Independent agronomy · Southern QLD + Northern NSW
Independent advice. Data that pays for itself. Soil intelligence for every paddock.
Where we’re different
We don’t sell the urea. We don’t sell the seed. We don’t earn a cent on the products you end up buying. Our only income is the advice you pay for -- so the recommendation is always the one your paddock needs, not the one a supplier needs to move.
We pull the cores ourselves with our own hydraulic rig. We coordinate the lab. We interpret the results against 30 years of paddock experience. You get a branded report that tells you what to do, not a lab CSV you need a translator for.
Zone sampling, variable-rate plans, paddock-level N budgets. Every piece of data we collect exists to save you money on inputs or lift your yield. If it doesn’t do one of those two things, we don’t bother collecting it.
In the paddock
Soil Doctor
Soil Doctor is how we run soil testing at Dawson Ag. Our own hydraulic coring trailer, our own lab coordination, and our own interpretation layer -- decades of paddock data codified into consistent logic on N budgets, phosphorus targets, gypsum triggers, and sodicity flags.
The result lands in your grower dashboard as a branded Soil Doctor Report. Not a lab CSV attached to an email you’ll never open. A visual read of what your paddock needs, what to spend, and what it should return.
Most ag businesses outsource the coring.
We tow the rig.
Your dashboard
This is an example Soil Doctor Report. Real paddock name, real numbers, real recommendations -- formatted the way yours would be.
| 2 t/ha | 3 t/ha | 4 t/ha | |
|---|---|---|---|
| N required | 91 | 137 | 182 |
| Soil N (0-60cm) | 68 kg/ha measured | ||
| Mineralisation | 20 kg/ha seasonal credit | ||
| N gap | 3 | 49 | 94 |
| Urea (kg/ha) | 7 | 107 | 204 |
| Est. cost ($/ha) | $5 | $83 | $159 |
Soil N trending up +22% since zone sampling began.
Yield targets, mineralisation credit, urea rates at three scenarios. See exactly what to spend for the outcome you’re targeting.
pH, sodicity, salinity, and phosphorus status flagged per zone. Traffic-light indicators so you see what needs attention at a glance.
What to act on this month, what to monitor next. Ranked recommendations so you’re never guessing what to do first.
Precision farming
The reason we collect soil data at paddock and zone level isn’t so you have a nicer report. It’s so you spend less to grow the crop.
Zone sampling tells us the paddock isn’t one blended soil -- it’s three or four. Variable-rate fertiliser plans cut the blanket application and put the kilograms where the crop will actually use them. Paddock-level N budgets mean you buy the gap, not the whole number on the bag.
Across the clients running this workflow, that means less urea on the truck, better nutrition in the plant, and yield trending up paddock by paddock, season by season.
Every kilogram of N you don’t need is a kilogram you don’t pay for.
Why independent matters
“No agent on the shoulder.”
Our advice isn’t written in a rep’s margin. We don’t take commissions on the urea, glyphosate, or seed we recommend.
When we tell you to apply more here or skip this paddock entirely, it’s because your paddock needs it. Not because it’s on someone’s quarterly sell-in.
What growers pay for
01 · Advisory
Quarterly paddock walks, in-season crop checks, and phone-a-friend access when something’s off. Seasonal Decision Briefs before planting. Paddock Performance Cards after harvest. Advice that’s yours, not a supply chain’s.
02 · Data
Hydraulic coring trailer, NAPRO lab coordination, and the Soil Doctor Report: N budgets, Colwell targets, gypsum triggers, year-on-year trends. Zone sampling for VRT plans. Results land on your dashboard, not your inbox.
03 · Equipment
40ft Kelly Chain for stubble and weed management. Grizzly wheel-track renovator for pasture and track recovery. Dry hire across the Downs and Border Rivers. We’ll arrange delivery.
On the ground
We took these. Every paddock walk, every soil sample, every late-season check. If you see it on the site, we did it.
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