Holbrook Sustainability Benchmarking Project
Holbrook Sustainability Benchmarking Pilot Background Back in 2020, Holbrook Landcare Network recognized that the model that has traditionally underpinned Landcare and environmental work on farm was changing – shifting from a funded grants and programs approach to a range of market-based approaches mostly based on carbon markets. We are now beginning to see the agricultural […]
Resilient Pastures
Pasture Species Demonstration Site – Mangoplah Future Drought Fund – Resilient Pastures – First Demonstration Site We are working with 5 Farming systems groups, which are in the process of establishing 10 pasture demonstration sites. These sites will showcase modern pasture species combinations and management practices known to build greater resilience into their landscapes. Demonstration […]
Saving Our Soils – Stock Management Areas
Saving Our Soils – Stock Management Areas As producers we balance livestock production, business growth and stability, with landscape resilience and sustainability on a daily basis. Traditionally, production stressors such as drought, fire and flood often have us considering selling or agisting livestock as a way of reducing grazing pressure from vulnerable landscapes. These decisions […]
New Approaches to Tackling Soil Acidity in Perennial Pasture Systems Project: 2020-21
Morven Lime Trial Site The ‘Tackling Soil Acidity’ project, is a 2-year project funded by the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program, with contributions from HLN, NSW DPI and the Grasslands Society of NSW Inc. The main components of this project will: Introduce new soil sampling practices to detect and monitor subsurface acidity. Use large-scale acid […]
Refreshing the Upper Billabong 2022
Previous Upper Billabong Land & Water Management Plan View the Original Upper Billabong Land and Water Management Plan here and the supporting documents here. Community Survey 2022 The community Survey results are in. Do these resonate with you? We met with the Upper Billabong Local Advisory group (5 landholders in the catchment and Greater Hume […]
FutureSOILS Project: 2020-23
Burrumbuttock Lime Trial Site The replicated farm-scale trial site was established to monitor the medium to long term benefit of early intervention acid soil management on a moderately acidic soil that is traditionally a low priority for liming. The trial consists of 7 treatments investigating 4 different liming rates of 0.5 t/ha, 1 t/ha, 2.5 t/ha and […]
Managing Soil Acidity in Permanent Pastures Project: 2021 – 2028
Topdressed Lime Demonstration Sites The Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) funded Producer Demonstration Site (PDS) project – ‘Managing soil acidity in permanent pastures’ is investigating top-dressed liming strategies in non-arable pasture systems where lime incorporation is not possible or preferred. The project involves three lime demonstration sites. One site at Mannus and another site at […]
Alison Southwell
Dr Alison Southwell Executive Officer Alison joined HLN in 2021 after a 19 year career as an agricultural scientist and lecturer at Charles Sturt University. Alison completed a PhD in native grassland ecophysiology before turning her attention to teaching and researching pasture management, agricultural systems and extension, workplace learning and curriculum design. In addition to […]
Property Mapping
Property Mapping Holbrook Landcare Network offers a farm/paddock mapping service for members only (a donation is encouraged). We can create, print and laminate A4 and A3 sized maps at the office. Larger sized maps (A2, A1, A0) can be created on request but these cannot be printed at the office. Mapping Options and Pricing: 1. […]
Landcare-Led Landscape Resilience – tools and data for restoration decisions
Trial and Demonstration Sites A local network of demonstration sites are being established utilising modern ‘best practice’ restoration and revegetation techniques. This will allow for the showcasing of the positive economic, production and environmental impacts of native vegetation restoration, as well as the collection of a robust datasets to inform future efforts. This will be […]