Daraining Springs Project
Project Overview:
- Recipient: Hayes-Thompson & Co
- Location: Korbel, WA (Merredin)
- Total funding: $348,140
- Project size: 438 hectares
- Estimated ACCUs: 11,826
- Project method: Estimating soil organic carbon sequestration using measurement and models method
The farm covers an area of over 5400 hectares and is a broadacre, mixed enterprise with 2/3 cropping and 1/3 multipurpose sheep. Currently, cropping is usually on a 3-year rotation and the owners implement the strip and disc system to improve biomass yield and soil protection. Sheep are rotated through allocated pasture paddocks of grasses and limited clover and stubble throughout the year.
This project will see over 400ha of marginal crop land be converted to permanent pasture which will be control grazed (cells) and support an increase of carbon sequestration, whilst building a more resilient business. The recipient will measure soil organic carbon, soil nutrients, soil biology, number of sheep per grazed hectare, live weight of lambs and lambing percentage.
