Workshop Report - soil test interpretation
Group: Sheep Pen Creek Landcare Group
Date: Friday 27th July 2012
14 properties undertook soil testing back in May. 16 farmers came along to the workshop at the Caniambo Hall.
The group put on scones, cakes and slices and hot steak sandwiches to warm everyone up after a productive
morning with Don Cook from Farmright Technical Services.
What were your main reasons for
attending today?
0% 7.10% 14.30%
Responses
0%
Understand Soil Test
Understand Soil pH and Implications
Apply soil test results for productivity
Learn about fertilizer requirements
All of the above
Totals
Did this workshop cover what you
hoping to learn?
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly Agree
Totals
The workshop was well paced
Too Slow
Okay
Too Fast
Totals
0
1
2
0
11
14
0%
7.14%
14.29%
0%
78.57%
100%
78.60%
Understand Soil Test
Understand Soil pH and Implications
Apply soil test results for productivity
Learn about fertilizer requirements
All of the above
Responses
0
1
0
6
7
14
0%
7.14%
0%
42.86%
50%
100%
0% 7.10% 0%
50%
42.90%
Strongly Disagree
Neutral
Strongly Agree
Disagree
Agree
Responses
0
11
3
14
0%
78.57%
21.43%
100%
0%
21.40%
78.60%
Too Slow
I found the workshop:
Enjoyable
Valuable
Thought provoking
Waste of time
Totals
The presenters were knowledgeable?
Too Fast
Responses
2
6
5
1
14
14.29%
42.86%
35.71%
7.14%
100%
7.10%
42.90%
Enjoyable
Valuable
Thought provoking
Waste of time
0%
Responses
0
0
0
5
8
13
0%
0%
0%
38.46%
61.54%
100%
14.30%
35.70%
0%
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly Agree
Totals
Okay
0%
38.50%
61.50%
Strongly Disagree
Neutral
Strongly Agree
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Disagree
Agree
I felt comfortable to contribute to the
discussion
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly Agree
Totals
Did the workshop improve your ability
to interpret soil tests?
Yes
No
Totals
0%
Responses
7.10%
0%
0
0
1
5
8
14
0%
0%
7.14%
35.71%
57.14%
100%
35.70%
57.10%
Strongly Disagree
Neutral
Strongly Agree
Disagree
Agree
Responses
14
0
14
0%
100%
0%
100%
100%
Yes
Did the workshop improve your ability
to understand and manage soil pH?
Yes
No
Totals
Responses
14
0
14
No
0%
100%
0%
100%
100%
Yes
Did the workshop improve your ability
to understand fertiliser requirements?
Yes
No
Totals
Responses
12
2
14
No
14.30%
85.71%
14.29%
100%
85.70%
Yes
Can you apply what you have learned
to your own situation?
Responses
0%
14.30%
Yes
Partly
No
Totals
12
2
0
14
No
85.71%
14.29%
0%
100%
85.70%
Yes
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Partly
No
Are you likely to do anything different
on your land as a result of the
information today?
0
6
8
14
Not Likely
Likely
Very Likely
Totals
0%
Responses
42.90%
0%
42.86%
57.14%
100%
57.10%
Not Likely
If this workshop revealed the need for
further training what would the topics
be?
Responses
7.70% 7.70%
15.40%
Soil Pits
Grazing Management
Soil Biology
Liming rates
Soil Carbon
Sodic Soils
Other
Totals
In relation to one of your soil tests
what is your soil pH in CaCl
4.1 – 4.4
4.5 – 4.9
5.0 – 5.3
5.4 – 5.8
5.5 – 6.1
6.2 +
Totals
Apply Lime
Apply fertilizer
Do nothing
Totally renovate paddock
Apply Gypsum
Need more information before I do
Totals
7.69%
7.69%
23.08%
23.08%
15.38%
15.38%
7.69%
100%
23.10%
30.80%
69.23%
30.77%
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0% 0%
0%
69.20%
7.10%
71.43%
0%
7.14%
7.14%
0%
14.29%
100%
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7.70%
Soil Pits
Grazing Management
Soil Biology
Liming rates
Soil Carbon
Sodic Soils
Responses
10
0
1
1
0
2
14
Very Likely
23.10%
15.40%
Responses
9
4
0
0
0
0
13
Are you going to
Part of the
1
1
3
3
2
2
1
13
Likely
4.1 – 4.4
4.5 – 4.9
5.0 – 5.3
5.4 – 5.8
5.5 – 6.1
6.2 +
0%
14.30%
7.10%
0%
71.40%
Apply Lime
Apply fertilizer
Do nothing
Totally renovate paddock
Apply Gypsum
Need more information before I do anything
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