Lynch Carbon project
Koolah Angus Beef, a family grazing enterprise that forms the Lynch Carbon Project, has generated 641 Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs) under the ACCU Scheme in a 2 year period.
Derek Walter manages the Project which is run on Koolah, a property that has been in the Walter family since 1949. They are running just under 100 breeding cows on 156 hectares after having lowered their stocking rate as a part of their land management strategy.
Lynch Carbon project
Photo credit: Derek Walter
The Walters continue to subdivide larger paddocks into smaller ones and cattle are grazed in as large a mob as is practical. A Soilkee renovator was also purchased to support the project.
The project has generated
Project Highlights:
ACCUs issued within 2 years of project operation
The project is beyond net-zero carbon intensity, sequestering more carbon than it emitted each year.
First soil carbon project in South Australia to be issued ACCUs
Lynch Carbon Project
Photo credit: Derek Walter
Results
Since beginning the soil carbon project profitability has increased at an enterprise scale, with input costs relating to fertiliser and chemical sprays almost nil.
The Lynch Carbon Project is also the first South Australian agribusiness to successfully undergo AgriProve’s Carbon Intensity Assessment program. This shows landholders Vic and Helen Walter, with son Derek and daughter in-law Sarah, are successfully sequestering more carbon than they are emitting each year, proving they are beyond net-zero carbon intensity.
Derek Walter: “For farmers, getting into carbon credits requires knowledge and accounting of something we’re not yet experts in. When it came to assistance with banks and other stakeholders AgriProve’s support was really important for us – they knew the answers to the questions being asked. While we were waiting for the credits to be issued we knew AgriProve were doing the work to make it happen.”
Soil sampling being conducted on Lynch Carbon Project
Photo credit: Derek Walter
WHY AGRIPROVE
AgriProve uses data driven tools and unique financing mechanisms to make regenerative grazing accessible and profitable for farmers. Partnering with landholders and industry leaders to mutually benefit from carbon project success. Our unique ACCU success fee model removes the risk and creates a true partnership for the entirety of the project.
Utilising AgriProve’s innovative, digitally enabled Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) model project partners benefit from the expedited soil sampling and carbon crediting process.
““We chose to partner with AgriProve for the carbon project as the ability to offset our upfront costs removed the cost barrier for us, particularly as we had no guarantee on the ability of our soil to sequester carbon at all.””