Keeping Sandy Soils in Place: Exploring dust control solutions with Shane Phillips – BioCentral Labs

Keeping Sandy Soils in Place: Exploring dust control solutions with Shane Phillips – BioCentral Labs

March 26, 2026 · 9 min · Season 7 · Episode 1

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In this episode, Sarah Day interviews Shane Phillips about dust control solutions for sandy soils in broadacre cropping.

🎙️In this MSF Farm Talk podcast episode, host Sarah Day chats with Shane Phillips, lead chemist at BioCentral Labs, about dust control solutions for sandy soils in broadacre cropping. Shane discusses two products being trialled in the Mallee this year – DustChek, a polymer binding agent, and AquaBoost, a fermented seagrass bacterial product – and how they could help reduce soil drift and erosion risk. For more information on BioCentral Labs products, visit: https://www.biocentral-labs.com/ To learn more about the project, check out the media release: https://msfp.org.au/new-project-funding-secured-as-drought-and-dust-take-hold-in-the-mallee/ Keep an eye out for updates from this project during the growing season. If you want to hear more, like 👍 and subscribe 🔔 to the MSF Farm Talk Podcast. This project is supported by the Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board with funding from the South Australian Government’s Landscape Priorities Fund, with co-investment from GRDC. Support the show: https://msfp.org.au/about/membership/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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