The Cool Soil Initiative at Charles Sturt is a paddock-to-product partnership. It supports farmers in exploring their practices to improve the health of their soil, increase their yield, and reduce on-farm greenhouse gas emissions. The purpose of the Cool Soil Initiative is to enable a scientifically credible framework for the food industry to support farmers in making a healthier, sustainable future for our farming industry.
This initiative aims to help farmers improve soil health and deliver greater yield and profitability while also pursuing the reduction of on-farm GHG emissions.
The team works with farmers growing hard wheat, soft wheat and irrigated corn in NSW and Victoria, providing on-ground support to farmers, soil tests and GHG emission reports. Farmers are also supported in testing new practices to improve the resilience of their system, including improved soil health. The team are also adapting the Cool Farm Tool, an online GHG calculator suited for commodity supply chain reporting, to suit Australian conditions.
