Mid Lachlan Landcare

Category: Soils of the Region


Future Drought Fund-Farm Business Resilience Program. Weeds as Indicators of Soil Health

Weeds on farm, what are they telling us about soil health including soil microbiology, about our land use and management practices and about the broader environment.

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Soil’s Alive – Exploring the unique soil microbiome of the Mid Lachlan Region

Over the course of eight weeks between May and June, Mid lachlan Landcare sampled the microbiome of twenty eight unique sites spanning from public (Cemeteries, Travelling Stock Reserves) to private (Cropping and Grazing farms).  With each site being sampled an average of four times we ended up with one hundred and fifteen sample plots, each of which played a small yet important role in uncovering the rich and diverse microbiome of the Mid Lachlan region. 

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