Benefit-cost analysis lends support for improved farm dam management
New Sustainable Farms research looking at the potential net benefits from enhancing farm dams has yielded promising results.
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New planting guide for enhancing farm dams
Sustainable Farms is delighted to launch the new resource, Enhancing farm dams: What to plant in and around your dam.
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The Bird Checker app: estimate bird occupancy on farms
Ever wondered which birds might live on your farm? The Sustainable Farms webtool, Bird Checker: A bird occupancy estimator, enables the user to estimate which birds are likely to be found on a farm in the box-gum grassy woodlands.
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Sustainable Farms Research Results Workshops
In May-June, Sustainable Farms will hold three Research Results Workshops across the project area. Researchers from ecology, mental health and economics will share latest research results to help support practice change on farms in the temperate eucalypt woodlands.
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2024 calendar available now!
Our 2024 Sustainable Farms calendar features stunning images of the remarkable biodiversity that can be found at farm farms. It also highlights the important role that these critters play in these special ecosystems and the benefits for sustainable agricultural production.
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2023 calendar available now!
Our 2023 Sustainable Farms calendar features stunning images of the woodland flora and fauna that is found on farms.
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BirdCast webtool launches
New webtool enables land managers to estimate the birds present in woodlands on farms.
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2022 calendar out now!
Our 2022 Sustainable Farms calendar features stunning images of woodland landscapes and wildlife. The calendar also provides insights from our research on the management of natural assets on farms.
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2021 calendar – hot off the press!
Each year we create a calendar highlighting nature on farms. For this year’s calendar we asked farmers in our project area to share a photo and story about their favourite tree.
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Passing the baton in the ecology team
This week our senior field ecologist, Dr Mason Crane (pictured above checking a nest box), leaves us to join the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust, marking the end of an era and passing the baton to a new team of field staff for Sustainable Farms.
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