There are a range resources, data and tools available to NSW land managers to help uncover their property’s soil carbon potential.

The Soil CRC invites NSW farmers, landowners and advisors to a free webinar series to:

• understand the latest soil carbon data resources and tools
• learn how to conduct studies for soil carbon projects
• discover techniques to check the reliability and accuracy of soil carbon data.

Tuesday 29 October 2024, 9am – 10am AEDT

Mallee Sustainable Farming (MSF) is hosting a webinar on locally specific opportunities and practices for soil carbon management relevant to the local farming systems and environment.

Topics for discussion include:

• What soil carbon levels can we expect in our region?
• Factors that influence soil carbon levels
• Management practices that can increase soil carbon levels

Presenters

Dr Amanda Schapel, Principal Officer Soil Action, PIRSA

Dr Amanda Schapel is a soil scientist with over 20 years’ experience working with farmers across south-eastern Australia to improve soils, with a focus on overcoming constraints to plant growth in sandy soils. She is based in Adelaide where she works as Principal Officer – Soil Action with PIRSA.

Dr Karl Andersson, Research Officer Soil Carbon (NSW DPIRD)

Dr Karl Andersson is a soil scientist with 25 years’ experience throughout NSW. Karl has worked in regions from the high rainfall to the semi-arid zones, in fields including soil mapping, agronomy, soil carbon, nutrient cycling, and irrigation, dryland and urban development. Based at the Tamworth Agricultural Institute, Karl works to enhance soil management practices within the NSW agricultural sector and is an experienced researcher and communicator of soil carbon information.

There are seven webinars in this series, presented by the Soil CRC and our participants.

Registrations opening soon for:

• Date TBC – Opportunities and practices for soil carbon management in South Central NSW – hosted by FarmLink

• Webinar 1: Soil data access to inform soil carbon management – hosted by NSW DPIRD
• Webinar 2: Thinking about a soil carbon project? Understand soil data first – hosted by NSW DPIRD
• Webinar 3: Webinar 3: Opportunities and practices for soil carbon management in the South West Slopes of NSW – hosted by Holbrook Landcare Network
• Webinar 4: Opportunities and practices for soil carbon management in the Central West of NSW – hosted by Central West Farming Systems (coming soon)
• Webinar 5: Opportunities and practices for soil carbon management in the Riverina – hosted by Riverine Plains (coming soon)

These webinars are part of the ‘Soil Carbon Capacity Building Resources for Farmers and Advisors’ project, which offers guidance on soil management changes, increasing soil carbon, and can help farmers earn carbon credits.

Fact sheets to support the webinar content will be published on the Soil CRC’s website.

This project is proudly supported by NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water through the Primary Industries Productivity and Abatement Program (PIPAP).

Watch previous Soil CRC webinars

More than 150 Soil CRC researchers, PhD students, grower groups and industry representatives from across Australia came together in Wagga Wagga NSW for our 2024 Soil CRC Participants Conference.

We heard about our latest research and how it’s delivering practical solutions to help farmers better manage their soils to improve productivity and sustainability.

We were also fortunate to hear from Wiradjuri Elder Aunty Dorothy Whyman who delivered a warm Welcome to Country, Member for the Riverina The Hon Michael McCormack, Soil CRC Patron The Hon Penny Wensley, and Prof Jim Prately, who spoke about the challenges that arise as our farming systems continue to evolve.

Wagga Wagga rolled out the sunshine and golden fields for our field trips to Mangoplah, Lockhart, Junee and the Charles Sturt University Farm, where we able to inspect research trials being undertaken by the Soil CRC and others.

Thank you to all our presenters, participants, delegates, staff and organisers who made our 2024 Participants Conference such a great event.

Keep an eye on our newsletter for conference highlights.