Brian Hughes is a senior soil and land management consultant working for Rural Solutions SA. He has worked through most areas of rural SA for state, federal and regional government agencies, agricultural and mining companies and has specialist soil science skillsSpecialties: Project leadership Team leadership and mentoring Soil and land evaluation including soil survey, capability assessment and risksSoil chemical fertility including nutrition, acidity, pollution, fertilisers, off site impactsLand degradation control including water and wind erosion, dryland and irrigated salinity, sodicity and mass erosion, mining issueExtension/ communication of best practice to growers, natural resource, industry and community groupsLand use planning, development assessment