
Using compost to create a 10% increase in wheat yield
BRENDAN & FELICITY PATTISON, MARRAR, NSW July 2021 An Australian Soil Management project on the Riverina district cropping farm of Brendan Pattison is showing accelerated results, with a 10% wheat yield increase and a protein increase in the first year. This was achieved in the farm’s first cropping season with zero synthetic inputs. The Pattison’s are one of five farmers trialling compost for Australian Soil Management through an active carbon farming grant. Brendan farms wi