Southern Queensland’s landscapes are no strangers to drought, but across the region, a powerful collaboration is reshaping how communities prepare for and thrive through dry times. Four Natural Resource Management (NRM) organisations – Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG), Healthy Land and Water...
When a drought hits, the pressure to sell stock fast is real. But sell too many, or sell the wrong ones, or not planning for the recovery, and you're setting yourself up for a slower, harder rebuild. That's the problem University of New England's Professor Lewis Kahn and Dr Gus Rose have...
The Australian Government has introduced the RIC Drought Hardship Loan to support farm businesses experiencing severe and prolonged drought. The loan provides up to $250,000 over five years, at the RIC’s concessional interest rate (currently 5.18 per cent), with a two-year repayment holiday,...
High school agriculture classes, Landcare groups and First Nations agencies across southern Queensland and Northern NSW can now compete for a share in a soil-health prize pool worth $15,000. It is the first time the groups have been included in the World Soil Day competition run by the SQNNSW...
Created by 2022 Bob Hawke Landcare Award winner Bruce Maynard, this Landsharing ‘How To’ Series explores practical and research-based approaches to sustainable land use. #FarmingAgriculture
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Situated next to Camden town centre, and on the banks of the Nepean River, is a 54-hectare farm providing community education on sustainable agriculture. The Land was bequeathed to Camden Council by Miss Llewella Davies OAM and is owned and managed by the Council with guidance from a dedicated...
Camden Town Farm - profile.pdf
New round of successful pasture assessment program available for the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales Farmers across the Northern Tablelands are now better prepared for future dry spells, thanks to the completion of the Drought Resilient Pasture Landscapes (DRPL) project that has been...
The NSW Government has released a Drought, Fire and Recovery Guide . The recovery guide is split into relevant chapters to help producers navigate the complexities of recovering from extreme weather events and includes a section on financial management and personal recovery . The...
This project is supported by Landcare Australia, through funding from the Australian Government.Landcare Australia is proud to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the Country on which we live and work. We value and respect their deep and continued spiritual and cultural connections to the land, waters and seas, and pay our respects to their Ancestors and Elders past, present and future.