Modern cropping can be likened to an ever changing jigsaw puzzle. Some pieces are large and easy to identify, others are minute and are very challenging to understand. At Great Southern Biology we help with the small and difficult-to-understand parts of the puzzle.
Farming continues to evolve. In the past 100 years we have seen periods of great change: mechanisation, precision fertilisation, a large selection of farm chemicals as well as the development of new and exciting cultivars of some of our oldest crops. Only now are we starting to understand how these different advancements interact.
Soil and plant biology remain the one piece of the cropping puzzle that is still not well understood by the majority of producers and the advisor industry that support them. Great Southern Biology are here to help with that last piece of the agronomic puzzle.
Business partners Kamal Mohd and Grant Kelson have a wealth of agricultural production experience. With a passion for plant a soil science, they are well equipped to help agronomists and farm advisors look beneath the surface in order to take their customers to the next level of production.
One of the first steps to understanding the existing health of a farmer’s soil is a microbiome test. GSB provide a range of DNA based tests that identify the number and diversity of microbes contained within a farmers soil and their role in aiding or obstructing a farm’s productivity. As advocates for data based decision making in the Australian cropping system, we believe such testing, coupled with conventional mineral testing is the best way of understanding the full spectrum of soil health.