Action on the Ground Round One successful projects

Shrubs for emissions reduction and carbon storage – Mingenew–Irwin Group

Funding up to: $527,185 ex GST

This project aims to reduce methane emissions from livestock by using mixed perennial native shrub species, known to have antimethanogenic properties, as forage and to increase soil carbon at trial sites across a range of soil types and climatic conditions.

Mitigating greenhouse gases with nitrification inhibitors and biochar in fallows – University of Western Australia

Funding up to: $472,816 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating a range of fallow management, including the addition of biochar and the use of nitrification inhibitors at the time of fertiliser applications to increase soil carbon sequestration and reduce nitrous oxide emissions on farms across the Western Australian wheatbelt.

Best management practices of carbon management on Northern Rivers farms – Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority

Funding up to: $548,000 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating multiple practices in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales, across a suite of farming systems – dairy, beef and horticulture, to increase soil carbon sequestration and reduce on–farm greenhouse gas emissions.

Using tea tree residues and legumes to develop a low–emission tea tree industry – Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation

Funding amount: $307,273 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating on–farm use of pyrolysed tea tree leaf waste as mulch and using legume cover crops to reduce fertiliser demand to increase soil carbon sequestration and reduce nitrous oxide emissions in the principal tea tree growing region of northern New South Wales.

Informed carbon strategies on mixed farms: Practices and carbon compared – Queensland Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Funding up to: $547,727 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices on mixed cropping/grazing farms in Queensland covering a range of soil and climatic conditions to increase soil carbon sequestration and reduce nitrous oxide emissions.

The ‘economies’ of managing soil organic carbon – Department of Agriculture and Food

Funding up to: $549,845 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating the economics of management practices and innovative strategies to increase soil carbon sequestration on farms across the Western Australian wheatbelt.

Evaluation of soil ameliorates with strong potential to reduce nitrous oxide emissions – Perth Region National Resource Management Incorporated

Funding up to: $357,273 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating soil ameliorates to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from a range of horticulture production systems in Western Australia.

Improved nitrogen efficiency across biophysical regions of the Eyre Peninsula – Eyre Peninsula National Resource Management Board

Funding up to: $322,295 ex GST

The project is trialling rotational cropping practices, including the use of legumes and strategic management of nitrous fertilisers to reduce nitrous oxide emissions across from cropping/pasture systems on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.

Livestock and pasture case studies to demonstrate greenhouse gas abatement – Department of Primary Industries and Regions

Funding up to: $215,486 ex GST

The project will trial and demonstrate practices to reduce methane and nitrous oxide emissions associated with livestock production systems in South Australia.

Farmers leading and learning about the soil carbon frontier – Crop Facts Pty Ltd

Funding up to: $550,000 ex GST

The project will trial and demonstrate practices to increase soil carbon sequestration for cropping and grazing farm systems in the wheat/sheep zones of South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.

Precision placement of carbon amendments in no–tillage cropping systems – Western Australian No–Tillage Farmers Association Incorporated

Funding up to: $377,273 ex GST

The project will trial and demonstrate practices to increase sequestration of soil carbon through direct addition of manure/compost pellets into crop rows during sowing in the Western Australian wheatbelt.

Perennial pasture management systems for soil carbon stocks in cereal zones – Upper North Farming Systems

Funding up to: $549,682 ex GST

The project will trial and demonstrate practices to increase sequestration of soil carbon through use of perennial pastures and strategic grazing of pastures across the mid northern and eastern Eyre Peninsula cereal zones in South Australia.

Soil carbon sequestration through landscape function improvement – Stipa Native Grasses Association Incorporated

Funding up to: $309,637 ex GST

The project will trial practices to increase sequestration of soil carbon through strategic grazing and pasture cropping across a range of soil types and climatic conditions in New South Wales and Victoria.

Increased nitrogen use efficiency by cropping farmers in South Victoria and Tasmania – Southern Farming Systems Limited

Funding up to: $540,909 ex GST

The project will trial and demonstrate practices to reduce nitrous oxide emissions by improved fertiliser management for cropping systems in the high rainfall zones of Victoria and Tasmania.

Gippsland Plains soil carbon trials – Productivity and climate change responses – Yarram Yarram Landcare Network

Funding up to: $428,455 ex GST

The project will trial improved rotational grazing management practices associated with pasture improvement through the inclusion of drought tolerant perennial pasture species to increase sequestration of soil carbon on the Gippsland Plains, Victoria.

Increasing soil carbon storage in extensive grazing systems in temperate regions – University of Tasmania

Funding up to: $430,942 ex GST

The project will trial and demonstrate improved grazing management strategies on native and semi native pastures to improve pasture cover and increase sequestration of soil carbon in Tasmania.

Increasing soil carbon in Tweed Valley farmland – Tweed Shire Council

Funding up to: $533,182 ex GST

The project will trial and demonstrate practices to increase sequestration of soil carbon through application of soil amendments; composts/biochar, manures and legume cover crops in the Tweed Shire area, New South Wales.

Decreasing dairy farm greenhouse gas emissions and building soil carbon – Monash University

Funding up to: $546,715 ex GST

The project will trial and demonstrate practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farms by using animal effluents on–farm as compost to increase sequestration of soil carbon and reduce fertiliser inputs to pasture on dairy farms in southwest Victoria.

Antimethogenic stockfeed via Eremophylla pellets – South Australian No–Till Farmers Association Incorporated

Funding up to: $390,909 ex GST

The project will trial and demonstrate Eremophylla as a forage/feed supplement to reduce methane emissions from livestock in South Australia.

Increased soil carbon by accelerated humus formation from crop residues – Riverine Plains Incorporated

Funding up to: $492,727 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices to increase sequestration of soil carbon by accelerated decomposition and incorporation in soil of cereal crop residues in south eastern Australia.

Innovative carbon storage and nitrogen management strategies in the Western Australian Wheatbelt – The Liebe Group Incorporated

Funding up to: $519,200 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating a range of practices to increase sequestration of soil carbon and reduce nitrous fertiliser use in associated cropping and grazing in the Western Australian wheatbelt.

Rapid post–weaning growth of steers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – The University of Adelaide

Funding up to: $231,818 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices to reduce livestock methane emissions by rapid post weaning of steers in feedlots in Meningie, South Australia.

Monaro farm management strategies and their effects on soil carbon – Monaro Farming Systems Incorporated

Funding up to: $251,808 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating a range of integrated cropping and grazing practices to increase sequestration of soil carbon in the Monaro district, New South Wales.

Improving nitrogen use efficiency using precision farming technology – Southern Farming Systems Limited

Funding up to: $321,045 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating precision agriculture techniques to reduce nitrous oxide emissions by improved fertiliser management for cropping systems in high rainfall zones of Victoria and Tasmania.

Lowering nitrous oxide emissions in intensively grazed pasture systems – Western Dairy Incorporated

Funding up to: $343,182 ex GST

The project is trialling ‘smart–N technology’ to variably control application of liquid fertiliser and nitrification inhibitors to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from intensively managed dairy pasture systems in Western Australia and Tasmania.

Horticulture: taking action to capture carbon and reduce nitrous oxide emissions – Applied Horticulture Research Pty Ltd

Funding up to: $394,000 ex GST

The project is trialling minimum tillage practices, including controlled traffic and use of mulches, to reduce nitrous oxide emissions and increase sequestration of soil carbon during the production of vegetable crops in New South Wales.

Compost for carbon in agriculture – Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services

Funding up to: $549,383 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices to increase sequestration of soil carbon through the addition of different types of compost in pasture systems in New South Wales.

Increasing soil carbon in degraded cropping and grazing land – Condamine Catchment Natural Resource Management Corporation Limited

Funding up to: $539,432 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating a range practices to increase sequestration of soil carbon in degraded cropping and grazing lands in the Condamine catchment, Queensland.

Improving soil fertiliser irrigation management for South East Queensland Ginger Production – Queensland Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Funding up to: $482,436 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating improved nitrous fertiliser management practices in combination with legume cover crops to reduce nitrous oxide emissions and increase sequestration of soil carbon in association with cultivation of ginger in southeast Queensland.

Enabling landholders to adopt profitable & sustainable carbon cropping practices – Charles Sturt University

Funding up to: $543,636 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating cropping and nitrogen fertiliser management practices to reduce nitrous oxide emissions and increase sequestration of soil carbon in association with no/minimum tillage cropping in New South Wales and Victoria.

Early finishing of lambs in on–farm feedlots to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – Birchip Cropping Group Incorporated

Funding up to: $232,385 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices to reduce methane emissions by early finishing of dry land lambs in on–farm feedlots in the Mallee, Victoria.

Empowering farmers to adopt behaviour change in a carbon economy – South Coast Natural Resource Management Incorporated

Funding up to: $487,685 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating a range of intermixes of perennial pastures and cropping practices, including the use of soil amendments to increase sequestration of soil carbon in the Western Australian wheatbelt.

Nitrous oxide reduction and soil carbon increase in tropical fruit tree crops – Northern Gulf Resource Management Group Limited

Funding up to: $420,254 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating soil amendments to reduce nitrous oxide emissions and increase sequestration of soil carbon in association with cultivation of tropical fruit tree crops in northern Queensland.

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions through improved nitrogen management on NT farms – Northern Territory Government

Funding up to: $548,303 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices to reduce nitrous oxide emissions associated with horticultural and cropping industries in Northern Australia.

Improved cattle grazing practices to reduce methane and benefit soil carbon – B Adams & D.D Curr

Funding up to: $534,364 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices to reduce methane emissions from livestock and increase sequestered soil carbon through improved feeding of cattle using feed supplements and improved savannah pasture management at Springvale Station, Queensland.

Northern grazing carbon farming – integrating production and GHG outcomes 1 – Queensland Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Funding up to: $549,909 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices to reduce methane emissions from livestock and increase sequestered soil carbon through improved management of forage for cattle and savannah pastures in Queensland and the Northern Territory.

Greenhouse gas abatement in viticulture – The Australian Wine Research Institute

Funding up to: $548,046 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating different vineyard floor management practices to reduce nitrous oxide emissions and increase sequestration of soil carbon in five winegrape growing regions across Australia covering a range of soil types and climatic conditions.

Grazing into the future: building soil health and carbon with pasture management – University of Western Australia

Funding up to: $291,545 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating the use of perennial pasture and intensive cell grazing to increase sequestration of soil carbon in the Western Australian wheatbelt.

Sequestering soil carbon in an irrigated landscape turned dry ecological grazing – Kilter Pty Ltd

Funding up to: $399,455 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices to increase sequestration of soil carbon through adoption of dry land grazing practices and improved management of native vegetation in the Torrumbarry Irrigation District, Victoria.

Impact of farming systems on soil carbon and health in a dry cropping zone – Central West Farming Systems Incorporated

Funding up to: $550,000 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices to increase sequestration of soil carbon in the dry land cropping zone of central New South Wales.

The clean energy benefits of tropical agricultural management systems – Reef Catchments Mackay Whitsunday Isaac Limited

Funding up to: $550,000 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices across a range of tropical intensive farming systems in north Queensland to increase sequestration of soil carbon and reduce nitrous oxide emissions through improved use of nitrogen fertilisers.

Dietary nitrate reduces methane emissions from beef cattle – The University of New England

Funding up to: $550,000 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating the use of dietary nitrate to reduce methane emissions from beef cattle in Northern Australia.

Soil carbon in commercial cropping systems: Science to best agronomic practice – NSW Farmers Association

Funding up to: $550,000 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating a range of cropping practices to increase sequestration of soil carbon and reduce nitrous oxide emissions at farm sites across the cropping zone in New South Wales.

Organic amendments to increase carbon in cropping soils – Southern Farming Systems Limited

Funding up to: $353,488 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices to increase sequestered soil carbon through addition of soil amendments in the Gippsland cropping region, Victoria.

Grazing land rehabilitation to increase soil carbon storage in north–west Queensland – Southern Gulf Catchments Limited

Funding up to: $550,000 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices to improve/rehabilitate degraded pastures to increase sequestration of soil carbon and reduce nitrous oxide emissions across the cropping zone in the Southern Gulf region, north west Queensland.

The potential of pyrethrum marc as a soil amendment for enhancing carbon storage – Botanical Resources Australia–Agricultural Services Pty Ltd

Funding up to: $234,183 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices to increase sequestration of soil carbon and reduce nitrous oxide emissions by using composted pyrethrum marc as a soil amendment to reduce nitrous fertiliser inputs associated with cropping practices in Tasmania.

Demonstration of innovative methane capture and nutrient stripping algae system – Zero Discharge Pty Ltd

Funding up to: $468,058 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating on–farm technology in Victoria to directly reduce agricultural gas emissions from livestock effluents by using algae to capture nutrients wastes that can be used as soil amendments reducing on–farm fertiliser demand.

Nitrous oxide emissions from irrigated cropping – Victorian Irrigated Cropping Council Incorporated

Funding up to: $187,500 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices to reduce nitrous oxide emissions by improved management of nitrous fertiliser applications in association with irrigated cropping in the Northern Victorian and Southern New South Wales irrigation districts.

Northern grazing carbon farming – integrating production and GHG outcomes 2 – Queensland Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Funding up to: $540,273 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating a range of practices to reduce methane emissions from beef cattle and increase sequestered soil carbon through reduced stocking rates, improved herd productivity and improved grazing/forage/savannah pasture management in northern Australian rangelands.

Cropping with compost for increasing carbon stored in soil – Wimmera Catchment Authority

Funding up to: $270,691 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices to increase sequestration of soil carbon by using compost as a soil amendment to reduce nitrous fertiliser inputs associated with cropping practices in the Wimmera region, Victoria.

Increasing soil carbon storage in New South Wales coastal grazing lands – Singleton Shire Landcare Network Incorporated

Funding up to: $212,991 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices to increase sequestration of soil carbon though the use of cell grazing and soil amendments on coastal grazing lands in Singleton Shire, New South Wales.

Innovative biological farming systems – B.B Maurice and R.T Maurice

Funding up to: $479,855 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating the use of biological soil amendments in conjunction with improved pasture and minimum tillage cropping practices to reduce nitrous oxide emissions and increase sequestration of soil carbon in central New South Wales.

Aqua–Till – N–Injection – South Australian No–Till Farmers Association

Funding up to: $185,000 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating technology to reduce nitrous oxide emissions by direct injection of fertiliser below ground at time of sowing for summer corn and winter wheat crops in northern New South Wales and lower northern South Australia.

Improved fertiliser and soil management in South East Queensland intensive horticulture – Queensland Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Funding up to: $517,273 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating reduced tillage practices, use of legume fallow crops and soil organic amendments to reduce nitrous oxide emissions and increase sequestration of soil carbon in association with the production of strawberries and pineapples in Queensland.

Improved rotations and fertiliser decisions to decrease nitrous oxide losses – Wimmera Catchment Authority

Funding up to: $321,880 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating the inclusion of legumes in crop rotations to reduce fertiliser inputs and reduce nitrous oxide emissions associated with grain production in the Wimmera region, western Victoria.

Efficient grain production compared with nitrous oxide emissions – Birchip Cropping Group Incorporated

Funding up to: $455,663 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from grains production through variable rate nitrous fertiliser applications and cropping rotations in southern Australia.

Enhanced compost trials on cane and tree crops on the Sunshine Coast – South East Queensland Catchments Limited

Funding up to: $394,000 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating compost soil amendments to reduce nitrous oxide emissions and increase sequestration of soil carbon in association with cultivation of sugar cane and horticultural crops in Queensland.

Managing soil carbon and nitrogen in Kikuyu pastures in the Fitzgerald Biosphere – Fitzgerald Biosphere Group Limited

Funding up to: $420,908 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating improving Kikuyu pastures by inter sowing with legumes to increase sequestration of soil carbon and reduce nitrous oxide emissions by reducing nitrogen fertiliser inputs in the Fitzgerald biosphere region, Western Australia.

Using distribution of organic carbon as a basis for reducing nitrogen application rates – Farmacist Pty Ltd

Funding up to: $152,173 ex GST

The project is trialling and demonstrating practices and technologies to precision manage the variable application of nitrous fertiliser to reduce nitrous oxide emissions associated with producing sugar cane in the Mackay region, Queensland.