Your Biggest Asset.

In my very early travels through the Western Australian Wheatbelt some years ago, I sometimes asked the farmers I was dealing with was,"Whats your biggest and most important Asset?" A couple of times, though I must admit, not very often, the answer was, this new tractor, or the big header with the 30 foot front. Unfortunately some guys could not see the bigger picture, that in fact the biggest and by far the most important asset we as primary producers have is our soil.

Now I am glad to say that every one I now deal with, and with all honesty, most primary producers know the importance of our soil, and understands the management principles we need to implement. There has been a huge shift in the thinking about how we farm in current economic and more importantly, changing environmental conditions.


But it all starts with the basics. Understanding soils. Our Greatest Asset. This unfortunately where a lot of us get lost in the system. There are and have been many "opinions" about what to do or what products to use, but before that we need to start from the bottom and work up.

So what I will introduce to you in the coming blogs are in fact the basics;

• Where to start.



• What do we do.



• How do we do it.
  

This will revolve around the physical, chemical and biological traits of the soil, This can be quite expansive, so we will keep it as simple as possible with plenty of links to a lot of very informative information on the web.

My goal to you is to bring you a one stop shop if you like, where information can be presented and shared amongst us all.

No matter what your producing, the principles remain the same for the soil, and with that in mind mirror what we need for a healthy body ourselves.

Keep your green light on.