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3 World-leading positions in the International Union of Soil Sciences [4 December 2013]
Budiman Minasny, Balwant Singh and Damien Field have been elected for 4 years as Chairs of 3 different Commissions in the IUSS More
A set of practical methods for use in Digital Soil Mapping[4 December 2013]
Dr Brendan Malone has been awarded the CG Stephens PhD Award in Soil Science by the Australian Society of Soil Science for his 2012 thesis 'Practicable methodologies for delivering comprehensive spatial soils information' More
More foodies but fewer people to produce Australia's food [28 November 2013]
There is an ever-increasing shortfall of young people interested in producing Australia's food, including food for export markets More
ARC Discovery grant success[21 November 2013]
The recent ARC Discovery grant received by Prof Alex McBratney and his colleagues, A/Prof. Budiman Minasny and Dr. Brendan Malone, will derive a general spatial scaling theory, enabling those concerned with sustainable land management to estimate the likely behaviour of soil properties at all spatial scales. More
Our Postgraduate students awarded[19 November 2013]
Two of our Postgraduate students, Sabina Yeasmin and Waqar Ahmad, have recently received awards. One from the Clay Minerals Society and one from the ASA-CSSA-SSA. More
2013 Spatially Enabled Livestock Management Symposium[12 November 2013]
The fourth Spatially Enabled Livestock Management Symposium was recently held at the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment's new Centre for Carbon, Water & Food, Camden between the 26-27th September. More
Australia-Kenya partnerships work towards a food secure Kenya [7 November 2013]
A Kenya-Australia partnerships forum on agriculture was held in Nairobi on 29 October as part of the Australia Awards Africa Fellowships in Post-harvest. The Australian High Commissioner to Kenya, HE Mr Geoff Tooth spoke at the event, along with a representative of the Cabinet Secretary of the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture. More
Professor Robert Park recognised for fight against cereal disease [4 November 2013]
Professor Robert Park, whose research into cereal disease continues to benefit Australian grain growers and the broader community, has been recognised as an international leader in plant pathology and genetics. More
4th Year Undergraduate Honours Student Conference - Stepping Out with Fresh Ideas (SOwFI)[30 October 2013]
The Faculty of Agriculture and Environment will once again be hosting its annual 4th Year Honours Conference - Stepping Out with Fresh Ideas (SOwFI) on 7 & 8 November 2013. The venue for this unique student event will be The Carriage Works in Australian Technology Park, Bay 6, room 6B. More
Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jackson Soil Science Award for Associate Professor Balwant Singh [22 October 2013]
Associate Professor Balwant Singh has been awarded The Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jackson Soil Science Award by the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) for his outstanding contributions (research, teaching, and impact of total contributions on soil science) in the areas of soil chemistry and mineralogy. More
Sow the seeds for farming's future[22 October 2013]
Education is needed to make the most of the big chance for Agriculture, says Vice Chancellor Dr Michael Spence More
Planting seeds for tomorrow...a message of thanks from the Dean[21 October 2013]
On behalf of The University of Sydney and the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment (FAE) the Dean would like to thank each individual donor and organisation for their generous contributions to the FAE Dean's Priorities Fund, the Research Priorities Fund and the Scholarships Fund. More