Soil Wealth Integrated Crop Protection
A series of podcasts for the Australian vegetable and melon industries, covering soil health, soil borne disease, plant nutrition, covers crops and integrated pest management. Brought to you by the Soil Wealth and Integrated Crop Protection teams Applied Horticultural Research (AHR) and RM Consulting Group (RMCG) with funds from Hort Innovation and the Australian Government.
Check out the SWICP website here: https://www.soilwealth.com.au/
Soil Wealth Integrated Crop Protection
Cover Crops with Harvest Moon
The Soil Wealth ICP team look at how Harvest Moon, a large volume vegetable producer in North West Tasmania, are using cover crops to protect and improve their precious red soil. We also talk to other growers and explore cover cropping more generally.
This podcast covers an introduction to cover crops, species and their benefits, how to plan for cover crops and economics.
This project has been funded by Hort Innovation using the vegetable research and development levy and contributions from the Australian Government. Hort Innovation is the grower-owned, not-for-profit research and development corporation for Australian horticulture