Nutrient Balances for Australian Natural Resource Management Zones

Estimating nutrient inputs and removals in Australian agricultural regions.

IPNI-2010-AUS-16

Overview

Nutrient balances for Australian NRM zones In 2001, the federal government published an "Australian Agricultural Assessment", as part of a National Land and Water Resources Audit (NLWRA) (see http://www. anra. gov. au/topics/agriculture/pubs/national/agriculture_contents. html) included an assessment of nutrient management in Australian agriculture including a farm-gate nutrient balance for N, P, K, S and Ca. These data are publically available, and are for the audit period around 1994 to 1996. Read more

Year of initiation:2010

Year of completion:2018

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Articles

25 Jan 2017	Potassium removal and use in Australia Presented at the K Frontiers workshop, Rome, Italy
07 Dec 2016	Nitrogen performance indicators for Australian grain farms Presented at the International Nitrogen Conference, Melbourne, Australia
17 Nov 2014	Increasing nutrient use efficiency in farming systems presented at the Soil Science Australia biennial conference
06 Nov 2014	Nutrient Use Efficiency Presented at the 2014 AFSA meeting
08 Feb 2013	Fertilizer Expenditure in the Australian Grains Industry Summary from ABARES Farm Input Surveys
08 Feb 2013	Fertilizer Use on Australian Dairy Farms Dairy Australia Survey 2012
07 Feb 2013	Regional Nutrient Budgets for Australia. Summary of a presentation made at the ANZ Soils Conference.
16 Feb 2012	P Nutrient Removal and Replacement

Interpretive Summary

2016

This project continues the ongoing work of the IPNI-ANZ program to develop and present nutrient use and removal data from Australian agriculture.

2015

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This research continues as part of the on-going activities in Australia. Using data from the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) fertilizer use by crop statistics and production and land use data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the partial nutrient balances for N, P and K for Australian cereal, oilseed and pulses were published through the Global Partnership in Nutrient Management in 2015.