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Carbon Farming 101

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Click here for the Carbon Farming Week program.

Conference MC: Andrea Koch - Program Leader, Soil Carbon Initiative

Day 1 - Outline - Wednesday 28th September
Day 2 - Outline - Thursday 29th September

PLEASE NOTE: Rapid change in Legislation and Regulations covering carbon farming could lead to changes in speakers and content.

Day One. 

  
Morning Session  SETTING THE SCENE FOR CARBON TRADING.

9.00 am

  • Acknowledgement to Country and conference introduction - MC Andrea Koch

Alex McBratney and Andrea Koch - Soil Security Alex McBratney and Andrea Koch - Soil Security (309 KB)

  • Welcome to City – Mayor of Dubbo, Cr Matthew Dickerson

9.10 am

THE CARBON PUZZLE: REASSEMBLING LAND AND LIVELIHOODS:
  • The curious journey of The Quivira Coalition
Courtney White, The Quivira Coalition

 

10.00 am

 

THE SCIENCE OF CARBON IN THE LANDSCAPE:

  • What is the science saying?  
  • Agriculture: Problem or Solution?  
  • The Many Co-Benefits of Carbon Sequestration: Healthy farms, healthy rivers, biodiversity conservation
Peter Cosier, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists

Peter Cosier - The Science of Carbon in the Landscape Peter Cosier - The Science of Carbon in the Landscape (865 KB)

10.30 am  PANEL SESSION: Q&A From the floor.

11.00 am

 Morning Tea. Served in Exhibition Area.
Day One  Second Session
  11.30 am

 

 LETS GET DOWN TO BUSINESS:
  • The Carbon Farming Initiative Explained  
  • How can farmers get involved?  
  • What is a methodology, who can submit one.  
  • Which methodologies have been submitted already?  
  • Who has started to trade?  
  • Who will buy?  
  • What are the risks, potential returns?
Shayleen Thompson – First Assistant Secretary, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.  

Shayleen Thompson - The Carbon Farming Initiative Shayleen Thompson - The Carbon Farming Initiative (699 KB)


  12.00 pm

 

 AGRICULTURE AND WHAT CAN BE TRADED
WHAT IS THE JOURNEY OF A CARBON OFFSET CREDIT?
  • How it was derived
  • Role of an environmental registry
  • Selling of the credit
  • Retiring of the credit
  • The benefits to farmers
Ben Stuart, Director of Carbon Trading, Carbon Trade Xchange
  12.30 pm

 

ROLE OF THE BROKER:

  • What is a carbon exchange?  
  • What is a carbon credit? An AAU? 
  • How does this trade take place?  
  • Can we trade direct to customer? 
  • What is aggregation? Who can do it? 
  • Commodity unit vs gourmet carbon units. 
  • How can this make regional Australia stronger?

Freddy Sharpe, CEO Climate Friendly

Freddy Sharpe - Australian Carbon Market Opportunities Freddy Sharpe - Australian Carbon Market Opportunities (905 KB)

1.00 pm

 Lunch is served in the exhibition area.
DAY ONE   AFTERNOON SESSION.
 

2.00 pm

 

 MICROBIAL DIVERSITY - EVER ACHIEVED 5-10 TRILLION TO THE GRAM?
  • Extreme Carbon Farming - Enlisting the 'billions below' to assist us in the job
  • What tools do I need?

Speaker: Jeremy Bradley

Jeremy Bradley - Extreme Carbon Farming Jeremy Bradley - Extreme Carbon Farming (5732 KB)

 

2.30 pm

 

WHO IS THERE TO HELP?

  • Role of the Catchment Management Authorities  
  • How will they assist farmers to trade?

Ian Rogan, Board Member, Central West Catchment Management Authority

Ian Rogan - Who is there to help? Ian Rogan - Who is there to help? (2614 KB)

3.00 pm

Principal sponsors

DO SOIL STIMULANTS WORK?

  • Getting life back into West Australian sand lands.

Stuart MacAlpine and Rob Martin, Carbon Farmers

Stuart McAlpine - Rebuilding My Soils; Brick by Brick Stuart McAlpine - Rebuilding My Soils; Brick by Brick (2574 KB)

3.30 pm 

 Afternoon Tea – Served in the exhibition area.
Day One Fourth session.

4.00 pm

 

 

Farming With Invisible Forces: Earth, Energy and Agriculture
  • How invisible forces such as magnetism and energy lines can stimulate soil microbes and plant growth. 
  • Paramagnetic rock dust and “towers” for soil health.
  • Permaculture, plant and animal well-being and Spirit of Landscape.
  • Dowsing to restore damaged land.  
Alanna Moore, Author and teacher, Geomantica

Alanna Moore - Farming with invisible forces Alanna Moore - Farming with invisible forces (4480 KB)


4.30 pm

AN UPDATE ON THE SOLAR OPPORTUNITIES - ARE THERE ANY LEFT?

  • The new State Government has changed the face of the solar industry in NSW.
  • What is the lay of the land now?
  • Can solar reach parity with coal.
  • How do I avoid the constant increases in electricity costs - can I be self sufficient?
Iain McGregor - Solar Choice

Iain McGregor - The developing and increasing feasability of solar in rural Australia Iain McGregor - The developing and increasing feasability of solar in rural Australia (2215 KB)

5.00 pm

Wine and Cheese Tasting in the Exhibition Area.
7.30 pm Conference Awards Dinner. Carbon Cocky of the Year announced.

Day Two

  

 

Morning Session
9.00 am, 9.30 am 10am  YOUR CARBON FARM ENTERPRISE: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
  • Advances in Carbon Farming Techniques
  • Solutions to the soil carbon challenges. What has been working on farm?
  • Farmers talk about success stories
  • Biological approaches
  • New fertilizer solutions
  • Methods to reduce nitrous oxide emissions.
  • New, low carbon cropping approaches.
  • How to choose the ‘best’ approach for your farm

David Clayfield, Tim Woods and Michael Yeo, Carbon Farmers

David Clayfield - View to South East David Clayfield - View to South East (2427 KB)


Michael Yeo - Accidential Carbon Farming Michael Yeo - Accidential Carbon Farming (9570 KB)

 10.30 am  Morning Tea. Served in the exhibition area
 11.00 am DRIVING DOWN THE TRANSACTION COSTS FOR CARBON FARMING
  • Role of the project developer
  • Ingredients for a carbon farming credit
  • Streamlining the recipe
  • Record keeping for profit
  • Models vs measurement
  • Uncertainty/pricing tradeoffs
  • Software demonstration

Peter Richardson, Chief Asset Officer, Object Consulting
 

11.30 am

GOVERNMENT POLICY IMPACT ON FARM

  • The Carbon Farming Initiative and Putting a Price on Carbon: Impact On Farmers and Farming
Senator Matt Thistlethwaite

12 noon 

PANEL SESSION - Q&A from the floor.

12.30 pm

Lunch served in the exhibition area.
Day Two Afternoon session.

1.30 pm

 

 STARTING A CARBON FARM PLAN
  • What is a 'carbon farm plan' and why do I do it?
  • Where would my ‘carbon trees go’?
  • Where would I do a soil Carbon methodology?
  • What information do I need?
  • What if I wanted to reduce methane, or nitrous oxide.
  • What if I have a wetland, or an endangered animal or plant species?

John Friend, Leader, Soil and Salinity, NSW Department of Primary Industry

John Friend - Starting a Carbon Farming Plan John Friend - Starting a Carbon Farming Plan (765 KB)

 

2.00 pm

LOWERING THE COSTS OF MEASUREMENT

  • Latest tools and techniques for spatial and digital mapping
  • When can we use them?

Speaker: Dr. Chris Waring, ANSTO Institute for Environmental Research

Dr. Chris Waring - Lowering the cost of measurement Dr. Chris Waring - Lowering the cost of measurement (2725 KB)

   
Day Two  Afternoon Session

2.30 pm

SOIL SECURITY: THE FUTURE OF CARBON FARMING

  • Peak oil, peak phosphorous, climate change and peak soil.

  • Farmers and food security.

Professor John Crawford University of Sydney Institute for Sustainable Solutions. Inaugural Chair, Judith and David Coffey Chair in Sustainable Agriculture.

 

3.00 pm

THOSE WHO THINK SOMETHING CAN'T BE DONE, SHOULD GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THOSE WHO ARE DOING IT

  • Innovation that can/will happen when there is a price on carbon? 
  • What could be the opportunities in the future?
  • What are the technologies and concepts that are developing in other fields that can/will be applied to measuring soil carbon?

Terry McKosker, Principal RCS

Terry McKosker - Those who think something can not be done, should get out of the way of those who a Terry McKosker - Those who think something can not be done, should get out of the way of those who a (4277 KB)

3.30 pm PANEL SESSION. Q&A from the floor.
4.00 pm Afternoon tea served in the Exhibition area.

4.15 pm

CONFERENCE WRAP UP

  • Where to next if I want more information?
  • What if I want to start a trading enterprise on my place?

Michael Kiely, Chairman, Carbon Farming and Trading Association.

4.45 pm CONFERENCE CLOSE

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