Big thanks to ENVT2236 students for their hard work & enthusiasm this weekend. Appreciate Fox Family for letting us dig on their property @DrAndrewRate @SAgE_UWA @SoilsAdvocate @SoilScienceAust – at Northam, Western Australia
Louise Barton retweeted
Sulfate of ammonia might be a cheaper source of nitrogen fertiliser, but the risk of volatilisation losses increases when it is applied in close succession to lime. @UWAresearch @SoilsWest @drloubee
Read more: bit.ly/3Zm8aoT
Photo: Evan Collis/GRDC
Louise Barton retweeted
Mini workshops in calculating your crop emissions available at Perth Research Updates.
10 places available.
@DPIRDbroadacre @AgZero2030
Definitely not enough photos of soil profiles on Twitter, so enough this one from Tassie! – at Perth, Western Australia
I am in Tasmania this week, accompanied by NSA Policy Adviser Sue Bestow, to meet soil stakeholders and discuss #soil issues in the State. #DidYouKnow the state soil for Tasmania is Ferrosol? Read more on the @SoilScienceAust website: soilscienceaustralia.org.au/…
Many (many) thanks to @DPIRDWA Esperance crew for helping to collect over 50 kg soil for @Chelsea_Janke and others as part of the @theGRDC N losses project. A fun day out in sunny Esperance @UWAresearch @t_edwards111 @SoilsWest @inverted_soil
We are recruiting! If you enjoy working outdoors, are keen to contribute to the Grains Industry, and want to gain experience coordinating field experiments, we are keen to hear from you! Applications close 30 January 2023 @SoilsWest @IOA_UWA @UWAresearch
external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/en/…
Louise Barton retweeted
Study finds increased risk of nitrogen losses when applying sulphate of ammonia to dry, limed soils. Read more ▶️ bit.ly/3XGQ4Nh
@drloubee @UWAresearch @MurdochUni @SoilsWest
Does applying lime and sulphate of ammonia in close succession to soil containing residual lime increase NH3 volatilisation? Yes! Up to 25% of N volatilised in our glasshouse study.
@UWAsoils @UWAresearch @IOA_UWA @theGRDC @RowanMaddern @Daniel_V_Murphy @FG_piccadilly @PaulDamon1
Louise Barton retweeted
Happy #NationalAgDay2022 to the WA farming community! 🚜🌾🐄🍇🌻 To celebrate, here's a quick whip-around of what some of our researchers are up to today 👇 @AmberB_C @carla_milazzo @ciara_beard @Miranda_Slaven @MeredithGuthr15