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Landcare – Caring for our Country
Sustainable Practices Projects to be funded from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2010
|
State |
Project Title |
Group |
Landcare funding |
|---|---|---|---|
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New South Wales |
Building Resilient People, Ecosystems and Agricultural Communities |
Little Landcare Group Inc. |
$297,807 |
|
|
Increasing Soil Health and Water Retention on Macquarie Floodplain |
Macquarie 2100 Inc. |
$283,100 |
|
|
Extending the benefits of farmers motivating farmers in conservation agriculture |
Central West Conservation Farming Association Inc. |
$208,160 |
|
|
Increasing the sustainability of intensive agricultural production on the NSW Central Coast Plateau |
Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Authority |
$155,200 |
|
|
NRM capacity building for peri-urban landholders in the Goulburn region |
Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Authority |
$364,800 |
|
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Efficient use of water, energy and nutrient resources on dairy farms |
Mid Coast Dairy Advancement Group |
$284,120 |
|
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Using modern tools to increase sustainability and profitability of farming |
Parkes and District Landcare Group |
$22,900 |
|
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Central West Farming Systems -Coordinating the adoption of sustainable practices and regional partnerships |
Central West Farming Systems |
$207,624 |
|
|
Environment and economic gains of changing land management to meet NRM targets |
Eastern Riverina Landcare Network |
$167,650 |
|
|
Building capacity for the management of invasive animal impacts on agriculture |
Invasive Animals Commonwealth Research Centre |
$100,000 |
|
|
Integrated delivery of support & training for sustainable agriculture practices in Northern Rivers |
Richmond Landcare Services |
$243,920 |
|
|
Riparian Management incentives project, Bellinger, Nambucca, Macleay & Hastings Catchments NSW |
Macleay Landcare Network Inc |
$165,455 |
|
|
Soil Carbon sequestration and rehabilitation: landholders develop, implement & assess biochar |
Richmond Landcare Inc. |
$297,792 |
|
|
Stage 2 of Dairy NRM works for healthy soils, rivers and catchments |
Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority |
$383,004 |
|
|
Sustainable farming practices to address climate change |
West of Ranges Landcare Inc |
$10,800 |
|
|
Sustainable Fire Management for Landholders using the Hotspots Program |
Richmond Landcare Services |
$57,000 |
|
|
Sustainable floodplain management in the Nambucca and Bellinger Catchments |
Wetlandcare Australia |
$148,350 |
|
|
Improving sustainable production in Catchment Headwaters |
Granite Borders Landcare Inc |
$249,055 |
|
|
Small Farm Producer Networks – Supporting Sustainable Productive Land Management |
Southern Councils Group |
$332,820 |
|
|
‘Cool Coastal Cows’- dairy farmers adapting to climate change in South East NSW |
Bega Cooperative Society Limited |
$268,699 |
|
|
‘Pats and Spats’ |
Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority |
$480,834 |
|
|
Implementation of Priority Landcare Works in the Southern Rivers |
Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority |
$365,000 |
|
New South Wales |
Oyster Growers Fight Green Shore Crab Menace |
Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre |
$99,468 |
|
|
Shoalhaven / Illawarra Dairy Industry NRM Partnership |
South Coast and Southern Highlands Dairy Industry Group |
$418,000 |
|
|
Western NLP - Positive People for Sustainable Systems |
Western Catchment Management Authority |
$150,000 |
|
Victoria |
Rolling-out supply chain driven environmental performance in the dairy industry |
Murray Goulburn Cooperative Ltd |
$97,000 |
|
|
Lucerne for Profit |
Upper Mount Emu Creek Network |
$49,000 |
|
|
Creating a cropping adoption legacy from a decade of R&D in the high rainfall zone of southern Victoria |
Southern Farming Systems |
$110,000 |
|
|
Healthy Soils, Stock and Pasture |
Cardinia Environment Coalition |
$255,174 |
|
|
Demonstrating Production Benefits from Best Practice on Bass Coast Farms |
Bass Coast Landcare Network |
$150,000 |
|
|
Multipurpose agroforestry for farm diversity, profit and sustainability |
Otway Agroforestry Network |
$150,000 |
|
|
Sustainable Practices for the Equine Industry (North-East Victoria) |
North East Thoroughbreds Industry Alliance Inc. |
$80,000 |
|
|
Smart Choice, Sustainable Land Use |
TAFCO Rural Supplies |
$323,000 |
|
|
Community / Institute partnership researching carbon/biomass/soil relations. |
Mudgegonga & District Landcare Group |
$29,000 |
|
|
Northern Poultry Bio-Waste: Testing and Trialling Soil Enhancement Co-Products |
Loddon Shire Council |
$90,000 |
|
|
Gippsland Grows 'Green' Grass |
GippsDairy |
$150,000 |
|
|
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Grain and Sheep Industries in the Upper Wimmera Catchment |
Project Platypus |
$53,000 |
|
|
Evaluating alternative nutrient sources to maintain pasture and crop productivity |
Woady Yaloak Catchment Project Inc |
$111,000 |
|
|
East Gippsland Feedbase |
GippsDairy Board Inc |
$84,000 |
|
|
Grazing The Hills - Improved Pasture Management Systems for the Upper Murray |
Towong Shire Council |
$376,000 |
|
|
PHARLAP (Productive Horse and Rural Land Action Program) |
WACMAC Landcare Inc |
$70,000 |
|
|
Improving Farm Productivity through Innovative Planning Systems |
Central Victorian Farm Plantations Inc |
$80,000 |
|
|
Enhancing Soil, Plant and Animal Health in the Southern Otways through sustainable, profitable pasture management practices |
Southern Otway Landcare Network |
$80,500 |
|
|
Red Gum Plains Sustainable Stocking Rate and Pasture Management Trial |
Tom’s Creek Landcare Group |
$28,500 |
|
|
Sustainable and profitable farming on the Red Gum Plains |
Southern Farming Systems- Gippsland Branch |
$115,000 |
|
|
Multi purpose crops |
Rainbow & District Landcare Group |
$56,659 |
|
|
Smarter Planning Smarter Action - Continuing adoption of beneficial practices |
GippsLandcare |
$90,000 |
|
|
Gippsland Plains drought tolerant pastures demonstration |
Yarram Yarram Landcare Network |
$270,000 |
|
|
Development of Best Management Practices for No Till Cropping Systems in the High Rainfall Zone of Victoria |
Victorian No Till Farmers Association |
$179,000 |
|
Victoria |
Heytesbury ‘FOCUS’ project: Boosting production, resilience & environmental gains using best management practices. |
Heytesbury District Landcare Network |
$150,000 |
|
|
Summer Active Perennials for Production and Sustainability |
Central Highlands Agribusiness Forum |
$150,000 |
|
|
Coping with Climate Change |
Talgarno & Wises Creek Landcare Group |
$50,000 |
|
|
Sustainable Soil Management in the mid-Loddon |
Mid-Loddon Sub-Catchment Management Group |
$120,000 |
|
|
Increasing farmer knowledge and skills in stubble management systems in South West Victoria |
Southern Farming Systems- Hamilton Branch |
$85,000 |
|
|
Soil Stamina. The backbone of productive, profitable and sustainable agriculture |
Peter Francis Points Arboretum |
$85,000 |
|
|
Waterwise Berries |
Australian Blueberry Growers Association |
$44,000 |
|
|
A Community-Based Response to Realising Sustainable Agriculture in Northern Victoria |
Northern United Forestry Group |
$100,000 |
|
|
Developing Sustainable Management Practices For Chestnut Orchards |
Chestnuts Australia Incorporated |
$300,000 |
|
|
Improving No-Till farming Systems through Adoption of Innovative Technical Advances (disc seeders and new herbicide options) |
Birchip Cropping Group |
$76,000 |
|
|
Carbon Neutral Sustainable Energy Farming using Woody Biomass Plantings |
Farm Forestry North East Hardwood Cooperative Ltd |
$78,000 |
|
|
Kiewa Catchment - Productive Persistent Pastures |
Kiewa Catchment Landcare Group |
$46,000 |
|
|
Managing Steep Hills with Wisdom, Wire and Water |
Upper Goulburn Landcare Network |
$80,000 |
|
|
Profitable, sustainable cropping and grazing systems using Pasture Cropping principles |
Goanna Collective |
$71,000 |
|
|
Preventing soil losses by establishing deep rooted perennial pasture species in Honeysuckle & Spring Creek. |
Honey Suckle & Spring Creek Landcare Group |
$45,000 |
|
Queensland |
Piloting Adoption of Grazing Best Management Practices for Improving Water Quality in the Burdekin Rangelands |
Dalrymple Landcare Committee |
$403,638 |
|
|
Central Queensland Beef - Sustainable grazing businesses for Central Queensland |
Fitzroy Basin Association |
$302,225 |
|
|
Accelerating the adoption of Controlled Traffic Farming with Grain Harvest contractors |
Australian Controlled Traffic Farming Association Inc |
$12,480 |
|
|
Develop best management practices and a Code of Practice for grazing in the Northern Gulf |
Northern Gulf Resource Management Group |
$477,220 |
|
|
Best Management Practice Grazing Strategies for Adapting to Climate Variability in the Maranoa-Balonne |
Queensland Murray Darling Committee |
$301,970 |
|
|
Energy and greenhouse savings for Queensland Murray Darling farmers using the Green Gauge tool. |
Queensland Murray Darling Committee |
$114,000 |
|
|
Pineapple Sustainable Practices Project - Industry Roll Out to all Australian Pineapple Production Areas |
South East Queensland Catchments |
$135,000 |
|
|
Commercial application of Polychaete sand filters for wastewater remediation and broodstock feeds |
South East Queensland Catchments |
$195,085 |
|
Queensland |
Improved uptake of best practice and Farm Management Systems within the agriculture industry in the Wet Tropics. |
Terrain Natural Resource Management |
$299,701 |
|
|
Implementing Sustainable EMS Initiatives’ for Queensland Fisheries |
Queensland Seafood Industry Association |
$284,000 |
|
|
Improving adoption and innovation of agricultural best practice in Far North Queensland |
Northern Gulf Resource Management Group |
$396,434 |
|
|
Area Wide Integrated Pest Management for Bundaberg regional Production Horticulture. |
Bundaberg Fruit and Vegetable Growers Cooperative Ltd |
$623,350 |
|
|
Accelerating Precision Agriculture in the Condamine Catchment |
Brigalow-Jimbour Floodplains Group |
$178,000 |
|
|
Healthy soils, Healthy future – bridging the gaps in soil health for improved sustainable agriculture |
Fitzroy Basin Association |
$507,702 |
|
|
Implementing natural resource management practices in the Hodgson Landcare Group area |
Queensland Murray Darling Committee |
$191,137 |
|
|
Accelerating Sustainable Forest & Woodland Production best management practice uptake across Queensland |
Queensland Murray Darling Committee |
$405,200 |
|
|
Adoption of best management fishing practices within the Moreton Bay region |
Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association Inc |
$95,652 |
|
|
Implementation of Sustainable Horticultural Practices in Torres Strait |
Torres Strait Regional Authority |
$300,500 |
|
|
Super Graze – maximising adoption of sustainable grazing practices in Southern Queensland |
Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management |
$975,850 |
|
|
Supporting climate conscious milk production in southern Queensland through adaptation and mitigation |
Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation Ltd |
$153,700 |
|
South Australia |
Superior NRM through soil-cover over productive lands and farmer helping farmers. |
South Australian No-Till Farmers Association Inc. |
$52,000 |
|
|
Increasing Adoption of Sustainable Farming and Risk Management in the SA Mallee |
Mallee Sustainable Farming Inc. |
$404,868 |
|
|
Increasing profitability and reducing erosion with No-tillage on Eyre Peninsula |
Eyre Peninsula Agricultural Research Foundation |
$170,886 |
|
|
Best practice management grazing systems for native grass pastures in the low rainfall cereal zone |
Upper North Farming Systems Group |
$249,800 |
|
|
Implementing sustainable and productive forage systems in the Murray Mallee |
Mallee Sustainable Farming Inc. |
$103,200 |
|
|
Enabling and supporting landholders to adopt Best Management Practice Grazing on native grasslands in the Northern and Yorke Districts |
Mid North Grasslands Working Group |
$40,200 |
|
|
Building resilient farming systems in South Australia through improved knowledge and innovative management of soil constraints |
Advisory Board of Agriculture |
$499,500 |
|
|
Adoption of sustainable and productive stock water supplies for sustainable farming systems on Eyre Peninsula |
Eyre Peninsula Natural Resource Management Board |
$73,595 |
|
|
Taking action on soil acidity in South Australia |
Advisory Board of Agriculture |
$298,700 |
|
|
Shrub-based grazing systems on Eyre Peninsula for climatic risk management |
Eyre Peninsula Natural Resource Management Board |
$118,720 |
|
South Australia |
‘Salty Pastures’ demonstrating grazing options on dairy properties in the Lower Murray experiencing saline groundwater intrusion and drought. |
Mannum to Wellington Local Action Planning Inc. |
$47,928 |
|
|
Building on improved options for managing changing climatic and economic environments through addressing soil constraints |
Lower Eyre Agricultural Development Association |
$121,870 |
|
|
Implementing water use efficiency & establishing new varieties of perennial pastures within the Upper Mt Lofty Ranges |
New Springs Landcare Group |
$156,096 |
|
|
Managing soil moisture in glacial soils within the Southern Fleurieu Peninsula |
Adelaide & Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board |
$218,000 |
|
|
Implementing Tools for Sustainable Agriculture on the Northern Adelaide Plains |
Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board |
$300,000 |
|
|
Profitable and sustainability in high rainfall catchments integrating the natural resource environment |
Mid North High Rainfall Zone Group |
$79,600 |
|
|
Developing sustainable shrub-based forage systems for profitable mixed farming |
Coorong District Local Action Plan Committee |
$231,135 |
|
|
Innovative Land Managers, Kangaroo Island |
Agriculture Kangaroo Island |
$45,680 |
|
|
Productive and sustainable grazing systems for the South East of South Australia |
South East Natural Resources Management Board |
$15,250 |
|
|
Increased community capacity for the removal of Large Feral Herbivores |
South Australian Arid Lands Natural Resources Management Board |
$116,250 |
|
|
Remote weighing technologies to increase sustainability of sheep meat enterprises. |
North West Sheep Meat Production Group |
$93,104 |
|
|
Responding to climate variability at a local level |
Advisory Board of Agriculture |
$100,000 |
|
|
Promoting integrated pest management and improved pollination processes |
Yorke Peninsular Alkaline Soils Group |
$100,000 |
|
|
Industry Leaders, Sustainable Dairying – Dairying for Tomorrow in the South East |
Dairy SA |
$128,344 |
|
|
Effective Communication through Electronic Media |
South Australian No-Till Farmers Association Inc |
$46,450 |
|
|
Improving SA resource management and production through strategic integration |
Ag Excellence Alliance |
$158,100 |
|
Western Australia |
Perennial Pasture Companions |
Evergreen Farming Inc |
$1,209,000 |
|
|
Providing the opportunity for growers to successfully adopt zero tillage |
Western Australian No-Tillage Farmers Association |
$161,500 |
|
|
Implementation of an integrated catchment management plan to improve agricultural sustainability and protect State priority biodiversity assets in the Buntine-Marchagee Catchment |
Coorow Land Conservation District Committee |
$357,000 |
|
|
Demonstrating resilient and sustainable production through disc seeding systems |
Western Australian No-Till Farmers Association |
$229,100 |
|
|
Demonstrating the production and sustainability benefits of Precision Agriculture in the Ord River Irrigation Area |
Ord Irrigation Cooperative |
$128,000 |
|
|
Implementation of the EnviroWine Australia program in the Margaret River wine region |
Curtin University of Technology |
$284,041 |
|
Western Australia |
Managing soil type to soil capability for economic and environmental benefits |
Liebe Group |
$103,000 |
|
|
Sweeter Banana best NRM practice to achieve a long term environmentally sustainable industry |
Sweeter Banana Cooperative |
$130,060 |
|
|
Improving efficiency of irrigation water use within the horticultural sector of the Swan Region (Waterwise on the Farm - Swan) |
Swan Catchment Council |
$596,599 |
|
|
Landscape scale change - Preparing for accelerated adoption of the mallee farming system by improving information flows and quality management systems |
Oil Mallee Association of WA |
$174,000 |
|
|
Improved wastewater treatment, disposal and monitoring by small wineries in southwest Australia |
Curtin University of Technology |
$138,315 |
|
|
Developing Nutrient Management Systems for the Dairy Industry and intensive agriculture in south west Western Australia |
Western Dairy |
$132,550 |
|
|
Improving the resilience of dryland farming in low rainfall areas of the Avon Region |
Corrigin Farm Improvement Group |
$189,000 |
|
Tasmania |
Farming Sustainably - Future Systems for Intensive Cropping |
Cradle Coast Natural Resource Management Region |
$137,180 |
|
|
Building resilient farms in times of change |
Serve-Ag Pty Ltd |
$300,000 |
|
|
Increasing the adoption of stubble retention and direct drilling practices by Tasmanian farmers through the use of revolutionary new technology |
Southern Farming Systems |
$39,910 |
|
|
Adoption of nutrient budgeting for sustainable dairy farms and healthy rivers |
DairyTas Board Inc |
$180,000 |
|
|
Increasing the adoption of alternative perennials for soil conservation and forage |
University of Tasmania/ Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research |
$53,426 |
|
|
Sustainable solutions for integrated disease and waste management |
Microbial Activity Pty Ltd |
$80,000 |
|
|
EnviroWool - an environmental accreditation system for the Tasmanian wool industry |
Roberts Wool Link |
$134,480 |
|
Northern Territory |
Improve Irrigation Efficiency, Nutrient and Land Management in Top End Intensive Farming Systems |
Northern Territory Agricultural Association |
$487,828 |
|
|
Managing Horse Grazing Pressures in Peri-Urban Environments |
The Horse Federation of SA Inc |
$53,900 |
|
|
Sustainable Practices Implementation in NT Agriculture |
Northern Territory Horticultural Association |
$278,520 |
|
|
Managing Land Condition for a Profitable and Productive Pastoral Industry – Central Australia, NT |
Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association |
$260,496 |
|
|
Grazing Land Management - Demonstration, valuation and Continuation |
Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association |
$301,871 |
|
|
Determining Best Water Practice to Progress Sustainable Cut-flower Production Throughout Northern Australia |
Northern Territory Horticultural Association |
$161,035 |
|
|
Increasing the Productivity of Improved Pastures by the Sustainable Management of Native Vegetation Regrowth |
Northern Territory Agricultural Association |
$499,910 |
|
|
Improved Pasture Condition in the Georgina River Catchment NT |
Barkly Landcare and Conservation Association |
$149,020 |
|
Northern Territory |
A Collaborative Recruitment Forecasting Programme for the NT Mud Crab Fishery |
Northern Territory Seafood Council |
$114,800 |
|
|
Improving Land Condition and Profitability Through Sustainable Grazing Strategies in the Indigenous Pastoral Program |
Central Land Council |
$195,800 |