The Soil-Water Laboratory has been set up with a $45,000 grant from the Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) and funding from the University’s own Sesqui major equipment grant program.

Some of the latest instruments for determining the hydraulic properties of soil have been made available in the laboratory to Professor Alex McBratney and his research group in the Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources.

While the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources has traditionally focused on production, the new equipment fits hand in glove with the new emphasis on natural resources management, and is expected to yield a host of useful data, applicable to a growing number of collaborative projects.