Publications
2018
Push to lift sandy soils potential, Ground Cover, 131 November-December 2017
Drive to increase productivity on Mallee sandy soils, Ground Cover, 133 March-April 2018
Improving productivity on low fertility (sandy) soils, Haskins, Macdonald, Kookana, Macdonald. GRDC Updates, Wagga Wagga, 13 February 2018.
Evaluating the uniformity of spading on sandy soil suing computer simulation. Ucgul, Saunders, Desbiolles. Mallee Sustainable Farming 2017 Research Compendium, page 2.
Herbicide residues in sandy soils of the southern region. Macdonald, Kookana, Wilhelm, McBeath, Llewellyn. Mallee Sustainable Farming 2017 Research Compendium. Page 3
Spading increases yields on Mallee sands, Fraser, Wilhelm, Davenport. Mallee Sustainable Farming 2017 Research Compendium. Page 5
Increasing water extraction and production on Malee sands through enhanced nutrient supply in the rooting zone. Moodie, Macdonald. Mallee Sustainable Farming 2017 Research Compendium. Page 6
PIRSA New Horizons Trial Sites Summary 2017, PIRSA website
Uniformity of spading in sandy soils. Ucgul Saunders, Desbiolles. Australian AgContractor & Large Scale Farmer. February 2018.
Chicken litter trials revealing sandy soil constraint improvement, GRDC Paddock Practices, Trengove Bute trials, 23/05/2018.
Improving productivity on low fertility (sandy) soils, Bob Freebain, The Land, AgGrow Agronomy Yenda Trials, 24th May, 2018.
Increasing production on sandy soils: overcoming constraints to poor water use. Ag Grow Agronomy Website News, May 2018.
Amelioration trails spur practice change, GRDC GroundCover, July-August 2018.
Macdonald et al. (2018) Improving Crop Productivity on Sandy Soils, GRDC Pinnaroo Update, June 2018.
McBeath, Macdonald, Trengove, Moodie, Desbiolles, Fraser, Kookana, Llewellyn (2018) Improving Crop Productivity on Sandy Soils, GRDC Walpeup Update, July 2018.
Trengove, Moodie, Llewellyn (2018) Improving Crop Productivity on Sandy Soils, GRDC Adelaide Business Update, August 2018.
Wilhelm (2018) Improving crop productivity on sands – what is the latest. GRDC Lock Update, August 2018.
Macdonald (2018) Increasing production on sandy soils: overcoming constraints to poor water-use. GRDC Soils Research Forum, Perth, June 2018.
Ucgul, Saunders, Li, Lee, Desbiolles 2018. Analysing the mixing performance of a rotary spader using digital image processing and discrete element modelling (DEM). Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 151 (2018) 1-10.
2019
Macdonald et al. (2019) Underperforming Sandy Soils: Targeting soil constraints for cost effective amelioration. GRDC Updates Adelaide, February 2019.
Macdonald McBeath, Llewellyn, Moodie, Desbiolles, Saunders, Ucgul, Fraser, Wilhelm, Davenport, Trengove, Haskins, Whitworth (2019) Underperforming Sandy Soils: Targeting soil constraints for cost effective amelioration. GRDC Updates Bendigo, February 2019.
McBeath, Macdonald, Llewellyn, Gupta, Desbiolles, Michael Moodie, Sam Trengove, Stuart Sheriff (2019) Getting The Edge On: Improving Crop Productivity On Southern Sandy Soils, GRDC Perth Update, 26 February 2019.
Llewellyn (2019) Cost-effective solutions for ameliorating challenging sandy soils. Hopetoun GRDC Research Forum, 14 March 2019.
McBeath, Macdonald, Desbiolles, Llewellyn, Moodie, Davoren, Shoobridge (2019) Options to Manage Underperforming Mallee Sands – SA Mallee Trials. MSF 2018 Research Compendium.
Moodie, Macdonald, Correll (2019) Ripping results from Mallee Sandy Soils trials. MSF 2018 Research Compendium.
Fraser, Wilhelm, Davenport (2019) Impact of claying in decile 1 rainfall year. MSF 2018 Research Compendium.
Trengove and Sherriff (2019) Amelioration of sandy soils – 2018 (year 4) results, NSS Research Compendium, March 2019.
Davies, Armstrong, Macdonald, Condron, Petersen (Australian Agriculture in 2020) Soil Constraints: a role for strategic deep tillage (Chapter 11). Australian Society of Agronomy, 2019.
2020
Desbiolles J, M Fraser 2020. Mitigation options to increase crop establishment on water repellent sands – Trial summary Handout. MFSG Coombe Field Walk, 4th September.
Desbiolles J, N Wilhelm, M Fraser, LM Macdonald, T McBeath, J Barr 2020. Seeder-based approaches to reduce the impact of water repellence on crop productivity. Lameroo GRDC Grains Research Update.
Macdonald LM, T McBeath, R Llewellyn, M Farrell, R da Silva, M Moodie, S Trengove, J Desbiolles, C Saunders, N Wilhelm, M Fraser. 2021. Challenges on Mallee Sands: overcoming constraints. Delta Advisory Conference, Online format, 16 March 2021.
McBeath T, M Moodie 2020. Perils of ripping on sandy soils – what can be learnt from hindsight? Kimba GRDC Grains Research Update.
Moodie M, C Saunders, M Ucgul, LM Macdonald 2020. The How’s and whys for ripping deep sandy soils of the low rainfall Mallee. Sea Lake GRDC Grains Research Update.
Whitworth R, B. Haskins 2020. Increasing production on sandy soils: overcoming constraints to poor water use. Yenda Trial Update, website June 2020.
Wilhelm N, M Fraser, D Davenport 2021. Ameliorating a deep repellent sand at Murlong (2018) increased vetch performance in 2020. EPFS Research Compendium 2021.
2021
Desbiolles J, M Fraser 2021. Mitigation options to increase crop establishment on water repellent sands. Mallee Sustainable Farming Research Compendium, March 2021.
Wilhelm N, M Fraser, D Davenport 2021. How much incorporated organic matter do you need to boost crop production on a poorly performing white siliceous sand? EPFS Research Compendium 2021.
Desbiolles J, Fraser M, Wilhelm N, Drum H (2021). Mitigation options to increase crop establishment on water repellent sands. EPFS results book 2021 [ Also adapted for MSF Compendium 2020] 5p.
Macdonald L, Whitworth R, Haskins B, Ucgul M, Saunders C, Desbiolles J, Llewellyn R, McBeath T (2021) Diagnosing constraints is key to cost effective amelioration: Do Responses in NSW sands differ from the broader Southern sandy context? Hillstone GRDC Updates, July 15 2021.
McBeath T, Macdonald L, Llewellyn R, Davoren B, Shoobridge W (2021) Residual responses to ripping in the Mallee. MSF and EPFS 2020 Research Summaries.
McBeath T, Macdonald L, Trengove S, Davoren B, Shoobridge W, Sherriff S, Llewellyn R (2021) The residual effects of ripping, chicken litter and combinations on crop productivity at Bute Boundary Road. Northern Sustainable Soils 2020 Research Summary.
McBeath T, Moodie M, da Silva R, Desbiolles J, Saunders C, Ucgul M, Wilhelm N, Fraser M, Trengove S, Whitworth R, Unkovich M, Llewellyn R, Macdonald L (2021) Amelioration strategies to improve crop productivity on sandy soils. GRDC Updates, Loxton, August 13 2021.
Wilhelm N (2021), Improving crop productivity on sands – what is the latest? GRDC Updates, Woomelang, July 13 2021.
Ucgul, M and Desbiolles J. (2021). Model expertise applied to evaluate soil amelioration equipment. Groundcover magazine (Nov-Dec 2021).
2022
Da Silva R and McBeath T (2022) ‘Understanding soil compaction in the Mallee’ MSF Farm Talk Podcast, February 4, 2022.
Fraser M, Davey S (2022) Impact of deep tillage on penetration resistance, repellence and crop growth at Malinong. Mackillop Farm Management Group 2021 Research Summary.
Masters B, Guidera B (2022) Treating production constraints on the sandy soils of upper and lower Eyre Peninsula- Year 3. EPFS 2021 Research Summary.
McBeath T, Macdonald L, Llewellyn R, Davoren B, Shoobridge W (2022) Amelioration responses in two Mallee sands. EPFS 2021 Research Summary.
McBeath T, Macdonald L, Trengove S, Davoren B, Shoobridge W, Sherriff S, Llewellyn R (2022) The residual effects of ripping, chicken litter and combinations on crop productivity at Bute Boundary Road. Northern Sustainable Soils 2021 Research Summary.
Trengove S, Sherriff S, Bruce J (2022) Improved productivity on sandy soils- Kybunga case study 2021. Northern Sustainable Soils 2021 Research Summary.
Trengove S, Sherriff S, Bruce J (2022) GRDC Sandy Soils Impact Trials- Warnertown 2021. Northern Sustainable Soils 2021 Research Summary.
Trengove S, Sherriff S, Bruce J, McBeath T (2022) Amelioration of sandy soils-2021 (year 7) results. Northern Sustainable Soils 2021 Research Summary.
Ucgul M (2021). Modelling better tillage tools. GRDC Groundcover Supplement: Grains research – the next generation. Nov-Dec 2021. Accessed 29 March 2022 at: https://groundcover.grdc.com.au/agronomy/soil-and-nutrition/modelling-better-tillage-tools
Whitworth R, Haskins B (2022) GRDC Sandy Soil Impacts Trial Monia Gap, NSW- 2019 to 2021. https://www.aggrowagronomy.com.au/research-projects/
Wilhelm N, Fraser M, Davenport D (2022). How much incorporated organic matter do you need to boost crop production on a poorly performing white siliceous sand? EPFS 2021 Research Summary.
Wilhelm N, Fraser M, Masters B (2022). Ameliorating a deep repellent sand at Murlong four years ago still improved wheat performance in 2021. EPFS 2021 Research Summary.
2023
Wilhelm N, Fraser M and Masters B (2023). 2022 was a good year for barley growing on an ameliorated deep repellent sand at Murlong. 2022 EP Farming Systems Summary.
Masters B (2023) Using sowing strategies to mitigate water repellence at Wharminda. EP Farming Systems Summary.
McBeath T, Ouzman J, Azeem M, Pitchford R, Redden P, Llewellyn R, Desbiolles J, Saunders C, Fraser M, Trengove S, Moodie M, Wilhelm N, Whitworth R, Unkovich M (2023) The key profit levers for sandy soils amelioration.
Saunders C, Ucgul M, Desbiolles (2023) The mechanics of high-performance inclusion ripping.
Unkovich M, McBeath T (2023) New opportunities for crops growing on high soil strength. Soil Science Australia Conference, Darwin, June 2023.
Fraser M, Wilhelm N, Davey S, Davenport D (2023) Changes in soil fertility and grain yields in response to amelioration on three water repellent sands in South Australia. Soil Science Australia Conference, Darwin, June 2023.
McBeath T, Unkovich M, da Silva R, Desbiolles J, Saunders C, Fraser M, Trengove S, Moodie M, Wilhelm N, Llewellyn R (2023) Ameliorating sandy soil constraints for productivity gains in southern Australia. Global Sands Conference, Madison, WI, USA, June 2023.
Unkovich M, McBeath T, Moodie M, Macdonald L (2023) High soil strength and cereal crop responses to deeper tillage on sandy soils in a semi-arid environment. Field Crops Research, 291:108792.
