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The Victorian Mallee region presents several challenges for dryland farming communities, particularly during times of drought and periods of acute rainfall deficiency, where insufficient groundcover often results in severe wind-driven erosion events impacting soil health, crop potential, native vegetation, and the broader region through extensive dust storms.
This two year project (2022-2024) was developed under the Australian Government’s Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes Grants Program to support dryland farmers managing vulnerable soils in low rainfall and high wind erosion risk landscapes.
This project was delivered in partnership with:
Delivery focused on landscapes that demonstrate high wind erosion risk (i.e. combination of inherently susceptible soils and historically low ground cover) and areas most likely to be impacted (economically and environmentally) by drought. Sites were established across the region to trial and demonstrate the effective integration of different practices that can increase productivity while improving groundcover and stabilising vulnerable soils.
The following products were developed to support farmers to improve their current cropping/grazing strategies and move towards a system that will continue to be productive and profitable even through highly variable climatic conditions.
Mallee Sustainable Farming
Fodder Shrubs Decision Tree – Mallee Sustainable Farming
Building drought resilience on Mallee Farms – Mallee Sustainable Farming
Agriculture Victoria
Incorporating biosolids onfarm | Rise 360
Birchip Cropping Group
Integration of best practice management of vulnerable Mallee soils for improved drought resilience
Publications produced by the Mallee Catchment Management Authority may be of assistance to you but the Mallee Catchment Management Authority and its employees do not guarantee that the publication is without flaw or any kind or is wholly appropriate for your particular purpose and therefore disclaims all liability for any error, loss or other consequence which may arise from you relying on any information in any Mallee Catchment Management Authority publication.
This project received funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund
Mallee Catchment Management Authority
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Irymple VIC 3498
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