10 Habits of Farmers with Healthy Soils

Healthy soils beneath our crops and pastures will mean a healthy hip pocket and a healthy catchment.  So what are they top 10 habits of producers who can maintain heatlhy soils?  1. Maintain organic matter and ground cover 2. Maintain soil fertility 3. Maintain...

RCS to host Flood Webinar for Farmers

BCCA have worked alongside RCS Consulting and know of many others in the catchment who do also.  They’ve joined forces with Entello Group and The Right Mind to put on a webinar info night for farmers to inform and inspire now that the clean-up and recover from...

Floodwaters and turtle hatchlings

The weekend saw a torrential amount of rain falling on the coastal Burnett areas, and our thoughts go out to those who have been affected by the flood conditions. Just as we were getting excited about the first of our protected wild nesting areas for the...

Burnett’s freshwater turtles make a splash!

Literally! The Burnett’s largest freshwater turtle, White-throated Snapping Turtle, under threat from nest predation by wild dogs and goannas, have recieved the royal treatment this year. Nesting season began back in May, with the Department of Environment and...

Miriam Vale Rural Science Field Day

Miriam Vale Rural Science and Landcare Society are holding their Annual Field Day “Should meat be on the menu?” Carbon Ecomony Implications for the Beef Industry Guest Speakers include: David Mason-Jones – Journalist recently published “Should...

Better soils for less weeds

Better soils for less weeds – that was the idea behind the Better Burnett project which used compost tea on an infestation on local weed Creeping Lantana. The Better Burnett Catchment Recovery Pilot saw more than 100 landholders partnering with BCCA, over 50 000...

Compost for Citrus

We’ve all used compost before – on the vege patch, in the flower pot.  Adding compost can improve the drainage of your heavy soils or improve water and nutrient retention in light soils.  The Australian Agricultural College Corporation (AACC) are putting...

Carbon Workshop, Murgon

South East Burnett Landcare Group invite you to attend  the final adventure of Stanley the Soil Sample… Please note the change of date…….from the 27th October to the 5th November WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CARBON… NOW! Featuring Alan Lauder...

Native Forest Practice Field Day, Gin Gin

Producers in the Gin Gin region can register to attend a free of charge vegetation management/native forest practice field day Topics covered include: – Up-to-date information on the Vegetation Management Act 1999 and Regrowth Vegetation Code – Assistance...

Managing Climate Risk – Grains BMP Workshop, Kingaroy

Reducing threats and building resilience in managing climate variability and climate change whilst maximising opportunities for grain production! New GRAINS BMP (Best Management Practice) module for the Northern Grains Region builds on the highly successful workshop...

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