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Sustainable Agriculture Rebecca Turner Sustainable Agriculture Rebecca Turner

Water Evaluation Platform supports drought resilience

Land managers can now access a brand new, free, online tool in the fight against drought to plan best management and use of water resources on farm.

The Water Evaluation Platform (WEP) was developed as part of the Water Smart Dams project and enables users to choose the most effective dam infrastructure strategy, based on their local climate, budget, and water needs.

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Sustainable Agriculture Rebecca Turner Sustainable Agriculture Rebecca Turner

Producer input sought on carbon farming hurdles

Are you a primary producer?

A new survey is now live to understand what’s getting in the way of producers participating in the restoration economy.

As part of our larger Paradigm project which is exploring the potential financial benefits emerging from the restoration economy, this survey aims to get producers’ perspectives on their knowledge of current revegetation markets, namely the Carbon Market, the Nature Repair Market and the Biomass Market.

Take Survey Now

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Sustainable Agriculture Rebecca Turner Sustainable Agriculture Rebecca Turner

Apply for a Drought Resilience Scholarship with Nuffield Australia – deadline May 16th 2025

The Future Drought Fund is investing in five Nuffield scholarships that are specifically available to study drought resilience and support innovation. These scholarships will support applicants to build drought resilience expertise, adapt innovative technology and practices from overseas and share these learnings to advance Australian agriculture.

Applications close 16 May 2025.

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Sustainable Agriculture Rebecca Turner Sustainable Agriculture Rebecca Turner

Small and Vital grants open from the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR)

The Foundation For Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) is offering grants to support communities to activate and strengthen local climate solutions with applications closing on the 24th of June.

There are two streams of grant including ‘Small and Vital’ which offers small grants up to $10,000 and targeted larger leverage grants up to $50,000.

A Prepare and Recover stream is also offering grants up to $25,000.

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Sustainable Agriculture Rebecca Turner Sustainable Agriculture Rebecca Turner

Keep Polyphagous Shot-Hole Borer out of the Wheatbelt

If Polyphagous Shot-Hole Borer (PSHB) were to make its way to the Wheatbelt, it could have devastating impacts on threatened species habitat.

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) have recently updated the native host list and several important forage and nesting species for black cockatoos feature on the list.

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Forage for Nature

Wheatbelt NRM are excited to announce an upcoming opportunity for mixed farmers. “Forage for Nature” is supported by the Australian Government through funding from the Natural Heritage Trust under the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program. See our website for details. Expressions of interest will be open in January 2025 so stay tuned for the cue to apply.

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