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Stop the Soil Tax
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Stop the Soil Tax
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What's limiting your soil?
- Understand what may be limiting your soil and how to improve crop performance.
- Learn how to read your soil better and make the right fertiliser decisions at the right time.
- Discover how to improve soil health, balance nutrients, and grow stronger crops. Turn soil information into simple steps for better yields and healthier soil.
Ep. 1 focused on stopping the "soil tax" and identifying a soil's weakest link. The host demonstrated two free farmer-facing tools: a soil-tax calculator that estimates annual and cumulative financial losses over years from untested soils and mismatched fertiliser, and a crop suitability tool that uses GPS, multi-decade climate data, and elevation to score drainage, slope, and crop suitability for a specific plot.
The technical portion explained Liebig’s law of the minimum using a barrel analogy and reviewed the 16 essential plant nutrients, specific deficiency symptoms, and application timing principles for N, P, and K. The group discussed soil pH, organic matter, and biological activity as major controls on nutrient availability, and listed barriers smallholders face to conventional soil testing.