Helpful Websites, Podcasts & Webinars Plus Beneficial Books

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/

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

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

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/

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