SOILHEALTH vs CloudLabs Soil Analysis

The app was funded by the Australian National Landcare Programme Smart Farms Small Grants Round 2 to provide essential information about complex aspects of soil health in a digital format. The app includes an eBook (SOILS ARE ALIVE) which is a summary of key points about soil health. Podcasts on the SOILHEALTH app expand on the key points summarised in the eBook. The SOILHEALTH app also includes 7 professionally produced animated videos, each targeting a key area of biological components of soil health. Communication and use of the resources is an ongoing collaboration between The University of Western Australia and South West Catchments Council. Special thanks to Cheryl Rimmer for coordinating the SOILHEALTH app project. In particular Cheryl’s contributions to production of the eBook, the podcasts and to app development are greatly appreciated. Southwest Catchment Council collaborated in delivering the SOILHEALTH app. Peter Clifton’s contribution to this is gratefully acknowledged. Lush Digital produced the 7 SOILHEALTH animations for the SOILHEALTH app. Dotsquares programmed the SOILHEALTH app. Angela Rossen, Paul Rigby and UWA Farm staff Richard and Cathy McKenna made valuable contributions to the eBook. I thank the farming community for inspiration in delivering this resource and The University of Western Australia for underpinning the development of this soil health knowledge base through support of my teaching and research activities over decades. © Lynette K Abbott

In this simulator, the conductivity, humidity, texture and color of soil samples must be determined, in order to establish which is the most suitable for planting. For the development of this practice, there is a conductivity meter, a humidity meter, a crystallizer and metal shovels that allow the entire characterization process of soil samples to be carried out.