Project supported by the Tasmanian Climate Change Office
Making Cent$ of Carbon and Emissions on-farm
The Making Cent$ of Carbon and Emission On-farm booklet provides examples of actions that farm businesses can take to improve their emissions performance on-farm under key action areas. The booklet is aimed to help farmers take control of their situation and consider options to improve resource efficiency of their operations.
Tasmanian Farming Futures project
Tasmanian case studies
The fact sheets below provide real Tasmanian case studies on how producers are improving farm efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emission.
Case studies include:
Case studies were produced by the Tas Farming Futures project led by RM Consulting Group with funding from the Australian Government.
Farm Emissions Reduction Planning Information Guide
The Farm Emissions Reduction Planning Information guide provides a guide for the development of Farm Emissions Reduction Plans (ERPs). This guide is intended for advisors and consultants preparing farm plans for their Tasmanian clients but can also be used by farmers to develop their own plans.
Further resources can be found on the My Carbon Farming web site.
Soil Carbon Stories
Working with farmers to increase soil carbon storage (PDF) is the stories from six Tasmanian graziers who have experimented with pasture management techniques on their farms. Each case study highlights how graziers can make changes to pasture management to best suit their local environment and farm business. The stories tell the importance of enhancing the health and resilience of pasture-based enterprises into the future. The two year project monitored the effect of management change on soil carbon storage under dryland grazing. This publication was produced by the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture and Pear Consulting.
Information Sheets
Impacts of climate change on agriculture is a joint production of the Tasmanian Government and the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) and the following information sheets focus on opportunities and risks associated with climate change across a range of Tasmanian agricultural enterprises:
Impact of climate change on Tasmanian agriculture - overview
Information Sheet (2.84 MB, 4 pages)
Dryland pastures (red meat production)
Information Sheet (2.99 MB, 4 pages)
Irrigated pastures (dairy production)
Information Sheet (2.32 MB, 4 pages)
Meander Valley - barley, poppies, pyrethrum, blueberries and hazelnuts under irrigation
Information Sheet (2.23 MB, 6 pages)
Wheat production (cereals)
Information Sheet (2.80 MB, 4 pages)
Wine grape production
Information Sheet (3.21 MB, 4 pages)
What farmers say about climate change
Information Sheet (3.67 MB, 5 pages)
If you require low resolution copies to be emailed to you or hard copies to be posted of these information sh
eets, please contact TIA Corporate Communications, email: tia.enquiries@utas.edu.au
The material in the information sheets was developed from outputs from the Climate Futures for Tasmania project. In particular, from the Impacts on Agriculture Technical Report (Holz et al 2010), available on the Department of Premier and Cabinet website.
Photo montage credits (l - r) Suzie Gaynor, Rachael Brown, Suzie Gaynor, Stefanio Lubiana Wines, Suzie Gaynor