FarmTalk #44 – Managing Mallee Seeps

Fact Sheet #44 – February 2016

Dune seepage can turn productive cropping land into non-arable swamps called dune seeps.

This edition of Farm Talk presents 10 things to know about dune seeps.

A dune seep is an area of saturated soil caused by seepage from sand dunes in Mallee dune-swale landscapes. Researchers have found saturated layers at depth (up to 10m deep) below sand dunes by drilling at several locations in the Mallee, a result that was unexpected in a low rainfall farming district.