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Helpful Websites, Podcasts & Webinars Plus Beneficial Books

Updated: May 11

The following links will provide lots of helpful information and will expand on many of the matters covered in the main blog.



Helpful Websites




Boots in the Dirt - great information of lots of aspects related to soil and plant health

https://soilworksllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Boots-in-The-Dirt-.pdf


An Insight into the Real Causes of Compaction (Correcting the Cause)

https://soilworksllc.com/compaction/


Overcoming Soil Compaction

https://ocj.com/2020/03/compaction-or-poor-soil-structure/


Allan Savory - TED Talk - understand foundations for rotational grazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnNaLSKDf-0


Benefits of Sea Minerals

https://www.naturalnews.com/023600_minerals_water_sea.html


Sea Minerals as Fertiliser

https://ajproducts.com.au/plant-solutions/sea-minerals-as-fertiliser/


Liquid Sea Minerals / MycorrPlus

http://ag-usa.net/application.php


Key to Soil Health - Full Spectrum Nutrition through All Minerals

https://www.ecofarmingdaily.com/key-to-high-yield-is-available-minerals-in-soil/


Periodic Table - Minerals, Metals etc - (See Feature Demo Link at Bottom of Screen)

https://ptable.com/?lang=en#Properties


Minerals are the Foundation to Health

https://www.edgeelectrolytes.com.au/blogs/inside-edge/minerals-are-the-foundation-to-health


Soil Food Web concept - Elaine Ingham.

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/soils/health/biology/?cid=nrcs142p2_053864


Introduction to the Soil Food Web - Urban Worm Company (great photos)

https://urbanwormcompany.com/soil-food-web-intro-decomposer-filter/


TheNature's Soil Food Web - Urth Agriculture

https://www.urthagriculture.com/soil-food-web


The Importance of Well Structured Soil - Elaine Ingham / Soil Food Web

https://youtu.be/BmZg9ybe62g


Ten Steps to Biological Farming (NutriSoil)

https://nutrisoil.com.au/ten-steps-to-biological-farming/


Greater Production by Building Soil Biology (NutriSoil)

https://nutrisoil.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NutriSoil-Results-Brochure.pdf


How Soil Microbes Influence Nutrient Availability

https://soilsmatter.wordpress.com/2018/06/01/how-do-soil-microbes-influence-nutrient-availability/


To Restore Soil - Feed the Microbes

https://theconversation.com/to-restore-our-soils-feed-the-microbes-79616


Soil Temperature Impact on Microbes

https://nutrisoil.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BFR-Notes-June-2017-1.pdf


Understanding Soil Biology

https://www.biomineralstechnologies.com/farm-solutions/restore-soil/biology-balances-and-ratios/16-understanding-biology


Understanding and Managing Soil Microbes

https://extension.psu.edu/understanding-and-managing-soil-microbes


Electrical Conductivity (EC) - also impacted by biological activity including microbes https://www.urthagriculture.com/ec-measurement


Using a Refractometer (Brix meter) and Understanding Importance of Brix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2W-Eef8N_U


Humus - Graeme Sait (NutriTech Solutions) TED Talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q1VnwcpW7E


Humus - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humus


Humus - What is It and How is It Formed?

https://www.ecofarmingdaily.com/build-soil/humus/humus-how-is-it-formed/


Garden Mulch

https://www.smilinggardener.com/collection/organic-matter/


Minerals, Microbes and Mycorrhizal Fungi Working Together - Acres USA

https://www.ag-usa.net/availableplantfood.php


The Best Way to Neutralise Soil pH (NOT AgLime)

https://www.ag-usa.net/soilph.php


Effects of Soil Acidity on Nutrient Availability (Agriculture Victoria)

https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/584696/Effects-of-soil-acidity-on-nutrient-availability_final-1-converted.pdf


Gabe Brown 2020 Presentation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExXwGkJ1oGI


Regeneration of Our Lands - Gabe Brown TED Talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfTZ0rnowcc


Gabe Brown with Dr David Johnson - Regenerating the Diversity of Life in the Soil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0bG9520vs0


Gabe Brown on Cover Crops and Use of Electric Fences

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzrKJo01-kE


Making Fungal Compost Extract

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0bG9520vs0


Ten Steps to Biological Farming

https://nutrisoil.com.au/ten-steps-to-biological-farming/


Dung Beetles

https://dungbeetleexpert.com.au/


Dung Beetles Improve Soil Health

https://www.farmanddairy.com/columns/grazing-with-dung-beetles-improves-soil-health/312399.html


Earthworms

https://nutrisoil.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Sentinels-of-the-Soil-Power-of-Earthworms.pdf


Earthworms

http://vro.agriculture.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/soil_health_worm_wise


The Earthworm Edge

https://blog.nutri-tech.com.au/the-earthworm-edge/


Types of Earthworms and Benefits

https://extension.psu.edu/earthworms


Compost Worms

https://www.kookaburrawormfarms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Complete_Guide_Composting_Worms.pdf


The Science of Vermiculture - Nakala Maddock (NutriSoil)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN9sTNaUr6w


Regenerative Grazing Principles (especially Principles 2 - 6)

https://www.rcsaustralia.com.au/rcs-regenerative-grazing-principles/

Soil, Water & Grazing (includes video on testing water penetration)

https://www.bigpicturebeef.com/soil-and-water


How to Read a Pasture

https://www.csuchico.edu/regenerativeagriculture/ra101-section/pasture-reading.shtml


Pasture & Grazing (incl. short video of moving an electric fence fitted with a tumblewheel)

https://lion-gazelle-jddm.squarespace.com/pasture


Daily Pasture Rotation Strategy and Rules

https://www.grass-fed-solutions.com/pasture-rotation.html


Visual Indicators of Soil Condition

https://www.mla.com.au/globalassets/mla-corporate/extensions-training-and-tools/documents/soil-poster_small.pdf


Soil Biology (Soil Food Web)

https://www.lls.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/1270527/7-Soil-Biology_FINAL.pdf


Microbial Plant Partnerships - Nicole Masters

https://youtu.be/qOvtTLYSEM0


From the Ground Up - Regenerative Agriculture (Charles Massy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vQW8Tl_KLc

The Role of Soil Fungus

https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-37


The Role of Mycorrhizal Fungi in Regenerating Healthy Soils & Agricultural Productivity

https://thenaturalfarmer.org/article/the-role-of-mycorrhizal-fungi-in-regenerating-healthy-soils-and-agricultural-productivity/


Mycorrhizal Fungi

https://www.moffittsfarm.com.au/2012/10/27/mycorrhizae-fungi-part-1/


Mycorrhizal Fungi - Powerhouse of the Soil

http://www.amazingcarbon.com/PDF/JONES-MycorrhizalFungiEVERGREEN(Sept09).pdf


Rotational Grazing - Small Scale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Z_fDL9C3M


When to Start Grazing a Pasture

https://mbfp.mla.com.au/pasture-utilisation/3-start-grazing/#


Varied Approach to Rotational Grazing - Recycling More Through Cattle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB0QBrIUiVM


Developing Pasture without Planting Seed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smRkDfhGCoo


Cover crops building soil health

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTs7B0yGZTk


Restoring Soil Health

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ugaL6wsXME


Fungal Dominant Compost - Johnson-Su Bioreactor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxUGk161Ly8


Static Pile Fungal Compost Presentation (Dr David Johnson)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO2nGHq40Xc


A Slightly Different Way to Make a Johnson-Su Bioreactor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxH5PPO31F4


Dr David Johnson Inoculating Seed with His Fungal Dominant Compost Extract

https://www.csuchico.edu/regenerativeagriculture/bioreactor/coat-seeds.shtml


Inoculating Small Quantities of Seed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tunH4ETViQo


Inoculating Seed

https://colvillecompost.com/


Ian & Di Haggerty - seed inoculation - farming sandy soil in very low rainfall

https://www.naturalintelligence.co


An Overview of Regenerative Agriculture Principles

https://www.rcsaustralia.com.au/rcs-regenerative-grazing-principles/


Why Healthy Soil Has an Earthy Smell

https://theconversation.com/heres-why-soil-smells-so-good-after-it-rains-135978


Building Soil Carbon - Nature’s Way

https://www.gladstoneconservationcouncil.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Factsheet-Liquid-Sea-Minerals-vs1.pdf


Building Soil Carbon with Year-long Green Farming

http://www.amazingcarbon.com/PDF/Jones-EvergreenFarming(Sept07).pdf


Increasing Soil Organic Matter (Carbon)

https://www.ag-usa.net/buildorganicmatter.php


Carbon Friendly Beef Enterprise

http://www.amazingcarbon.com/PDF/JONES-CarbonFriendlyBeef(27April10).pdf


The Link Between Carbon and Healthy Soil

http://ag-usa.net/DrChristineAcresInterview.php


Soil Restoration - 5 Core Principles (Dr Christine Jones)

https://www.ecofarmingdaily.com/build-soil/soil-restoration-5-core-principles/


The Phosphorus Paradox (Dr Christine Jones)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv288F4TXbo


Secrets of the Soil Sociobiome (Dr Christine Jones)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtd2vrXadJ4


Quorum Sensing (Dr Christine Jones)

https://www.no-tillfarmer.com/articles/8969-putting-quorum-sensing-to-work-in-your-no-tilled-soils


Liquid Carbon Pathway

http://www.amazingcarbon.com/PDF/JONES-LiquidCarbonPathway(July08).pdf


Restoring Farmland Soils (Dr Christine Jones)

http://www.amazingcarbon.com/PDF/JONES-NewFrontiersInAg(Sept13).pdf


Building New Topsoil through the Liquid Carbon Pathway (Dr Christine Jones)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3_w_Gp1mLM


Light Farming - the Power of Photosynthesis (Dr Christine Jones)

http://amazingcarbon.com/JONES-LightFarmingFINAL(2018).pdf


Look, Learn, Listen - Recognise, Relate, Innovate (Dr Christine Jones)

http://www.amazingcarbon.com/PDF/JONES-RecogniseRelateInnovate.pdf


Building Healthy Soil from Mob Grazing (Greg Judy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuNEXyeKn34


Water in Rotational Grazing

https://pasture.io/grazing-management/water-in-rotational


Mobile Cattle Watering System - How to Build

https://www.grass-fed-solutions.com/mobile-cattle-water.html


Electric Fencing - Common Mistakes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nC278F7wkQ


Soils for Life - short documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gmxx5VqaAQ


The Living Soil - Arthropods

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/soils/health/biology/?cid=nrcs142p2_053861


Soil Fertility Management

https://nutrisoil.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Soil-Fertility-Management_Dr-Maarten-Stapper.pdf


Improving Soil Carbon - Soilkee Renovator

https://www.carbonfarmersofaustralia.com.au/2015-conference/pdf/Maarten3002.pdf


Soil Carbon - Soilkee Renovator and Pasture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqq_DhF0Hhk


Cows, Carbon & Climate - Joel Salatin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z75A_JMBx4


Benefits of Activating the Carbon Sequestration Switch

https://www.ag-usa.net/33benefits.php


Beneficial Insects

https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/16-020_01_XercesSoc_Habitat-Planning-for-Beneficial-Insects_web.pdf


Pasture Pests & Beneficial Insects

https://www.ppwcma.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IPM-Field-Booklet_pastures.pdf


Molasses Based Liquid Supplement - Source of Minerals

https://www.bundabergmolasses.com.au/prolix.html


Microbes & Molasses

https://oaksterdamuniversity.com/microbes-molasses/#:~:text=Molasses%20is%20rich%20in%20both,encourages%20growth%20of%20beneficial%20organisms


Understanding and Managing Soil Microbes - PennState Extension

https://extension.psu.edu/understanding-and-managing-soil-microbes


Weeds - How they can Benefit and What they Tell You

https://montysplantfood.com/your-crops-need-nutrients-just-ask-listen-to-your-weeds/


Soil and Seed (including where to source fungal material)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP3pibwEdsY


Kiss the Ground Movie (the importance of the Regenerative Agriculture Journey)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39akrHEIDBM


Making Soils Healthier - Lactobionate

https://theconversation.com/one-way-to-reduce-food-waste-use-it-to-make-soil-healthier-105799


Biochar and Dung Beetles - Doug Pow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JPoItRWYSQ


Disc coulter sowing through lots of Organic Matter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7uh4ZgP9u4


Raw Milk for Agriculture & the Garden

https://www.nourishingdays.com/raw-milk-garden/


Regenerative Farming - a Natural Way to Counteract Drought (Australian Story)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58G9htz0hTk


Leaky Weirs and Landscape Rehydration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFk1cFWnV0M


Leaky Weirs - turning a dry gully into a semi-permanent watercourse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVRHKH_mmh4


Gully Erosion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AadLCOqalFk


Controlling Pests

http://ag-usa.net/g_Controlling_Pests.htm


Diatomaceous Earth - Feed Supplement, Insecticide / Pesticide

https://www.asagriculture.com.au/fine-grade


Diatomaceous Earth - for Cattle (uses and benefits)

https://www.dedirect.com.au/post/diatomaceous-earth-for-cattle-uses-and-benefits


Rehydrating the Soil

https://themullooninstitute.org/projects


NOTE: Graeme Sait of NutriTech Solutions is not only a farmer and entrepreneur but also one of the foremost educators in the world in regenerative agriculture. He has an extensive blog on his website with not just links to his very popular Podcast series but also many other resources for learning.

https://blog.nutri-tech.com.au/



Podcasts & Webinars


Cover Crops - Grant Sims from Down Under Covers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3nXDY7OFB8


Multi Species Forage / Cover Crops - Grant Sims & Simon Mattsson / NutriSoil

https://nutrisoil.com.au/episode-27-marvelous-multispecies-with-grant-sims-and-simon-mattsson/?mc_cid=150a7d4001&mc_eid=6c16f45067


Soil Health Matters by Nicole Masters (link part way down this site)

https://lowerblackwood.com.au/new-events/2022/2/10/building-soil-health-amp-resilience-through-plant-microbial-relationships?fbclid=IwAR27QEDXZOlLI79YkCWIUSnjpL_NUau0BkwY6QT6x9r0I1qCAdg8c6o5o34


The Rhizosphere - What it Is and Why it is is So Amazing (and important)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc7QCDhnwbM


Inoculating Seed

https://www.biocast.com.au/seed-inoculation-with-biocast/


Building Resiliency - Epigenetics (Gabe Brown & Dr Allen Williams)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0zxtal2cQ0


The Nitrogen Solution - Dr Christine Jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr0y_EEKO9o


The Benefits of Seaweed in Agriculture - John Kempf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y989xR9hhfE


NOTE: Graeme Sait of NutriTech Solutions is not only a farmer and entrepreneur but also one of the foremost educators in the world in regenerative agriculture. He has an extensive blog on his website with not just links to his very popular Podcast series but also many other resources for learning.

https://blog.nutri-tech.com.au/


Beneficial Books


‘Call of the Reed Warbler’ - Charles Massy. - University of Queensland Press



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