Aerial view of a broadacre cropping paddock in south-east Queensland

Agronomy Services

Paddock advice
grounded in data.

Independent agronomy for broadacre growers across south-east Queensland and north-west New South Wales.

What we do

Agronomy that works for
your operation.

We work alongside broadacre growers to lift yield, protect margins, and build soil health โ€” without the conflict of interest that comes with selling inputs. Every recommendation stands on its own merit.

Truly independent

No inputs to sell.
No agenda.

Most agronomists earn commissions from the products they recommend. We don't. Dawson Ag charges a flat management fee and nothing else, which means you get advice calibrated to your paddock, not to someone else's margin.

That independence is rare in broadacre agronomy. It's the reason growers across the Darling Downs, Western Downs, and Border Rivers trust us with their most critical decisions.

Dawson Ag agronomist walking a paddock in south-east Queensland

What we advise on

Broadacre crops
and pastures.

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Winter Cereals
Wheat, Barley, Oats
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Canola
Spring and winter types
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Summer Crops
Sorghum, Mungbeans, Sunflower
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Cotton
Dryland and irrigated
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Chickpeas
Winter pulse agronomy
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Pastures
Native and improved grasses
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Fallow Management
Weed control, moisture retention
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Soil Health
N/P/K/S/micronutrients

Your grower dashboard

See what your paddock
is telling you.

Every client gets a private dashboard updated after each visit. N budget, soil constraints, and decision timelines โ€” all in one place. No one else offers this in broadacre agronomy.

N Budget

Know your nitrogen before you plant.

Soil test results, mineralisation estimates, and yield targets combine into a single urea rate recommendation. No guessing. No over-application.

Soil N (0–60cm) 62 kg/ha
N Required (4t wheat) 182 kg/ha
Urea recommended 261 kg/ha

Soil Health

Constraints identified before they cost you.

Compaction, sodicity, pH, phosphorus buffering โ€” each constraint tracked across seasons so you can see trends before they become crises.

pH (CaCl₂) 5.8
ESP 7.2%
P (Colwell) 18
BCSR K% 2.1%

Decision Windows

The right call at the right time.

Seasonal briefs land before planting. Post-harvest cards summarise what happened and why. You're never making a major decision on memory alone.

Pre-plant N brief Apr – May
Crop establishment Jun – Jul
Tillering check Aug
Post-harvest report Nov – Dec

How we work

Three ways we
deliver value.

Seasonal Briefs

Pre-plant decision documents

Before every planting window, you receive a written brief covering N budget, variety selection, establishment targets, and contingency options โ€” specific to your paddocks and your season.

Soil Doctor Reports

Branded soil analysis for every paddock

Raw lab data turned into clear, actionable reports. Lime rates, gypsum thresholds, pH trends, and a plain-English summary of what each paddock needs and why.

Paddock Performance Cards

Post-harvest scorecard per paddock

After harvest, you see exactly what each paddock produced, what inputs went in, and how it compared to targets โ€” in a one-page visual format designed to be read in two minutes.

Jeremy Dawson taking soil cores in a cropping paddock

In-field advice

Decisions made
in the paddock.

We don't advise from a desk. Crop inspections, soil sampling, and establishment checks happen on-farm โ€” which means we see what you see and can respond to what's actually in front of us.

The data we gather in the field feeds directly into your dashboard, so nothing is lost between the paddock and the report.

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Jeremy Dawson, agronomist at Dawson Ag

The agronomist

Jeremy Dawson, CCA.

Jeremy has been advising broadacre growers across the Darling Downs and Western Downs for over a decade. He holds a Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) accreditation and works exclusively in dryland and irrigation broadacre systems.

No input sales. No divided attention across retail and agronomy. Just fieldwork, soil data, and advice that stacks up season after season.

  • Certified Crop Adviser (CCA)
  • 10+ years broadacre agronomy, QLD and NSW
  • Specialises in N management, soil health, and variety selection

Where we work

South-east Queensland
and north-west NSW.

Darling Downs
Western Downs
Border Rivers (QLD)
Border Rivers (NSW)
South-West QLD
South-East QLD
North-West NSW
How is Dawson Ag different from a reseller-backed agronomist?
We don't sell inputs. Our fee is a fixed management charge โ€” there's no margin on products, no commission on spray programmes. That means every recommendation is based only on what's right for your paddock.
What farm sizes do you work with?
Most clients run between 1,000 and 10,000 hectares across mixed broadacre systems. We work with dryland and irrigated operations across south-east Queensland and north-west New South Wales.
How does the grower dashboard work?
Each client gets a private, password-protected page on our website. After each field visit or soil test, we update the dashboard with new data. You can see N budgets, soil health trends, and seasonal briefs in one place at any time.
Do you cover NSW as well as Queensland?
Yes. We work across the Border Rivers in both QLD and NSW, as well as north-west NSW. If you're not sure whether we cover your area, get in touch and we'll let you know.
What does agronomy management cost?
Fees vary by farm size and service level. We charge a flat annual management fee with no per-recommendation charges. Contact us for a quote based on your operation.

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Have a yarn
with an agronomist.

We work across

  • Darling Downs
  • Western Downs
  • Border Rivers
  • Granite Belt
  • Lockyer Valley
  • South Burnett
  • Moree to Goondiwindi corridor
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