Saving our soils during drought

Southern NSW Innovation Hub
Written By Cristy Houghton

Project Funder: Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – Future Drought Fund

Project Lead Organisation/Researcher: NSW Local Land Services, Southern NSW Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub, Charles Sturt University

Project Durations: 2022-24

Aim

This project demonstrates and educates farmers about the use of Stock Management Areas (SMA) as a drought resilience strategy. This practice aims to improve drought resilience by maintaining groundcover across rested paddocks, so recovery from drought is quicker.

Background

The project includes practical hands-on training, case studies, 20 field visits across 6 demonstration sites, 20 workshops, expert modelling and follow up support, provided to at least 400 farmers in Southern NSW. 

Partnership

The project is a partnership between Local Land Services, CWFS, Holbrook Landcare, FarmLink, Riverine Plains, Soils Knowledge Network, Irrigated Cropping Council, Charles Sturt University and the Southern NSW Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub.

Cristy Houghton

Cristy's unique career has taken her from country NSW to the city lights of Clarendon Street South Melbourne and back again. With an early career in radio as a copywriter and creative strategist, she is now a Jill of all trades as a graphic designer, website builder, blog writer, video editor, social media manager, marketing strategist and more. 

In fact, give her any task and this chick will figure out how to do it! Go on, we dare you!

No, really, we DARE you!!

Cristy has won two Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) for Best Ad and Best Sales Promotion, and even has an 'Employee of the Year' certificate with her name on it.

Cristy and her husband James have traveled extensively through Russia, China and South East Asia, and have two fur-babies, Sooty (cat) and Panda (puppy). Cristy loves drinking coffee, meeting people to drink coffee, coffee tasting and coffee flavoured cocktails. She also enjoys road trips, TED Talks and watching cat videos on youtube.

http://www.embarketing.com.au
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