An extra $131.5 million will be allocated to the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) in next month's State budget, spread across forward estimates for the next four years.

Particular farming methods are decreasing the natural soil organic matter, including carbon and nitrogen, according to CSIRO research scientist Therese McBeath.

CSBP has conducted a lot of trials over the past 10 years to see what could be done to get better results from the nitrogen they were using and what they could do to increase nitrogen use efficiencies.

CBH has awarded contracts to WCP Civil, Georgiou Group and WBHO Infrastructure for the delivery of a combined total of the new permanent storage across six receival sites, along with improvements to key infrastructure to enhance site efficiencies.

Preliminary trials across a range of soil types in the West Midlands region showed that paired row seeding systems resulted in wheat and barley emergence rates as good or better than those achieved from single row seeding systems.

The first of a series of field trials have been planted across the agricultural region to evaluate early sowing opportunities for canola and lupins - six weeks before the traditional Anzac Day start.