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Key Metrics

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Soil Carbon% (0-30cm)
Soil Carbon Stocks 0-30cm
Property Carrying Capacity
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Mean
2.17%
78 t C/ha
28 SDH/100mm
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Range
0.46 - 2.03%
55-98 t C/ha
2-35 SDH/100mm using actual graze history per paddock
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Farm Profile

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Property
‘Lockwood’
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Location
Newbier, NSW
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Enterprise
Beef Breeding & Trading
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Your Goals

...these are what we have heard so far, they will change... please update as applicable
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Livestock
Increase numbers as capacity increases, towards a target top of circa 1500 Steers, (where prev has been circa 950-1200 through annually)
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Land
Increase soil fertility and pasture quality to increase animal performance (as ADG gains)
Continue development of larger paddocks to increase control over grazing
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People
Free up Johns time to allow greater development input on the other farm
Achieve sufficient development to allow simpler daily operations with less labour
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Business
Improve ADG to increase operating efficiency
Increase stocking rate to generate more profit for development elsewhere (?)
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Grazing
Continue imcremental improvements coming from sub-division
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Strategic Grazing

Assessment

Metric
Current Value
6 Mth Goals
Long Term Target
Comments
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Carrying Capacity
The long term LSU Days /Ha per 100mm rainfall
Cultivation: 220 DDH/100mm
Balance: 90 DDH/100mm
Farm Average:
150 DDH/100mm
no change
Farm Average:
tbc DDH/100mm

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Rest to Graze %
Average % of days paddocks are in recovery versus being grazed
30-50%
40-50%
75%+
This is the rolling proportion of time paddocks spend in rest versus graze
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# Paddocks per Mob
Average across the recent 12mths
3-4
5-10
20+
Will improve as the planned water points and paddock sub-divisions allow larger mobs
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Density ​Average graze density as Head/Ha
3-4 Head/Ha average
Trial 5-6+ head/ha as learning experience
15+ head/ha
Can become a greater focus once greater control over desired recovery period is achieved
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Stocking Rate : Carrying Capacity

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Observations

Carrying Capacity

There are 24 months of graze data in MaiaGrazing that provides a good indication of the spread in production, on a per paddock basis to help visualise where the actual carrying capacity has been in order to be realistic about future increase.
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Infrastructure

NOTE: It is recommended that the majority of new fencing & water point infrastructure be delayed until after Carbon project baselining is completed to allow this to be included in additionality requirements for any potential project registration.

Paddocks
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6 paddocks (roughly a third of paddocks) represent 77% of total farm area, meaning there is still large areas of development remaining to bring increase paddock count per mob, increase recovery rates and density required to achieve potential soil Carbon increases
The constraint to potential sub-division is adequate water points to meet the needs of larger mobs for reduced graze periods necessary in a greater number of smaller paddocks

Stock Water
Multiple bores to pull from, some needing testing for flow rates/adequacy etc
There are multiple creek access points for stock water

Pastures

The standout features of Lockwood pastures are:
Pasture Variation
The observed variation in structure, quality, species, diversity is significant, between the obviously less developed areas of what is currently Bullock paddock through to the fantastic mix of legumes/grasses in the Front sections
This really just suggests there remains a lot of upside potential in the Bullock areas and that older cattle with more teeth are possible a better option for rotation there until it progresses.
Plane of Nutrition
The variation in feed is not matched by variation in stock class consuming it, ie the implementation of a desirable graze rotation down to 1 or 2 mobs means there is very likely having an impact on the animal plane of nutrition, per rotation, moving the same animals through such variable feed
This is accentuated on Lockwood given the dominant stock Class is young cattle, say 200-400kg range, ranging through feed of differing quality.
Options to address this are in the Recommendations below.
Pasture presentation
the system of graze rotation being developed is keeping pastures in phase 2, as is desired, achieving solid and even utilisation in the smaller paddocks, but less so in the larger paddocks for obvious reasons. The pasture in Callide/Front paddocks were good examples of the former and the Parra grass in Scrub paddocks a good example of the latter.

Recommendations

Note: If you plan on committing to a registered carbon project then we recommend applying the recommendations in below AFTER project registration.
Take your time to develop confidence in rotation of livestock, we actually want to limit the implementation of any significant change prior to a Carbon Project registration and baselining.
Grazing & Livestock
Explore the benefits of treating Bullock as a dedicated cell, grazed by older cattle, eg trade cows, whilst it is in development and incrementally improving as a result of improvements to grazing rotation/impact
Explore the benefits of splitting the Steer portion into a Leader / Follower style of grazing in order to mitigate the shortfalls in feed quality. The lead group would continue to do well on current feed at low density with high selectivity in feed on offer, whilst larger follower mobs would then continue to work on meeting goals for animal impact on high feed levels.

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Land Health

Production Zones


Assessment (Topsoil)

Assessments
Zone 1
Zone 2
Zone 3
Zone 4
Zone 5
1
Soil Type & Observations
Better structured light clay loam
Denser structure of an ex-cultivation block, good quality
Noticably more anaerobic, sour smell from waterlogging
Heavier clay, some anaerobic waterlogging typical in wetlands
Medium clay, undulating tidal wetland
2
Water Infiltration
Target = 25+mm/hr
200mm/hr
150mm/hr
100mm/hr
300mm/hr
200-600mm/hr
3
Bulk Density
1.0
1.3
1.1
1.1
1.0
4
Pasture Type & Observations
Current growth rates of 1.25 SDH/day calculated in field
Better drained, more elevated, stronger pasture mix/diversity
Poorer looking quality feed, sour from waterlogging
100% thick Parramatta grass, needs legume introduction
Tully grass dominant spp, some Stylo, Rhodes, Centro, Mekong grass
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Groundcover (%)
Target = 90%+
100%
100%
95%
100% & thick litter layer thatch to breakdown
100% Thick litter layer & thatch to breakdown
6
Species Diversity
Legumes:
Siratro (Macroptilium atropurpureum)
Stylo (Stylosanthes hamata)
Centro (Centrosema)
Grasses: Rhodes, Pangola (Digitaria), Tully (Urochloa)
Centro, Siratro Mekong (Brachiaria) grass
Rhodes, Pangola dominant, some Tully grass
Minimal diversity, Parra grass dominant
Good diversity, legume (Centro) increasing
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Lab Analysis Overview

Soils

See “Soil Analysis Results” for full detail. The focus here is a high level summary of what will affect production and potential for SOC gains.
Focus
Zone 1
Zone 2
Zone 3
Zone 4
Zone 5
1
Topsoil 0-30cm
The best of the samples
Low Calcium, high Magnesium & Sodium
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Subsoil 30-50cm
Better than the topsoil, indicating is just a good deep, uniform soil of high potential
Very high sodium constraint (ESP 18%)
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Pasture Overview

See “Pasture Analysis Results” for full detail
Analysis
Zone 1
Zone 2
Zone 3
1
Constraints
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Opportunities
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Soil Input Recommendations

Soil

Zone
Goal
Input
Comments
Priority
Zone 1
2
Trigger improvement in structure, increase Sulphur
Gypsum @ 250kg/ha
High performance area warrants pushing along to access deeper soil depths
High
Raise Phosphorus & Nitrogen on targeted areas
Feedlot Manure or Gin Trash 2-2.5 t/ha to lift base P levels
$/tonne landed price needs investigation
Medium
Zone 2
3
Zone 3
2
All
2
Supplementation
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High
Selenium
If not already part of induction Selenium definitely needs reviewing
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High
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Pasture Inputs (if applicable)

Zone
Goal
Input
Timing
1
Zone 1
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Natural Capital Monetisation


Carbon Estimation Areas (CEA’s)

Work in progress
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Carbon Estimation Area
Size (ha)
Soil Carbon Level (%)
1
CEA 1
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2
CEA 2
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3
CEA 3
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4
CEA 4
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CEA Modelling: Additional Natural Capital Opportunities
Natural Capital Area
Opportunity
Size (ha)
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NCA 1
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2
NCA 2
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3
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Potential Improvement Area:




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