Biochar Boosts Yields in Avocado Farming
A four year study by Stephen Joseph et al on the use of biochar in avocado farming showed significant improvements in tree growth, fruit [...]
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Category: Carbon Farming
Building a Biochar Kiln
Building a Biochar Kiln - Lessons Learnt Drivers Firstly, we were engaged by Chandala Poultry to design a system that would recover the energy [...]
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Anaerobic Digestion 101
Anaerobic Disgestion Anaerobic digester processing piggery waste into biogas. The Anaerobic digestion process or AD for short uses micro-organisms to break down organic materials [...]
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Biochar Workshop – Elmore Victoria
Biochar learning in the bush. We recently attended a biochar workshop held in Elmore Victoria, Australia. The 2 day event run by the Kyneton [...]
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“Carbon Tax” opening up opportunities in Australian agriculture
In May, the Federal Government announced the successful applicants of "Filling the Research Gap" and "Action on the Ground", round one funding, direct beneficiaries [...]
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Getting biochar back into the soil – Subsoiling
Wayne Phillips and Tom Vogan discussing the potential to use the sub soiler to get biochar into the soil. As part of Energy Farmers [...]
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New Carbon Farming Methodologies Open for Comment
Two new Carbon Farming Initiative methodologies have been released for public comment by the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. The methodologies are: [...]
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Biochar Trials in West Midlands WA
Biochar for Pasture Improvement Spreading biochar and lime by hand in the West Midlands Group biochar, lime and pasture trial. We travelled to Dale [...]
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Carbon Farming Begins Business
The Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) Administrator has been appointed and the CFI is now operational which will allow land managers, farmers and landfill operators [...]
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Funding for Carbon Farming
Carbon Farming Projects Supported by Government The Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Food have launched “Filling the Research Gap” as part of its Carbon [...]
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