Biodiversity Set to Flourish at Weelhamby
Weelhamby owner, David Martin, explains how the project was designed with biodiversity in mind and updates us on how it’s going so far… We last updated you on the Weelhamby project back in June 2022 after the Wheatbelt property was direct-seeded and planted with over 70,000 mixed native seedlings. Weelhamby Farm,a 5,500-hectare property just outside Perenjori,combines a […]
What Does June’s Massive ACCU Issuance Mean For Soil Carbon?
What does the first large scale issuance of soil carbon credits mean for the industry? In landmark news for carbon markets in Australian agriculture, two Queensland producers have become the recipients of a large-scale allocation of soil carbon credits. The combined issuance across both projects was 151,312 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). These projects have demonstrated that […]
Bettergrow Completes Baseline Carbon Soil Sampling
Bettergrow’s Warragundi Aggregation kicked off their soil carbon project with 195 baseline carbon soil samples across 3,800-hectares. What is baseline soil carbon sampling? Baseline soil carbon sampling is a fundamental component of any Australian soil carbon farming project under the ACCU Scheme’s Soil Carbon 2021 Methodology. Baseline sampling measures the soil organic carbon (SOC) levels in […]
Trees Are in the Ground at Weelhamby Carbon Project
It’s full steam ahead at Weelhamby Farm, in the mid-west of WA. 70,000 Trees Delivered 70,000 mixed native tree seedlings have arrived at Weelhamby Farm in preparation for planting across 237 hectares of shelterbelts and tree blocks. With direct seeding finished, the first inch of seeds sprouted, and 30mm of rain arriving in the past […]
Baselining Finished at Weelhamby Farm
Baseline soil sampling has finished at Weelhamby Farm, CFF’s demonstration property in the Wheatbelt of WA. It’s currently all systems go at the soil carbon demonstration project at Weelhamby Farm! The 5,000-hectare property in Perenjori, WA, is undertaking a holistic environmental planting carbon and soil carbon project. Over the last two months, extensive soil sampling […]
Soil Carbon Baselining Underway at Weelhamby Carbon Project
Baselining is underway at Carbon Farming Foundation’s soil carbon project in the low-rainfall Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. Carbon Farming Foundation has partnered with Carbon West and FarmLab to bring forth an awesome tree and soil carbon project, at our demonstration property, Weelhamby, in Perenjori, WA. Carbon West has taken on the soil carbon project side of the operation, […]
Weelhamby Carbon Project Receives Government Funding
It’s full steam ahead for CFF’s Carbon Demonstration Project at Weelhamby after the CF-LRP has announced it will receive government funding. On Thursday 13th January 2022, the Western Australian State Government announced that the Weelhamby Soil & Environmental Planting Carbon Project will receive funding under the State Government’s $15 million Carbon Farming and Land Restoration Program (CF-LRP). The CF-LRP […]
