New Dryland Salinity Project
HLN have been fortunate enough to be one of only 9 recipients, Australia wide, to receive funding through the Australian Government’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust for a significant new project addressing dryland salinity in the Eastern Murray Catchment. The three-year project, titled “Linking land management, dryland salinity and soil health in […]
HLN wins 2025 Bob Hawke Award
HLN was announced the winner of the 2025 Bob Hawke Landcare Award at the National Landcare Conference awards night on the Gold Coast on Tuesday 23 September! The Bob Hawke Landcare Award is a prestigious national award that publicly recognizes an individual, group, or organisation involved in championing landcare and inspiring others to take action […]
Upcoming – Morven and Mangoplah Field Sites Tour
NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development in conjunction with Meat and Livestock Australia and Holbrook Landcare Network are hosting a tour of 2 trial sites: Morven and Mangoplah. This is an opportunity for locals to come have a look at one or both of these sites. Whether you’re seeing the sites for the […]
Upcoming Workshop – Understanding soil sampling and test results – Culcairn
Murray Local Land Services and Holbrook Landcare Network are excited to be hosting this event on the 21st May at “Ellerslie Park”, 45 Cummings Rd, Culcairn. The workshop will include a visit to a soil pit on the property, with additional insights provided by Nick McGrath from Holbrook Landcare Network and Sam North from DPI. […]
Cattle Weaner School
Learn from Paddy Mulquiny (Allora Kelpies) as he works through the following: – Handling young cattle to be calm and cooperative for life – Working cattle on foot through the yards & in the paddock so they can walk calmly through gateways and settle on feed in paddocks – Incorporating working dogs into the process […]
NSW Growers: Get Your Hands on the 2024 Winter Crop Variety Sowing Guide
NSW grain growers, are you ready to take your winter crop production to the next level? The highly anticipated 2024 edition of the Winter Crop Variety Sowing Guide is now available! This comprehensive guide is your roadmap to selecting the best varieties, optimizing sowing times, and achieving maximum yields and profitability. What’s Inside the Guide […]
Farm water Management Workshops – Tooma and Holbrook – Open for registration
Do you know how much water you have stored on farm? Do you know how much you should have, and how to get it where you need it? Holbrook Landcare Network invites local producers to attend one of two Farm Water Management Planning Workshops coming to you across the region. Tooma Hall 7th Feb 9.30-4.30 […]
Strategic Feed Budgeting for Sheep Containment
Have you registered for next week’s Strategic Feed Budgeting for Sheep Containment? We are excited to be working with Jim Meckiff from JM Livestock to bring you our 3rd Stock Containment workshop. Focusing on enhancing feed budgeting proficiency for ewes and lambs in confinement, this workshop will effectively demonstrate how you can best harness livestock […]
Are you Ready for the Great Southern BioBlitz?
Only one week until the Great Southern BioBlitz 2023 – Greater Hume kicks off on the 24th November, and Kylie & Peter have a great weekend of activities planned (read more here…). We are teaming with Refreshing Rivers to participate in the Great Southern Bioblitz 2023, with a focus on our creeks and waterways – […]
Great southern BioBlitz 2023 – Love Your Creek!
Love Your Creek! What’s a BioBlitz? This year we are teaming with Refreshing Rivers to participate in the Great Southern BioBlitz 2023 [#GSB2023], with a focus on our creeks and waterways. What is a BioBlitz? – Great question! Well, you can read all about the origins of the BioBlitz initiative, and how the Covid Pandemic gave rise to […]