Fysh Carbon project
The Fysh Carbon Project is a 393-hectare cattle farming operation with a land management strategy incorporating multi-species pasture and planned grazing management.
The multi species seed mix was selected to increase plant diversity and help increase soil organic carbon levels.
The weather conditions are warm and temperate. The area receives an average annual rainfall of 830mm.
Karen Scanalan (Landholder) Andrew Bremner (AgriProve) on-farm at Fysh carbon project
The project has generated
Project Highlights:
Government funding through National Landcare Smart Farms Small Grants Program.
The Queensland Government is purchasing the first Australian Carbon Credit Units issued under the AgriProve digitally enabled model. These ACCUs are being purchased through the Land Restoration Fund.
Pasture improvements by sowing a multi-species seed mix on farm have led to an increased carrying capacity of 400%.
Results
The Fysh Carbon Project was registered as a soil carbon project in 2020. The Mount Tom project delivers a mix of environmental, social and economic co-benefits for partnering farmers and the local community.
The project was registered with the aim of improving the resilience of the land while increasing productivity and profitability through improved agricultural output and the additional benefit of carbon credit yields as an additional revenue stream.
Karen Scanlan: “Most of Australia is either in drought or flooding – it’s tough being a farmer, and anything that diversifies our farming income is important. We want to leave our land better than we found it for future generations including our daughter, especially when we have Baffle Creek along our border which runs into the Great Barrier Reef.”
ENVIRONMENTAL CO BENEFITS
AgriProve and Fysh Carbon Project achieved a major milestone in the collaboration under the Queensland Government - Land Restoration Fund (LRF). The co-benefits baseline assessments, collected by Carbon Stock and Ecotec, have been successfully completed as part of the LRF reporting process.
We're thrilled to share some stunning photos captured during the assessments, showcasing the positive environmental impact the Fysh Carbon Project is supporting. These images highlight the thriving ecosystems and diverse vegetation resulting from sustainable land management practices.
WHY AGRIPROVE
AgriProve’s innovative soiltech approach to monitoring soil carbon projects uses satellite groundcover and biomass data to highlight changes in soil carbon sequestration rates. A proprietary Soil Organic Carbon model was used to identify a likely increase in soil carbon which brought forward the date of the subsequent sampling round, fast-tracking ACCU issuance from five years to a more attractive two.
This project is the first to undergo AgriProve’s carbon intensity assessment which shows landholders when they are successfully sequestering more carbon than they are emitting each year for their farming operation. This assessment provides proof they are beyond carbon neutral.
““The AgriProve team made the soil carbon project registration process really easy and with the pasture improvement program we have implemented as part of the soil carbon project we have been able to quadruple our stocking rate from 80 to 320 head of adult cattle.” ”