National Greta Valley VIC Greta West Developing climate Our project has two components: 1. Farm Gate workshops $94,610.00 Landcare Landcare resilience in the Greta To provide information around the forecast impacts of – Program - Group Valley - Helping small climate change in North East Victoria and present a series Smart Farms farm businesses to plan of tools and management practices that can be Small Grants for climate change implemented at the farm scale to assist farms in coping through a series of with these extremes in climate. Four workshops will be Farm Gate workshops held on farm, using practical examples to improve and providing knowledge and build capacity for change and adoption. 2. incentives to establish On ground works A property plan that considers the – essential shade and location of biodiversity assets, water supplies and need for shelter for stock. shade and shelter will be developed for each property. Fencing and revegetation incentives will be offered to the landholder to establish new shelter belts or emergency shade blocks. Locations for these belts will be prioritised based on consideration of landscape connectivity, inclusion of biodiversity assets such as large old scattered paddock trees, and achieving multiple site objectives such as reducing erosion and soil disturbance. National The SA Magill Fleurieu Forward Livestock producers in the Fleurieu region will be $99,812.00 Landcare Agricultural Farmers - Increasing supported to better manage soil and pasture health, Program - Bureau Of profit by managing climate variability and improve profit. To achieve targeted Smart Farms Australia climate variability outcomes, the project will: Innovatively measure pasture • Small Grants Incorporated through soil health. quality, soil moisture and rainfall at 6 soil health sites, and 15 farm sites, and in addition continue to measure soil health at 2 of the replicated soil heath sites. Utilise and • build upon decision support tools for our region incorporating data collected on feed quality, nutrition, productivity, soil moisture and soil health to support decisions for N & P scheduling, optimal hay and silage cutting, grazing management, and supplementary feeding. Produce a fact sheet that helps producers to understand • how build soil health. Conduct a field day demonstrating • the tools and key project outcomes. Develop a one-day • workshop to train producers on building soil health, using the tools developed. Deliver outcomes via newsletters • and our web site.
National Landcare Program - Smart Farms Small Grants Greta Valley Landcare Group VIC Greta West Developing climate resilience in the Greta Valley - Helping small farm businesses to plan for climate change through a series of Farm Gate workshops and providing incentives to establish essential shade and shelter for stock. Our project has two components: 1. Farm Gate workshops – To provide information around the forecast impacts of climate change in North East Victoria and present a series of tools and management practices that can be implemented at the farm scale to assist farms in coping with these extremes in climate. Four workshops will be held on farm, using practical examples to improve knowledge and build capacity for change and adoption. 2. On ground works – A property plan that considers the location of biodiversity assets, water supplies and need for shade and shelter will be developed for each property. Fencing and revegetation incentives will be offered to the landholder to establish new shelter belts or emergency shade blocks. Locations for these belts will be prioritised based on consideration of landscape connectivity, inclusion of biodiversity assets such as large old scattered paddock trees, and achieving multiple site objectives such as reducing erosion and soil disturbance. $94,610.00 National Landcare Program - Smart Farms Small Grants The Agricultural Bureau Of Australia Incorporated SA Magill Fleurieu Forward Farmers - Increasing profit by managing climate variability through soil health. Livestock producers in the Fleurieu region will be supported to better manage soil and pasture health, climate variability and improve profit. To achieve targeted outcomes, the project will: • Innovatively measure pasture quality, soil moisture and rainfall at 6 soil health sites, and 15 farm sites, and in addition continue to measure soil health at 2 of the replicated soil heath sites. • Utilise and build upon decision support tools for our region incorporating data collected on feed quality, nutrition, productivity, soil moisture and soil health to support decisions for N & P scheduling, optimal hay and silage cutting, grazing management, and supplementary feeding. • Produce a fact sheet that helps producers to understand how build soil health. • Conduct a field day demonstrating the tools and key project outcomes. • Develop a one-day workshop to train producers on building soil health, using the tools developed. • Deliver outcomes via newsletters and our web site. $99,812.00
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