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5 Reasons to join CAS in Gatton at the AgTech Showcase
October 13, 2025 2:54 pm Join CAS in Gatton, where we showcase the innovative MINS technology at the AgTech Showcase 14 and 15 October. Hosted by Queensland Department of Primary Industries, the AgTech showcase will bring together innovation, insights, expertise and experience from horticulture growers, agribusinesses, technology companies, consultants, researchers and students from Australia! 5 Reasons to join us in Gatton… Read More
Soil Health #4: Integrate and move livestock to enhance soil health
September 17, 2025 8:54 am Keep Moving – Integrate and Move Livestock to Enhance Soil Health The fifth agricultural principle we discuss in this series focuses on how integrating and moving livestock can enhance soil health. Animals are key part of natural ecosystems, but they were never motionless. Naturally occurring wild roaming herds would move continuously and leave sufficient time… Read More
Soil Health: #3 Maintain Soil Cover
September 8, 2025 10:56 am Cover Up – Covered soil is protected soil Cover up to maximise soil health! A healthy soil requires a healthy microbiome as written in our previous articles. For soil and its microbiome to thrive, it requires to be protected against water and wind erosion. It also needs to have a living roots system to ongoingly… Read More
Soil Health: #2 Maximise Crop Diversity
September 4, 2025 10:22 am Mix it up Healthy soil requires to mix it up: maximising crop diversity can maximise soil health. Ecosystems benefit from diversity; every species has its role and its contributions to the entire system. Moreover, increased diversity can enhance soil fertility and resilience against pests, diseases and weeds. This means … increased diversity can reduce input… Read More
Measuring what Matters – Land Managers’ Intelligence
August 21, 2025 9:00 am By 2050, 90% of global soils is projected to be degraded (UN FAO). However soil produces 95% of the world’s food (UN) and sequesters 5 times more carbon than all terrestrial vegetation combined (Csiro). Therefore, taking care of our soils is not a nice to have, but a must have. Governments, farmers and the entire… Read More
Soil Health: #1 Minimise Soil Disturbance
August 19, 2025 9:45 am Less is more Less is more. When it comes to soil health, ‘less is more’: less tillage, less chemical inputs and less soil and water erosion. The awareness that soil is the world’s most critical and strategic asset is growing. This fuels the need to preserve and improve soil health. Therefore, in this series of… Read More
Healthy soil, healthy planet
August 12, 2025 3:00 pm Healthy soil means Healthy Planet Why Agricultural Practices Matter NOW Healthy soil is the basis for a healthy planet and its depending societies and economies. Soil health is considered as the capability of soil to ongoingly support and sustain all life and ecosystem services that depend on them. One of the critical ecosystem services that… Read More
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Increased Soil Carbon
July 22, 2025 11:49 am 10 Science-Backed Benefits of Increased Soil Carbon you Must Know. Soil Carbon is known to be beneficial for plant growth and climate change mitigation. But how does it work and what other benefits are there to increase soil carbon today? Read these 10 Benefits of Increased Soil Carbon to find out. In a nutshell 1…. Read More
Co-Innovation for Agriculture with IICA
July 21, 2025 3:58 pm Co-Innovation for Agriculture with IICA On June 17th, a CAS delegation joined the AmericasAg Forum organised by Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Canada. Firstly CAS presented how they empower farmers with soil data and carbon credits. Then, CAS signed an agreement to co-innovate for agriculture with IICA. AmericasAg Forum 2025 In the… Read More