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Nutrient management
Helpful resources
Reducing synthetic fertiliser use on irrigated cotton while maintaining or increasing yield, or by increasing yield without a proportional increase in fertiliser use, Clean Energy Regulator
Methodology to claim earn Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs) for emissions reductions that can be sold to generate income to the government tor in the secondary market, legislation, tools & resources
e.g. changes in the rate, timing, method and type of nitrogen fertiliser application
The National Agricultural Manure Management Program
Mitigating the Greenhouse Gas Potential of Australian Soils Amended with Livestock Manure, Australian Pork
Advancing Livestock Waste as Low Emission – High Efficiency Fertilisers , Australian Pork
Composting as a Means of Minimising the GHG Emissions from the Manure Supply Chain, Pork Australia
Case studies
Less can be more when it comes to nitrogen ‘Leighview’, VIC and ‘The Cap’, VIC, Young Carbon Farmers
Applying nitrogen at the rates calculated by the Southern Farming Systems (SFS) researchers improved yield statistically in 70 per cent of paddocks in the trial. Split applications can improve nitrogen use efficiency. Uncalibrated spreaders can reduce paddock yields by up to 13 per cent.
Investigating carbon farming in the Macquarie, CottonInfo
This case study focuses on Macquarie River Food and Fibre, who worked with CottonInfo to investigate opportunities for cotton growers under the Emissions Reduction Fund (particularly the ‘Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fertiliser in Irrigated Cotton’ method).
