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National Landcare Programme Sustainable Agriculture Small Grants Round 2015-16 List of Successful Projects

Grant recipient Project Title Purpose GST Inclusive Value

(where GST is applicable)

Grant Funding Location

Acacia Park Consulting Central Flinders Soil and Pasture Re-hydration Project

The project aims to increase the skill and knowledge of landholders to implement landscape rehydration measures on their properties in the Central Flinders Ranges in South Australia.

$22,206 Quorn, SA 5433

Ag Excellence Alliance Incorporated

Increasing the Effectiveness of Extending Sustainable Agriculture Research by Farming Systems Groups

The project will deliver workshops aimed at building greater industry capacity in sustainable farming and understanding on the value of agricultural extension activities currently undertaken in southern Australia.

$54,890 Burra, SA 5417

AgForce Queensland Industrial Union of Employers

Improved Awareness and Best Practices to Deal with Fodder Weeds Across Droughted Queensland

The project aims to identify and manage the unintentional introduction of invasive weeds through fodder importation in drought affected areas of Queensland.

$55,000 Brisbane City, QLD 4003

Agribusiness Yarra Valley Incorporated Formerly Centre Agriculture & Business Yarra Valley Incorporated

Composting Trials for Soil Health and Resilience Improvement in Vineyards in the Yarra Valley

This project is focussed on assisting farmers to implement ground level solutions to improve the health of the soil they farm.

$16,671 Castella, VIC 3777


Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated

Variable Seasons: Improving Land Management Skills of Kangaroo Island Farmers so They Survive and Thrive

This project aims to increase the capacity and resilience of farmers on Kangaroo Island to deal with variable seasons and facilitate the adoption of proven management practices.

$43,030 Kingscote, SA 5223

Applied Horticultural Research Proprietary Limited

Building Prosperity and Sustainability by Demonstrating Reduced Tillage, Functional Cover Crops and Compost to Vegetable Growers in Victoria

This project is focussed on building the capacity and skills of vegetable growers in Victoria to farm sustainably.

$54,450 Eveleigh, NSW 2015

Australian Forest Growers Multi-Purpose Trees - Building Landowner Capacity for their use in Sustainable Land Management

This project focusses on encouraging the agroforestry industry in a number of regions across Western Australia.

$55,000 Macquarie, ACT 2614

Barkly Landcare and Conservation Association

Farming Smarter: Connecting Barkly Farm Businesses to Information in a Remote Landscape

The project will deliver a workshop to support farm businesses located within the remote and vast Barkley Tableland region of the Northern Territory.

$19,320 Tennant Creek, NT 0861

Barrabaroo Landcare Incorporated

Empowering Farmers to be More Productive and Sustainable - Building Capacity in Understanding and Managing Soil Fertility

The project aims to empower farmers to make sustainable decisions about soil management.

$12,636.36 (Nil GST)

Cobargo, NSW 2550

Basalt to Bay Landcare Network Incorporated

The Green Line - Demonstrating New Methods of Shade and Shelter Construction to Farming Enterprises in South West Victoria

The project will develop two revegetation sites on public land that will demonstrate new methods to create shade and shelter for agriculture in a Victorian Volcanic Plains linear remnant area.

$46,950 Warrnambool, VIC 3280

Birchip Cropping Group Incorporated

Precision Agriculture - The Sustainable Approach to Farming in the Southern Mallee

This project is focussed on the use of variable rate technology in the cropping industry across a number of regions in Victoria.

$41,039 Birchip, VIC 3483


Border Ranges-Richmond Valley Landcare Network Incorporated

Maintaining Natural Resources and Productivity on Richmond Valley Farms

The project will deliver workshops aimed at increasing biodiversity and soil health knowledge to cattle producers, dairy farmers and small farming properties in the Richmond Valley.

$29,040 Kyogle, NSW 2474

Bruie Plains Landcare Group Pathways to a Bright Future in Agriculture

This Holistic Grazing Management Course will support landholders from the Central West and Western NSW regions, which also includes two field trips.

$11,000 Trundle, NSW 2875

Brunswick Valley Landcare Incorporated

Keeping our Land Productive - Farmers Sharing, Learning and Planning for a Sustainable Future

The project will deliver a series of workshops and field days in Northern NSW that will cover topics about improving soils and water quality, sustainability, planning and increasing biodiversity.

$19,083 Brunswick Heads, NSW 2483

Burdekin Productivity Services Limited

Accelerated Adoption of Innovative Practices for Burdekin Young Grower Group

This project will assist a group of young sugarcane growers in the Burdekin region of Queensland to improve their knowledge and technical skills around controlled traffic, reduced tillage, irrigation scheduling and fertiliser management.

$18,950 Ayr, QLD 4807

Cambooya Landcare Association Incorporated

Identification and Management of Acid Soils in Southern Queensland

The project will assess the impact of soil acidification on agricultural productivity and improve its management in southern Queensland.

$55,000 Cambooya, QLD 4358

Carnarvon Growers Association Incorporated

Demonstrating and Communicating Best Management Practices for Horticultural Production in the Gascoyne Region

This project is focussed on demonstrating and communicating best management practices for horticultural production in the Gascoyne Region, Western Australia.

$55,000 Carnarvon, WA 6701

Centralian Land Management Association Incorporated

Promoting and Creating Healthy Landscapes in Central Australia using the EMU Process and Best Practice Soil Conservation Techniques

This project builds the capacity of land managers to plan and execute soil conservation and rehabilitation works using best practice methods, including the use of the Ecosystem Management Understanding process.

$55,000 Alice Springs, NT 0871


Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare Incorporated

Capacity Building for Sustainable & Biological Farming in the Bellingen/Coffs Harbour region

The project will deliver a series of workshops to farmers on sustainable and biological farming topics in the Coffs Harbour and Bellingen Shires.

$12,000 Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450

Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare Incorporated

Local Blueberry Industry Market Segmentation Research to Improve Targeting of Behaviour Change Tools for Best Practice

The project will address fertiliser management and improved irrigation management for the large new plantings of blueberries and other high value horticulture crops on the Coffs Harbour Coast.

$45,400 Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450

Conservation Farmers Incorporated

Conservation Farming Field Days This project will deliver a number of grower-group workshops on conservation farming across Northern NSW and Central Queensland that will target the cropping industry.

$27,500 Toowoomba, QLD 4350

Corrigin Farm Improvement Group

Improving Soil Health through Establishment of the Perennial Legume Lebeckia on Non-Wetting Deep Sands

This project aims to improve cereal and pasture production on the deep white sands in the Corrigin area that are currently producing low yields.

$39,000 Corrigin, WA 6375

DairySA Regional Development Program Incorporated

Leading NRM - Facilitating New Thinking, Adoption and Sustainability

The project will deliver a tailored leadership programme for young professionals in the South Australian dairy industry.

$43,500 Lucindale, SA 5272

DairyTAS Board Incorporated

Supporting Sustainable Dairying in Tasmania (North)

This project is targeted towards new and expanding dairy farms in Northern Tasmania. It will involve the delivery of the Fert$mart program, which is an established program that involves the roll-out of the dairy industry's national nutrient management guidelines.

$44,500 Burnie, TAS 7250


Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Optimising Nutrient Management in Vegetables for VR Applications

The project includes the establishment of a participatory research project relating to nutrient uptake monitoring of key vegetable crops in the Kalbar region.

$49,990 Brisbane, QLD 4000

Depview Pty Limited T/Tee Bindaree Family Trust

Comparing Methods to Regenerate Wildlife Corridors and Restore Productivity Using Swales and Treelines

This project will establish a demonstration site for future field days with 1,500 metres of swales on a highly degraded native pasture paddock in Bindaree, NSW.

$18,070 Garnant, QLD 4702

Derwent Catchment Natural Resource Management Committee Incorporated

Derwent Catchment Pasture Information Hub

This project will establish a pasture information hub through the collection of data from a number of different farms across the catchment area.

$31,360 Hamilton, TAS 7140

Desert Uplands Build-Up and Development Strategy Committee Incorporated

Tried & Tested: Good Grass Experiences of the Desert Uplands

This project focuses on investigating and documenting strategies that landholders have used, or may be able to use, to successfully manage lands that have been subject to extreme climatic events over the last ten years in the Desert Uplands Bio-region of South Australia.

$48,500 Barcaldine, QLD 4725

DigsFish Services Proprietary Limited

Establishment of a Community Oyster Gardening Initiative to Facilitate Shellfish Reef Restoration in Pumicestone Passage

The project will, by using the development of oyster beds, improve estuarine productivity and water quality that is centred on the Pumicestone Passage in South East Queensland.

$51,010 Banksia Beach, QLD 4507

Farm Tree and Landcare Association Incorporated

Your Land, Your horses - Sustainable Horse Property Management Workshop Series

Through a series of workshops, the project will demonstrate the environmental and horse health benefits of the Equicentral System to owners of small horse properties in the Yarra Valley.

$6,590 Melbourne, VIC 3000


Farm Tree and Landcare Association Incorporated

Containing Stock to increase Productivity in Dry Times

This project will help farmers to reduce soil loss and land degradation, and support them to be more resilient during tough times in the Wimmera, Victoria.

$38,500 Horsham, VIC 8009

FarmLink Research Limited Soil Moisture Education for Landowners to Avoid Erosion and Achieve Productivity Outcomes

This project is designed to improve landholder understanding of soil moisture conditions by establishing yield modelling and analysing and interpreting data.

$55,000 Temora, NSW 2666

Flower Association of Queensland Incorporated

Cut Flower and Foliage Industry - Natural Resource Roadshow

This project will deliver workshops that aim to inform flower and foliage farmers on how to better manage their natural resources.

$45,124 Cleveland, QLD 4163

Gascoyne Catchments Group Incorporated

Landcare with Cows: Restoring Landscapes and Increasing Heifer Fecundity

The project will demonstrate how degraded soil areas in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia can be rehabilitated whilst simultaneously increasing heifer fecundity, which will address a major constraint to pastoral cattle production in Western Australia.

$53,600 Carnarvon, WA 6701

Greening Australia (WA) Sharing Knowledge for Sustainable Agriculture: Biodiverse Native Plant Fodder Systems in the WA Wheatbelt

The project will deliver a number of workshops and field days across the Western Australia Wheatbelt to deliver information about mixed native plant fodder systems, including design and integration into existing farm businesses, on-going management, implementation costs, benefits and estimated annual returns.

$16,430 Shenton Park, WA 6008

Greening Australia Limited Empowering Farmers to Identify and Control Buffel Grass to Protect Production Values in Native Pastures of the Southern Flinders Ranges

The project will deliver a series of farmer workshops including demonstration events relating to buffel grass identification and control in the Southern Flinders Ranges.

$54,680 Pasadena, SA 5042


Gwydir Valley Cotton Growers Association Incorporated

To Report and Extend the Key Outcomes of a Rotation Trial to Improve Productivity and Soil Quality in North West NSW

This project will improve the level of information that is available on cover crops (including legumes) to farmers in the North West New South Wales.

$17,300 Moree, NSW 2382

Hart Field-Site Group Incorporated

Sustainable Farming from the Start The project will deliver a series of workshops targeted for young farmers about the importance of sustainability in farming.

$37,032 Clare, SA 5453

Innisfail District Cane Growers Organisation Limited

Demonstrating Methods for Controlling Five Loss Pathways of Nitrogen in Sugarcane Farming whilst Maintaining or Enhancing Productivity

The project will establish a number of demonstration sites on commercial cane farms in the Innisfail region in order to highlight the methods, advantages and economics of using different types of nitrogen fertilisers to; improve nitrogen use efficiency, reduce inorganic nitrogen loss to the environment and improve cane yields.

$13,780 Mourilyan, QLD 4858

Irrigation Australia Limited Demonstrating the Benefits of Variable Rate Irrigation through a Community of Practice

This project focuses on demonstrating the benefits of Variable Rate Irrigation to irrigators through the development of a community of practice.

$34,450 Mascot, NSW 1460

Kaniva District Landcare Reducing Agrochemical Dependence through Directional Sowing Techniques in Kaniva

This project will demonstrate the advantages of east-west directional sowing as a technique to assist in the control of weeds, which will increase productivity in cereal crops in the Kaniva region.

$29,900 Kaniva, VIC 3419

Kooloonong-Natya Landcare Group Incorporated

Improving Production through Sustainable Practices on Deep Sands in the Mallee

The project will identify the underlining constraints and management practices that have contributed to the poor growth and production on deep sands in the Victorian Mallee.

$33,000 Piangil, VIC 3597


LachLandcare Incorporated Healthy Soil for Healthy Farms This project will include a range of training events throughout the Lachlan River Catchment, they will provide information to farmers on soil management including managing soil fertility, structure and carbon through improving grazing management and developing property plans.

$54,626 Forbes, NSW 2871

Lower Blackwood Catchment Land Conservation District Committee

"Farming The Lower Blackwood" Field Day

The project aims to deliver a field day to provide farmers with information on managing natural resources and best practices for sustainable farming across a range of agricultural industries.

$5,500 Karridale, WA 6288

Lower Eyre Agricultural Development Association Limited

Managing Soil Acidity on Lower Eyre Peninsula through Development and Delivery of Best Practice Management Growing Productivity and Sustainability

This project includes the development of an innovative pH mapping program for the Lower Eyre Peninsula and investigating the most effective treatment of low pH soils in this area to improve productivity and sustainability.

$54,310 Port Lincoln, SA 5606

Mackillop Farm Management Group Incorporated

Managing Sub Soil Acidity through on Farm Extension

The project builds on an extension workshop carried out in October 2015 to look at subsoil pH and total dissolved solids levels as restrictive layers to root growth of pasture and cropping on sandy soils in the upper south east region of South Australia.

$21,960 Padthaway, SA 5271

Macquarie Valley Landcare Group Incorporated

'Smashing Solar Power Barriers for Irrigators'

This project will reduce barriers for irrigators in adopting solar power in the Central West region of New South Wales.

$9,500 Dubbo, NSW 2830

Mallee Sustainable Farming Incorporated

Mallee Sustainable Farming Conference 2017: 'Sustainable Mallee Farming: Part of the Global Food System'

The project aims to hold a conference that allows farmers, scientists, consultants and policy makers to discuss how the Mallee production system relates to international markets and identify where the global opportunities exist for Mallee farmers.

$53,300 Irymple, VIC 3498


Mallee Sustainable Farming Incorporated

Assisting Mallee Farmers to Implement Productive, Profitable and Sustainable Paddock Rotations

This project will increase the adoption of productive, profitable and sustainable paddock rotation techniques in the low rainfall Mallee region of Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales.

$54,856 Irymple, VIC 3498

Map IQ Increasing Best Management of Deep Soil Acidity in the Eastern Wheatbelt of WA

This project is focussed on managing deep subsurface soil acidity in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

$20,130 Bassendean, WA 6054

Mary Valley Country Harvest Cooperative

Towards a Future of Sustainable Agriculture in the Mary Valley

The project targets relatively new landholders in the planned Traveston Dam catchment area in South East Queensland.

$18,250 Dagun, QLD 4570

Mid North Grasslands Working Group

Improved Production from Well Managed Native Grassland Management in the Mid North of SA

This project will increase the knowledge of land managers in mid-North South Australia regarding current best practice techniques in grassland management.

$49,082 Clare, SA 5453

Mid-Loddon Sub-Catchment Management Group

Increasing the Knowledge and Capacity of mid-Loddon Farmers to Successfully Integrate Sustainable and Profitable Crop and Sheep Production

The project will deliver integrated and sustainable crop and livestock based farming system education to mid-Loddon farmers.

$20,284 Bendigo, VIC 3554

Mingenew Irwin Group The Benefits of Cell Grazing in the Northern Agricultural Region

This project will aim to demonstrate the economic and environmental potential of cell grazing in the Northern Agricultural Region of Western Australia.

$33,250 Mingenew, WA 6522

Mitchell and District Landcare Association Incorporated

Box Gum Woodland - Upper Maranoa Catchment - Managing Woody Regrowth and the Impacts of Buffel Grass

The project will support improved management of natural vegetation communities through a property planning process, with a focus on the application of fire in a landscape where introduced grasses are changing fire behaviour.

$35,057 Mitchell, QLD 4465


Monaro Farming Systems CMC Incorporated

Soils for Life - Monitoring to Manage the Fragile and the Fertile

This project will improve soil management and address poor sulphur levels in the soil, which has been identified as a constraint to production in the Monaro area.

$28,100 Bombala, NSW 2632

National Indigenous Pastoral Enterprises Proprietary Limited

Natural Capital Accounts for Rangelands to Underpin Payments for Ecological Services

The project will provide pastoralists in the Rangelands with a way of quantifying the ecological impact and benefit of land management decisions.

$55,000 Curtin, ACT 2605

National Rural Women's Coalition Limited

E-Leaders Grow, Innovate and Sustain Program

The project aims to provide an integrated learning and community awareness program for a number of rural women around Australia.

$39,254 Canberra, ACT 2601

New England North West Landcare Network Chairs Incorporated

18th Annual New England North West Landcare Adventure: Feeling The Pulse

This project will deliver a range of extension activities including the 2016 Landcare Adventure which will increase the knowledge and understanding of landholders and community members relating to natural resource management and sustainable agricultural issues within the New England Natural Resource Management region.

$20,600 Armidale, NSW 2350

Northern Territory Farmers Association Incorporated

Building Resilience in NT Horticultural Row Crops through Integrated Pest Management

The project will deliver demonstration sites and a series of field days showcasing conventional Integrated Pest Management techniques to tropical vegetable growers in the Northern Territory.

$24,442 Coolalinga, NT 0839

Northern Territory Farmers Association Incorporated

Application Technology: Reducing Risk and Improving Efficacy When Applying Agricultural Chemicals for Farmers and Horticulturalists

The project will focus on reducing risk and improving efficacy in the application of agricultural chemicals used by farmers and horticulturalists in the Northern Territory.

$13,200 Coolalinga, NT 0839


OceanWatch Australia Limited

Cultivating a Sustainable Future for Shoalhaven & Eurobodalla Oyster Farmers

This project is focussed on supporting the adoption of industry-wide best practice across the oyster industry in the Shoalhaven and the Eurobodalla regions of New South Wales.

$55,000 Pyrmont, NSW 2009

Palerang Local Action Network for Sustainability Incorporated

Small Farms Network: Delivering Improved Sustainable Agricultural and Land Management Across the South East Region

This project will focus on improving productivity and land management of up to 400 small farms near urban centres.

$47, 000 Bungendore, NSW 2621

Queensland Dairyfarmers' Organisation Limited

“The Secret’s in the Soil” - Checks and Balances for Healthy Soils on Darling Downs’ Dairy Farms

This project is focussed on improving soil and water quality in the Condamine NRM region of Queensland.


Queensland Dairyfarmers' Organisation Limited

Let the Benefits Flow – A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Fertigation in Subtropical Dairying Systems

The project will address the low uptake of fertigation systems across the northern dairy industry by providing dairy farmers in South East Queensland with current and up-to-date information about installing and operating a fertigation system via an on-farm demonstration.


Queensland Fruit and Vegetable Growers Limited

Improving Climate Risk management in the Queensland Horticulture Industry Using Best Management Practice Tools

This project will develop a climate risk module for Hort360, Best Management Practice tool for horticulturalists.

$52,300 Fortitude Valley, QLD 4006

Rangelands Fibre and Produce Association Incorporated

Feed Budgeting and Total Grazing Pressure Management for Sustainable Productivity Improvement

This project is focussed on feed budgeting and total grazing pressure management for sustainable productivity improvement in Rangelands Western Australia.

$53,928 Mount Magnet, WA 6510


Rangelands Natural Resource Management Western Australia

Collaborative Pastoral Property & Paddock Health Monitoring & Management Workshop

This project will focus on implementing industry best practice by establishing paddock monitoring points across a number of cattle stations in the Northern Territory.

$9,000 Como, WA 6152

Ravensthorpe Agricultural Initiative Network Incorporated

Sustainable Break Crops in the Ravensthorpe Region

This project is based on demonstration of the use of cost effective break-crops to improve sustainability on a variety of soil types in the South Coast region of Western Australia.

$55,000 Ravensthorpe, WA 6346

Rendell Family Trust McGuiness Family Trust Toulmin Family Trust Pomeroy Family Trust Louden Family Trust Shanahan Family Trust Griggs-Kennelly Family Trust (RMCG)

Property Management Planning (PMP) for a Variable Climate

This project will assist beef producers to build flexibility and resilience into their business through improving their skills in farm planning for climate variability in the North-West region of Tasmania.

$45,781 Penguin, TAS 7320

Ricegrowers Association of Australia

Innovative Uses of Legumes in Rice Farming Systems

This project will develop best management practices for a range of rotations and the inclusion of legumes in the rice farming system.

$45,620 Leeton, NSW 2705

Richmond Landcare Incorporated

Regenerating Our Soils – Raising Awareness and Increasing the Adoption of Sustainable, Viable Farming Systems in the Richmond Catchment

This project includes a series of coordinated workshops and field days that aim to increase the knowledge of land managers of sustainable farming techniques in the Richmond Catchment of New South Wales.

$24,000 Alstonville, NSW 2477

Rural Business Tasmania Incorporated

Pilot - Project to Up-Skill Livestock Producers, Experiencing Financial Hardship, in Grazing and Pasture Management to Improve Profitability and Sustainability

The project is focussed on up-skilling livestock producers experiencing financial hardship in grazing and pasture management, which will improve both profitability and sustainability of these properties.

$54,375 Launceston, TAS 7250

South Australian Murray- The use of Normalised Difference This project uses Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with $19,800 Murray Bridge, SA 5253


Darling Basin Natural Resource Management Board

Vegetation Index (NDVI) to Manage Seeps

Normalised Difference Vegetation Index technology to track Mallee seeps on two paddocks in order to better determine the relationship between crop stress and excess water in the landscape.

South Coast Beef Producers' Association

Sustaining Healthy Soils on the South Coast

This project will create a more skilled farmer network who will be able to make accurate decisions about their soil and land management, reducing environmental impacts.

$39,300 Berry, NSW 2535

South Gippsland Landcare Network

Innovative Solutions to Controlling Agricultural Weeds

The project aims to build community capacity to control agricultural weeds in West Gippsland, Victoria via a series of education and extension activities.

$25,300 Leongatha, VIC 3953

South Gippsland Landcare Network

Sustainable Farm Practices for Small Farms, Hill Farms and Lifestyle Farms in the Strzelecki Hills

This project is focussed on sustainable farming in small farms, hill farms and lifestyle farms in West Gippsland, Victoria.

$36,000 Leongatha, VIC 3953

South Myall Catchment Landcare Group Incorporated

Improve Soil and Pasture Productivity with Nitrogen Fixing Legumes and Medics in Run Down Pasture

This project aims to demonstrate improved management practices on degraded pastures, at the paddock scale, in the South Myall Catchment area.

$15,030 Kleinton, QLD 4352

Southern Australian Capital Territory Catchment Group Incorporated

Building Resilience in Productive Landscapes in the ACT Region

This project will increase the capacity of peri urban and rural landholders to access best practice information and training in sustainable resource management.

$55,000 Wanniassa, ACT 2903

Southern Farming Systems Limited

Farmers and Advisors Using Soil Moisture Information for Better Management Decisions

The project will disseminate real time soil moisture information to land managers using an existing network of 60 soil monitors in South West Victoria, Gippsland and North East Tasmania.

$54,750 Inverleigh, VIC 3321


Southern New England Landcare Limited

Increasing Agroforestry by Delivering Master TreeGrower and Peer Group Mentor Programs in the Southern New England

The project will increase the capacity and knowledge of farmers to productively and sustainably manage grazing lands on the Northern Tablelands NSW.

$54,982 Armidale, NSW 2350

Stockport/Mallala Soil Constraints Group

Adopting Improved Management Practices to Restore the Landscape after the Pinery bushfire

This project assists landholders to addresses the significant issue of the erosion, soil damage and native vegetation loss in the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Northern and Yorke NRM region following the Pinery fire in 2015.

$54,800 Mallala, SA 5562

Sunfish Queensland Incorporated

Fishers Working Towards Healthy Fish Habitat for Sustainable Fisheries in South East Queensland

This project involves a number of workshops that will support the utilisation of spatial tools to map high value fisheries production areas in south-east Queensland.

$35,230 Warner, QLD 4500

Tablelands Farming Systems Incorporated

Feeding Farm Resilience - Enhancing Farmers' Ability to Predict, Plan, Respond and Recover from Adverse Seasonal Conditions

This project utilises weather forecasting and management tools to analyse and interpret information provided by a number of existing soil moisture probes in the Tablelands region in order to build farm resilience to adverse seasonal conditions.

$29,000 Goulburn, NSW 2581

Tamar Region Natural Resource Management Strategy Reference Group Incorporated

Backyards to Broadacres - Maximising Profit and Produce in the Tamar Valley Across Multiple Themes and Scales

The project will undertake a series a NRM workshops to the diverse range of farming enterprises and the wide range of farm sizes in the Tamar Valley, Tasmania.

$37,590 Launceston, TAS 7250

Tasman Landcare Group Incorporated

Soil Management in the Face of Change

Using a farmer directed action learning program this project will provide primary producers in Tasmania's south-east with the knowledge and capacity to best manage their soils while transitioning to irrigated systems.

$29,700 Nubeena, TAS 7184


The Liebe Group Incorporated

Innovative Lime Incorporation at West Wubin

The project will educate farmers on the application of deep lime to address acidity in the Northern Agricultural NRM region of Western Australia.

$39,303 Dalwallinu, WA 6609

The Moore Catchment Council (Incorporated)

Moore Knowledge and Opportunities: Review and Share Learnings from Ten Years of Sustainable Agriculture Projects

This project will review sustainable agriculture projects managed by Moore Catchment Council on farms over the past decade, and assess the achievements and key learning from these projects.

$54,665 Moora, WA 6510

The Mulloon Institute Limited

Outreach, Engagement and Uptake of Landscape Rehydration Projects by Agricultural Communities

This project will engage with agricultural communities across the country to measure the uptake of the Mulloon Community Landscape Rehydration Project.

$46,134 Bungendore, NSW 2621

Tobacco and Associated Farmers Co-operative

"Farm Smart" - Adoption of Sustainable Management Practices in the Ovens, King & Kiewa Valleys

This project will target new and emerging agricultural industries in the Ovens, Kings and Kiewa Valleys. The project will deliver events that promote management practices aimed at improving soil health, sustainable production and native vegetation in a farming system.

$54,960 Myrtleford, VIC 3737

Tully Cane Growers Limited Better Management of Nutrients on Tully Cane Fields

This project aims to reduce nutrient run-off from cane farms in the Wet Tropics by working with local sugarcane growers.

$13,356 Tully, QLD 4854

Upper Deep Creek Landcare Network

Property Management Plan Courses Project

This project will deliver a number of property management planning courses to landholders in the Port Phillip and Westernport Region of Victoria.

$6,928 Woodend, VIC 3442


Upper Gascoyne Land Conservation District Committee

Arid Rangeland Regenerative Management

This project aims to increase the knowledge and capacity of pastoralists to assist them to undertake sustainable rangeland management in the Rangelands region of Western Australia.

$29,700 Meekatharra, WA 6642

Upper North Farming Systems

Rural Business Management 101 - Up-skilling the Women of the Upper North in Sustainable and Productive Farming Principles

The project will deliver a series of workshops targeted towards rural women in the Upper North of South Australia.

$7,260 Jamestown, SA 5491

Upper Snowy Landcare Committee Incorporated

Soil Health Field Days on the Monaro

The project will engage landholders in the Southern Monaro area through a two-day soil health workshop to improve soil management in the area.

$13,640 Cooma, NSW 2630

Waggamba Landcare Group Incorporated

Improving Soil Health and Knowledge Through Hands-on Learning and Actions

The project will help producers in the Border Rivers region of Queensland build their skills in soil health and farm fertility management.

$16,300 Goondiwindi, QLD 4390

West Midlands Group Incorporated

Reducing the Risk of Nutrient Enrichment by Adopting Variable Rate Irrigation

The project will engage growers in the Gingin and Dandaragan area of Western Australia to encourage the adoption of variable rate irrigation in the horticulture industry.

$36,674 Dandaragan, WA 6507

Western Landcare NSW Incorporated

Western Landcare Forum 2016 This project supports the Western Landcare Forum, which will be held in Broken Hill in August 2016.

$55,000 Bourke, NSW 2840

Wet Tropics Soilcare Incorporated

National Biological Farming Conference 2016: Pay Dirt

This project supports the Second National Biological Farming Conference in Cairns, which is expected to improve access to best practice information for farmers.

$55,000 Babinda, QLD 4861


WetlandCare Australia Proprietary Limited

Healthy Cows in Healthy Wetlands: Native Floodplain Pasture for Agricultural Productivity

The project aims to improve the management of acid sulphate soils on floodplain lands and improve the quality of water leaving floodplain grazing properties and entering the river.

$54,970 Ballina, NSW 2478

Woady Yaloak Catchment Group Incorporated

Using Historic Soil Tests to Make Better Lime and Fertiliser Decisions

This project will use more than 1200 soil tests collected by farmers in the Woady Yaloak Catchment region to show spatial changes in soil pH, fertility, organic carbon and other soil condition indicators over the past 20 years to improve the information association with common soil types in the region.

$29,225 Queenscliff, VIC 3225

Yarram Yarram Landcare Network Incorporated

Helping Farmers to Help Fishermen-Erosion Control Measures for the Protection of Corner Inlet’s Seagrass Meadows

This project aims to protect and enhance fishing stocks through sea grass habitat protection.

$55,000 Yarram, VIC 3971

Yarrilinks Incorporated Assessing Feed On Offer of Cereal Crops and Stubbles for Livestock in Low Rainfall Farming Systems

The project will develop a decision making tool for livestock producers to assess Feed On Offer in the lower rainfall areas of Western Victoria.

$47,634 Warracknabeal, VIC 3393

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