Saving our soils during drought

Project Lead: Charles Sturt University
Project Duration: 2022-

Background

This project demonstrates and educates farmers about the use of Stock Management Areas (SMA) as a drought resilience strategy. This practice aims to improve drought resilience by maintaining groundcover across rested paddocks, so recovery from drought is quicker.

The project includes practical, hands-on training, case studies, 20 field visits across 6 demonstration sites, 20 workshops, expert modelling and follow up support, provided to at least 400 farmers in Southern NSW. 

The project is a partnership between farming system groups, NSW government (5 Local Land Services), universities and the Southern NSW Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub.