Independence
No reseller quotas, no conflict of interest.
We don’t sell you fertiliser. We don’t sell you chemical. We don’t sell you seed. What we sell is agronomy, nothing else, and that changes what lands in your inbox after every paddock walk.
Recommendations come from what your soil, your rotation and your season actually need, not from a quota sitting on a quarterly sales target. If the best call for your paddock is cheaper product, less of it, or nothing at all this round, that’s what we’ll write down.
Decisions
Clearer calls at planting, in-crop and harvest.
Agronomy decisions cluster around three windows. Planting is where you lock in variety, rate, row spacing and starter nutrition. In-crop is where you read pest and disease pressure, adjust nitrogen, and decide what a marginal rain does to your program. Harvest is where you review what worked, what didn’t, and carry the learnings into next rotation.
We work all three with you, not just the easy one. You get a written plan at planting, paddock-by-paddock walks through the season, and a post-harvest review that feeds into the following year.
Services
What you get when you work with Dawson Ag.
Four service lines sit under one independent agronomy engagement. You don’t pick and choose, they run together:
- Soil testing and interpretation. On-farm sampling and independent interpretation to guide fertiliser and nutrition decisions. We cover our soil testing service in detail on a dedicated page.
- Nutrition and fertiliser planning. Crop nutrition programs and nitrogen budgeting tailored to paddock, soil type, rotation and yield target. No reseller ties means the rate you get recommended is the rate your crop actually needs.
- In-crop checking and pest pressure calls. Paddock-by-paddock walks through the season with written recommendations on pest, disease and agronomic risk. You get a report after every walk, not a verbal summary you have to remember.
- Seasonal planning and rotation. Pre-planting planning, rotation advice and post-harvest reviews for dryland and irrigated broadacre cropping.
Crops
Crops we service across Southern QLD and Northern NSW.
We work with broadacre growers across eight core crops:
- Wheat
- Barley
- Chickpea
- Sorghum
- Cotton
- Mungbean
- Canola
- Oats
Dryland and irrigated, rotation programs and break crops, double-cropped paddocks and long-fallow country. If you grow it across Southern QLD or Northern NSW, odds are we’ve written a plan for it before.
Precision
Precision agriculture and variable rate planning.
Variable rate nutrition is where the difference between average and above-average yield usually sits. We’re currently contracted by GRDC and SPAA on a two-year project scaling VRT adoption across Southern QLD broadacre systems.
What that means for your farm: zone-based soil sampling, paddock-level prescription maps, and a rate plan that puts the inputs where the yield can respond to them. We also run DataFarming NDVI through the season as a sanity check on the prescriptions.
For some background on how the current season’s input economics are shaping VRT calls, read our take on precision strategies for managing high urea prices.
Process
How we work, paddock by paddock.
No two paddocks are the same, and no two clients are the same. We start with a walk across the farm, soil tests where they’re needed, and a sit-down on what you’re trying to achieve this rotation.
From there we build a plan around your soil type, your rotation, your equipment, your yield targets and how your business is set up. Every visit through the season carries a written record so nothing relies on what you remember from a conversation in the ute three weeks ago. If your situation changes mid-season, the plan changes with it.
Team
Who we are.
Dawson Agriculture is an independent agronomy team based at Withcott, working across Southern QLD and Northern NSW. Jeremy Dawson is the lead agronomist and founder; his training is a Bachelor of Rural Science and a Certificate in Rural Science (Cotton Production), both from the University of New England.
The wider team handles in-paddock work, soil testing logistics, reporting and client support, so one agronomist out sick or on annual leave doesn’t stall a client’s season. For more on the team and how we came to work the way we do, read about Dawson Agriculture.
Regions
Regional coverage, Southern Queensland and Northern NSW.
We’re based at Withcott near Toowoomba and we work paddocks regularly around Toowoomba, Dalby, Chinchilla, Goondiwindi, Moonie, Roma, Tara, Wandoan, North Star and the South Burnett.
The wider service area covers the Darling Downs, Western Downs, Border Rivers, Granite Belt, Lockyer Valley, South Burnett and the Moree to Goondiwindi corridor. If you’re in Southern QLD or Northern NSW and you’re not sure we reach you, call and ask.
Common questions
Common questions.
What does an independent agronomist actually do?
We walk your paddocks through the season, run soil tests, build N budgets, check for pest and disease pressure, and give you written recommendations on what to plant, what to spray and what to put on. Independent means we don’t sell you any of the inputs, so the advice is the advice, not a sales pitch.
Where do you work?
Across Southern Queensland and Northern NSW. We’re based at Withcott near Toowoomba and regularly work paddocks around Toowoomba, Dalby, Chinchilla, Goondiwindi, Moonie, Roma, Tara, Wandoan, North Star and the South Burnett.
How do you set up advice for an individual farm?
We start with a paddock walk and a soil test. From there we build advice around your soil, your rotation, your equipment, your yield targets and what you’re trying to achieve. Every farm is different and the advice should be too, nothing generic comes out of this office.
What’s included in agronomy support for a cropping program?
Pre-planting planning, in-crop checks at the right growth stages, soil testing, N budgets, fertiliser and chemical recommendations, post-harvest reviews and a Paddock Performance Card so you can see how each paddock actually went. Dryland or irrigated, broadacre or mixed grain and livestock, we cover the lot.
How do I get started?
Give us a ring on 0484 058 231 or fill in the form. We’ll have a yarn about what you’re growing, what you’re trying to fix, and whether we’re the right fit. If we are, we’ll come out and walk a paddock with you before anything else happens.