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A new research paper has found that managed grazing practices incrementally increased soil organic carbon compared to continuous grazing in temperate pasture systems, though land use change and seasonal conditions had far greater effects.
The study from the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development examined long-term trends in soil organic carbon across various grazing systems.
It demonstrated that systems with rest periods of 56 days and 15 paddocks had signifcantly higher soil organic carbon stocks than continuous grazing.
However, doubling rest periods or paddock numbers did not further enhance sequestration.
Treatments with low initial soil carbon levels proved highly responsive, capturing an average of 0.77 tonnes of carbon per hectare annually, with rates reaching 1.22 tonnes in optimal conditions.
Carbon sequestration continued even during drought at 0.13 tonnes per hectare per year.
Improved grazing management directly contributed 0.1 tonnes per hectare per year, while environmental factors and land use change accounted for the remainder.
NSW DPIRD pastures research leader Dr Warwick Badgery said the fndings provide valuable insights for producers looking to understand the potential for soil carbon change in their grazing business.
‘’This research reinforces what many landholders are already observing, well-managed grazing systems can contribute to soil carbon sequestration,’’ Dr Badgery said.
‘’High stocking rates did not infuence soil carbon compared to low stocking rates, which is consistent with previous Australian studies but at odds with overseas studies.
‘’Bare ground was one of the strongest predictors of soil organic carbon change, with more bare ground associated with lower soil organic carbon stocks, highlighting the importance of maintaining groundcover.“
As most gains in soil carbon were related to land use change and seasonal conditions rather than grazing management, producers should not rely solely on grazing strategies to build soil carbon.
Grazing systems operate within a broader business context, so decisions around carbon management must consider not only carbon outcomes but also production goals, proftability, enterprise emissions, and future climate risks.
‘’It’s not just about grazing, it’s about the whole system,’’ Dr Badgery said.
For more information on soil carbon research and pasture management strategies, go to www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/ agriculture.
To view the managed grazing research paper, go to http:// bit.ly/4qkJ1sq.
A new national accreditation scheme for transporting livestock around Australia has been launched, setting a new benchmark for animal welfare, traceability, and biosecurity.
The CoRLink National Animal Welfare Accreditation Scheme streamlines and harmonises the legislation, codes of practice, and guidelines across Australia, creating a unifed national framework for animal welfare compliance.
Major livestock transporters have already signed on for the program.
NAWA chair Graeme Hoare said it seeks to elevate animal welfare by bringing consistency, clarity, and accountability for everyone along the supply chain.
“It also builds consumer and community confdence in the ethical treatment of livestock throughout the transport process and provides assurance to domestic and
international markets on Australian livestock transport practices,” he said.
NAWA’s launch focuses on the delivery of a core module designed specifcally for transport operators.
Its emphasis on training and competency, chain of responsibility, and implementation of an animal welfare management system seeks to embed an ‘animal welfare frst’ culture across transport operators and the rest of the supply chain.
Animal-specifc requirements include ensuring animals are ft for the intended journey, penned appropriately, and
monitored during transport, as well as low-stress handling and journey management.
The module also covers condition of vehicles and facilities for loading/unloading livestock, driver competency and emergency response.
Every year, about 40 million sheep, cattle, and goats are transported in Australia, in addition to the sector supporting a workforce of more than 400,000 Australians directly and indirectly, including many in transport and logistics roles.
For more information and to apply for accreditation, head to corlink.com.au/nawa.
When Aileen Loader and her husband Mick frst started planting garden beds to beautify their newly purchased, seven-acre creekside property in Conargo, they never imagined it would grow into a business.
Butnow, they are turning the land into a thriving fower farm.
Aileen and Mick purchased the property in 2013, with the only plan being to eventually retire there. Aileen has always enjoyed gardening, and the project grew and grew, eventually into a somewhat large-scale production, and growing business.
She admitted it wasn’t the potential career shift she had expected, having a background in fnance.
“If you said to me 15 years ago I would be going down this path, I would’ve thought probably not,” she said.
But Girraween isn’t simply a proft driven fower farm, Aileen and Mick grow mostly natives, chosen for hardness, longevity and beauty, leucadendrons, leucospermums and proteas among them.
The pair have done extensive research on droughttolerant species and plants suited to the climate of Conargo and do much of the work by hand.
Somewhere along the way, the pair realised their evergrowing garden enterprise was producing more than enough product to sell, so they began batch-testing, selling to wholesalers and forists between Ballarat and Deniliquin, as well as donating some bouquets to local events.
The business remains small by design, Aileen stating they could sell all of their stock to wholesalers within a matter of months but prefer to grow sustainably.
Aileen and Mick value quality over quantity, Aileen stating, “we made the decision that we may sell our
product to wholesalers, forists and the general public, but it will not be to the detriment of the gardens.”
Days on the farm are flled with mulching, weeding and pruning to ensure good growth for next year’s fowers.
Aileen also quite enjoys getting on the tractor to move the mulch around.
Beyond the fowers, Aileen and Mick’s gardening practices have also had a long-lasting and positive impact on local wildlife in the form of ‘bird corridors’.
When they began the gardening process on the property, they learned in discussions with a neighbour, the
importance of native vegetation creating safe passage for birds, particularly smaller ones, between habitats.
“When we planted our gardens Phil (neighbour) was talking to us about that, I suppose in some respects we were already doing it accidentally, but we’re now very conscious that we build a space for that,” Aileen said.
“When we frst got here there wasn’t a lot of bird life on the property because the only trees here were the ones along the creek, but now with everything we’ve grown we have them nesting in our gardens.”
Their sustainable practices have not gone unnoticed; the pair being nominated for the Bill and Elwyn Hermiston Memorial Award for Environmental Citizen of the Year.
With Mick and Aileen planning to move to the property full-time in the near future, they are excited about the future of Girraween Flower Farm.
“It would be nice down the track to have days where people can come and pick their own fowers and have a wander through; we’re a fair way off that, we’re still building up the dream at the moment,” Aileen said.
Girraween’s story is still unfolding, but what began as a simple beautifcation project has grown into something much greater.
A new course which explores how conservation and agriculture can thrive together is being offered fee-free.
It’s focused on one of Australia’s rarest and most fascinating birds - the Plains-wanderer.
You can learn how innovative land management is helping protect this critically endangered species while supporting productive farming.
The free, self-paced online course from Tocal College is offered in partnership with Riverina and Murray Local Land Services.
It is suitable for farmers, land managers, students, and anyone passionate about protecting Australia’s natural heritage.
You will learn about:
• the unique biology of the Plains-wanderer
• threats to native grasslands
• practical land management techniques
• real-world success stories from farmers and conservationists
The Plains-wanderer is a small, quail-like bird standing about 12-15cm tall and weighing 40 to 95 grams.
Both sexes have straw-yellow legs and bills, and their plumage is mainly fawn with fne black rosettes.
The larger female is easily distinguished by her prominent white-spotted black collar above a rich rufous breast patch.
The Plains-wanderer could be confused with other small ground-dwelling birds that occur in native grasslands such as stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis) or little button-quail (Turnix velox).
However, the Plains-wanderer has a fner bill, much longer legs and lankier appearance than button-quail or quail.
The vast majority (more than 99 per cent) of records of Plains-wanderers in NSW over the past 30 years come from an area of the western Riverina bounded by Hay and Narrandera on the Murrumbidgee River in the north, the
Cobb Highway in the west, the Billabong Creek in the south, and Urana in the east.
Even within its western Riverina stronghold, the Plainswanderer has a very patchy distribution.
Surveys in the 1990s across 5,000km² of the western Riverina, covering 37 properties, found only fve per cent of the total area comprised suitable habitat.
The amount of high quality habitat in the Riverina drops to one or two per cent during very wet or dry years when grasslands become too dense or are grazed too bare for Plains-wanderers.
To be part of the movement to restore Australia’s iconic grasslands for the Plains-wanderer and for future generations, go to https://bit.ly/4oIfIie to register for the Tocal College course.
This project is jointly funded by the Australian Government Natural Heritage Trust and the NSW Government’s Saving Our Species program, and delivered by Local Land Services.
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With no current cases of anthrax in NSW, livestock producers managing highrisk properties where anthrax has previously occurred are being reminded to vaccinate their cattle and sheep against the disease to protect their animals.
The NSW Government Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) and Local Land Services (LLS) advise annual anthrax vaccination on high-risk properties in areas bordered by Bourke and Moree in the north, to Albury and Deniliquin in the south.
DPIRD senior veterinarian Dione Howard said vaccination is a preventative measure against anthrax, the spores of which can lie dormant in the soil for decades.
‘Vaccination effectively prevents anthrax from occurring and helps break the cycle of spore production, reducing cases of this unpredictable and serious disease that can kill stock of any age or class with no warning,’ Dr Howard said.
‘If vaccination is continued over time spores in the environment will die, reducing the risk of anthrax occurring in the future.’
Producers should contact their LLS district veterinarian to obtain specifc advice for their properties. Farmers can apply to use the vaccine through their LLS district veterinarian and once authorised, they can place an order for the vaccine with their local rural supplier or private veterinarian.
Anthrax is a zoonotic disease, which has rarely affected people in NSW.
LLS veterinarian Nik Cronin said the disease is caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, and affected stock often show few or no signs of ill health before they die.
‘Be suspicious of anthrax if animals die suddenly and avoid the carcase. The disease may begin in a fock or herd with the deaths of single animals over a few days before increasing to dramatic losses in a very short time,’ Dr Cronin said.
Anthrax is a notifable disease in NSW and anyone who suspects anthrax must report it immediately by calling the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888.
More information about preventing anthrax is available on the NSW DPIRD website https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dpird or from LLS on 1300 795 299.
Sobering statistics released by Royal Life Saving Australia and Surf Life Australia in August revealed more than one third (34%) of drowning deaths in the past year occurred in inland waterways.
The National Drowning Report 2025 found inland waterways (rivers, lakes and dams) accounted for 122 deaths, including 99 in rivers, where hidden currents, steep drop-offs and fooding are common hazards.
The study also shows that drowning rates nearly tripled in regional and remote areas compared to those in major cities.
A program taking place on the banks of the Murray River at Barooga/Cobram, is seeking to reverse these disturbing statistics by teaching children about safety around open waterways.
Called Bush Nippers, this program has a focus on children 5-13 years, and is coordinated by the Barooga Aquatic and Recreation Centre (ARC).
“Over the past few years we have proudly delivered Bush Nippers, which runs for three days per week over two weeks in early to mid January,” explained Kristal Bourke, the Barooga ARC Assistant Manager, Business Development and Wellbeing.
“The program is delivered in partnership with Life Saving Victoria, and our staff facilitate all activities,” she said.
Last year, one of these was run by the Cobram Canoe Club, which proved a highlight for participants.”
The local Bush Nippers’ activities are conducted on land and water at Cobram’s Thompson’s Beach, with two sessions hosted each day of the program.
The initiative has recently received a funding boost from Murray Irrigation as part of the company’s 2025 community sponsorship program.
Supporting Bush Nippers is a natural ft for the company, which operates an irrigation network made up of more than 4,000 kilometres of open channels and drains.
“Water safety has long been a cause close to our heart,” Murray Irrigation CEO, Ron McCalman, said.
“Living in an area where rivers, dams and irrigation channels are part of our everyday lives, water safety is a necessary skill for our children,”
The Bush Nippers program was developed by Life Saving Victoria in response to a government emphasis on
swimming and water safety, and aims to extend the reach beyond the traditional coastal areas.
“It provides a unique educational experience, fostering lifesaving and water safety skills tailored to open water environments, including rivers,” Ms Bourke explained.
“It is structured according to the ages and abilities of participants and employs a progressive approach, teaching essential water safety and lifesaving skills through enjoyable and interactive activities.”
The upcoming 2026 Bush Nippers’ program will be its fourth year under coordination from Barooga ARC. With previous numbers sitting at the 130 mark, organisers are aiming to double participation to around 270 children.
“We have found that participants and their families love the program and the benefts it provides,” Ms Bourke said.
“We receive excellent feedback each year, which encourages us to continue the growth of Bush Nippers.”
In keeping with the family theme, parents and guardians are encouraged to support the program by helping out with various tasks including set-up and pack-up of equipment, and moving it between activities.
While practical water and lifesaving skills are central to the program, there is also an education component which teaches participants to respect the river environment and its Indigenous culture.
There is also a strong focus on staying safe in the river and, importantly, strategies for responding in an emergency. The concepts of teamwork and accountability are also highlighted.
Activities are based around a range of themes including:
• Introduction to lifesaving
• Be aware and be prepared
• Everyday life saver
• Survival strategies
• Rescue strategies.
In addition there are the ever-popular body board activities, in which children learn key skills needed to stay safe, including use of safety equipment, how to paddle effectively and strategies for overcoming potential diffculties if unexpected wave activity is experienced in a channel.
Registrations for the 2026 Barooga ARC Bush Nippers are now open, with the program to be held January from 14-16, and January 21-23. To register, visit baroogaarc. com.au/bushnipper
Ms Bourke, who was the team leader for the 2025 Bush Nippers, has seen frst-hand its value, and the effective way the program educates its young participants.
“Bush Nippers is such a great way for kids to learn the importance of safety around open water ways and knowing how to keep themselves safe,” she said.
“It is a fun flled environment that offers fun yet educational activities.
“The drowning statistics for inland regions are of great concern, so as a community we need to develop and grow any programs that can have a positive impact. I have seen, from personal experience, the benefts of Bush Nippers.
“We are looking forward to this summer’s program, and hope to further increase our participant numbers.
“I encourage parents to register their children and ensure they have the opportunity to learn water lifesaving
skills; this is just as important for those living near our rivers as it is for those who live by the coast.”
Thompson’s Beach, which is located on the eastern edge of Cobram and just a couple of minutes’ drive from Barooga, is the ideal venue for Bush Nippers. The popular recreation location is the largest inland beach in the Southern Hemisphere, in a beautiful redgum setting that delivers a unique river beach experience.
But the Murray River, with its varying fows and depths, is a dangerous waterway for anyone unaware of inland river vagaries, which makes education programs like Bush Nippers all the more important.
Bush Nippers is just one of many initiatives of Barooga ARC, which has been part of its community for nearly 35 years, proudly standing by its motto of ‘A Place For Everyone’.
The centre features a 25 metre indoor heated swimming pool, a spa, and a toddler pool, all of which are well utilised. The pool is home to swimming lessons, aqua aerobics, and rehabilitation and recovery sessions.
In addition, there is a fully equipped gym with a variety of group ftness classes held Monday to Friday, a basketball and netball court and a rejuvenating spa. It also has creche facilities and a diverse range of group ftness classes for members.
Barooga ARC, run under the banner of Sporties Barooga and with support from Berrigan and Moira Shires, is a valuable asset to its Murray River community.
So is the Bush Nippers’ program, which plays its role in keeping young community members safe in this river environment.
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Annual General Meeting
Thursday 27 November 2025
Murray Irrigation is hosting its 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday 27 November at the Deniliquin RSL Club.
The meeting will begin at 10.00am (NSW time), with registrations opening at 9.30am.
Similar to previous years, this will be a hybrid meeting which will enable shareholders to attend either in-person or online.
Individual voting information, including a link to the AGM Notice of Meeting and 2025 Annual Report, will be distributed to shareholders at the beginning of November by MUFG.
More details about the AGM can be found in the Notice of Meeting, including the agenda, resolutions, voting eligibility and voting/proxy instructions. The Notice of Meeting, together with the Company’s 2025 Annual Report are available on the Company website: murrayirrigation.com.au/AGM.
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Did you know you can help strengthen Australia’s export markets and get paid for doing it?
Australia is free of exotic TSE diseases such as ‘mad cow’ in cattle and scrapie in sheep and goats.
To prove our free status to our export partners we run the TSE Freedom Assurance Project, otherwise known as the ‘Bucks for Brains’ initiative.
The program tests the brains of eligible cattle, sheep or goats that have been showing certain symptoms.
The cost are covered for lab testing, both for TSE exclusion but also additional testing.
This way we can prove freedom of TSE diseases in Australia but also try to determine what was actually causing the signs.
What stock are eligible for the program?
• Cattle over 30 months and under nine years,
• Sheep or goats over 18 months, under fve years. Showing two or more of the following signs:
• Behaviour change, anxiety or aggression; increased sensitivity to touch/sound; muscle tremors
• Staggering, circling, repeated falling, diffculty rising/ recumbency and paralysis
• Persistent itching/rubbing (sheep/goats), excessive licking of the nose and fanks and weakness.
For eligible investigations, by a veterinarian, you’ll receive the producer incentive of $300 per cattle case; $100 per sheep case.
Reporting your case helps strengthens Australia’s proof of freedom and helps keep export markets open.
For further enquiries about the TSE Freedom Assurance Project, you can search for the TSE Freedom fact sheet online, contact your Local Land Services District Veterinarian, or drop in to your nearest LLS offce.
Considering current seasonal conditions and outlook, stock owners need to make plans for the months ahead and management activities required.
If feed supplies are short and the season does not improve, early weaning can be a good way to better manage stock nutrition and condition and serves a couple of purposes:
• Reduced nutritional requirements of cows/ ewes
• Maintain cow/ ewe condition for re-joining (fat score has direct links with fertility and cycling)
• Easier allocation of supplementary rations and pastures
• Management of weaner condition and targeted feeding It is considered ‘early’ weaning for calves when they are roughly between 3-6 months and lambs at roughly 8-10 weeks (earlier if feed and management is carefully done).
To improve the early weaning success, you need to consider:
• Feed source – protein, energy and quality are important (roughage and hard rations)
• Paddock or yard weaning
• Reduce stress at weaning time (ie. don’t mark and early wean at the same time)
• Size and weight groupings of weaners – try to keep a similar grouping
• Health – ensure vaccinations and drenching is conducted, manage arising health issues throughout the process
• Feeding cows/ ewes with young stock for a week or 2 prior to weaning for calves/ lambs to familiarise with different feed sources
Early weaning is readily achievable and can signifcantly help with management and maintenance of condition in a tough year – work out your plan, how you are going to manage it and what you are going to feed.
For further information, contact your local agriculture production offcer or district veterinarian at Local Land Services.
A $4.5 million investment in cutting-edge crop measuring equipment will signifcantly boost Australian researchers’ capacity to improve crops on an unprecedented scale.
The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) investment with the Australian Plant Phenomics Network (APPN) builds on a $2 million GRDC investment in 2024.
Combined with $60 million from APPN’s primary investment partner, the National Collaborative Research Investment Scheme (NCRIS), the funding enables APPN to offer a consistent national ecosystem of advanced phenotyping technology for crop research.
The mobile phenotyping technology represents a key new resource for Australian feld research, supporting studies into plant physiology, disease detection, agronomic constraints and genetic improvements.
Advanced mobile phenotyping technology allows researchers to use drones and sensors to measure observable crop characteristics quickly and in greater detail than previously possible.
GRDC senior manager – enabling technologies Tom Giles said the support enables APPN to build a unique,
nationally distributed network of mobile phenotyping platforms.
“The new investment gives us the capacity to develop and refne algorithms that automate the measurement of key plant traits, improving both the speed and accuracy of phenotyping at the plant, plot and paddock scale,” Mr Giles said.
“Through this partnership, GRDC and APPN are ensuring that Australian crop research remains at the forefront of global innovation in digital agriculture and phenotyping science.”
APPN’s feld research nodes at Adelaide, Gatton, Narrabri, Northam, Perth and Wagga Wagga will each receive a mobile phenotyping unit.
These units improve research measurement scale and precision using sensors mounted on unmanned aerial vehicles, ground-based scanning platforms and an on-site Trial Environment Monitoring System.
APPN national feld phenomics director Trevor Garnett said the mobile phenotyping units offer versatile options
for analysing crops at different scales, speeds and resolutions at almost any trial location in Australia.
“APPN has developed a national capability for highthroughput phenotyping in the feld, enabling researchers and industry to generate more accurate and comparable data, regardless of geographic location,” he said.
“Each mobile phenotyping unit includes a suite of highresolution imaging tools, including hyperspectral and multispectral sensors, alongside 3D imaging systems to enable repeatable, non-destructive assessment of a wide range of plant traits in the feld.
“The technology can detect water status, nutrient levels and disease presence before symptoms become visible to the human eye.”
APPN is a national research infrastructure network funded through the Federal Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy, comprising nine nodes hosted by leading plant science institutions across Australia.
FARMtalk welcomes community contributions from farmers, experts and professionals who make their living and life on the land. If you would like to contribute, there are several ways to do so.
• Get in touch and give us a tip of a great story idea.
• Contribute an article: If you are an expert in your feld then contributing once of, or regularly, is a great way to get started in our FARMtalk magazine. Contact Zoe McMaugh at farmtalk@ denipt.com.au or 03 5881 2322.
• Become an author: FARMtalk is open to occasional contributors who are experts in their feld or authorities on a subject or area. Once you have contributed an article, and the editorial team have approved you, we can set you up with a regular column to contribute. We would love to hear from you. Contact Zoe McMaugh at farmtalk@ denipt.com.au or 03 5881 2322.
• Have a fascinating farm in mind for us to showcase? Tell us! We would love to hear from you.
Contact Zoe McMaugh at farmtalk@ denipt.com.au or 03 5881 2322.
Country Education Foundation has announced the inaugural 2025 Tim Fischer Fellow, with the recipient on a clear mission to help school students in rural and regional communities access the right roadmap to fully realise their potential.
Annabelle Hudson, a 24-yearold aspiring psychologist originally from Young in NSW, grew up seeing many capable friends and peers underestimate their potential not through lack of ability, but because they could not yet see what was possible for themselves.
Following more than 200 applications for the Tim Fischer Fellowship, which is named after CEF’s founding patron, and a rigorous selection process, Ms Hudson was chosen for a program she devised, which will now become a reality, called True North.
It is a practical, co-designed program where students will learn to orientate their own career compass based on their skills and ambitions.
Annabelle says she is honoured to be awarded the Fellowship and deeply committed to her program which aligns with Tim Fischer’s passion for better education outcomes for people living outside of the big cities.
“The challenge isn’t a lack of programs, but that too few are tailored to the rural context and delivered consistently,” Annabelle says.
“Many capable students underestimate their potential and can’t yet see clear paths into futures which excite them,” she says.
“I saw this with my best friend, who left school in Year 10 and later returned to study as a mature-age student. What changed for her was self-belief.
“True North builds that self-belief, helps students identify their strengths, values, interests and
capabilities, and turns this insight into simple next steps, so choices come from self-belief, not self-doubt.”
Judy Brewer AO, the wife of the late Tim Fischer AC, says her husband would be thrilled the frst Fellow was someone who had grown up in rural Australia, beneftted from a great tertiary education in the city but is now using that start in her career to invest in young students from the bush.
“Tim always had big dreams and ambitions, and he was living proof that with a little head start, a help up and determination you can achieve anything, no matter where you’re from,”
Judy says.
“Tim never lost sight that many regional communities face challenges that bigger cities don’t, so this Fellowship is a way to fnd some new solutions to those barriers,” she says.
“Annabelle’s project has the potential to provide career guidance at a critical time for rural and regional young people, creating change through reusable tools and leaving a legacy that will continue after the Fellowship ends.”
As the inaugural recipient of the Fellowship, Annabelle Hudson receives $50,000 in fnancial support to implement her initiative, while also gaining access to the Country Education Foundation’s network of professionals, academics and community leaders for mentoring and advice.
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