Agriculture from the Ground Up
Agriculture from the Ground Up is a practical podcast that helps farmers, advisors, students, agronomists and anyone in agriculture build on to the knowledge they already have; from soils and nutrition to cropping, livestock, economics and decision-making, so that you can fuse it all together into even better, more confident and more profitable farming.
As an agriculture educator and perennial student, I want to help you fill those hidden gaps so you can make better decisions and grow a more resilient, profitable business.
Agriculture from the Ground Up
Latest Episodes
Episode 12: Chemistry Basics Part 1. Why the Periodic Table Matters in Your Paddock
Most of us left the periodic table behind at school. In the paddock it still matters. A lot.This is the first of two short episodes that introduce the chemistry you actually need as a farmer, soil scientist or agronomist. We start with t...
Episode 11: The View From the Hill. Where We're Going with this Podcast
What if the nutrition problem, the moisture problem, the pH problem and the non-wetting problem in your paddock are not four separate issues — but one underlying constraint wearing four different hats?In this episode, Leonie steps back f...
Episode 10: Frost From the Ground Up with Dr Ben Biddulph
CSIRO gave us Wi-Fi, Aerogard, plastic banknotes and the word petrichor (that earthy smell of rain on dry ground).This week they give us Dr Ben Biddulph.We're heading into prime frost risk, so I sat down with Ben, Princ...
Episode 9: What Native Plants Reveal About Our Soils with Kingsley Dixon
In this episode of Agriculture from the Ground Up, Leonie sits down with Professor Kingsley Dixon (one of Australia’s leading plant biologists and restoration ecologists) to explore what Western Australia’s native plants can teach us about our ...
Episode 8: Beyond the Soil Map. What Really Matters Under Your Paddock with Tim Overheu
Tim Overheu, Principal Research Scientist at DPIRD, returns for round two, and this episode goes well beyond soil types.We dig into why water holding capacity, not soil classification, is often the real driver behind precision agricultur...