Stash your carbon underground
Farmer tackles climate and boosts productivity
❝ I’ve had about a 50 per cent increase in production, I’ve had a 40 per cent reduction in fertiliser application, tractor hours have gone down by 40 per cent, and labour went down by 60 per cent... — Robert Quirk
KIRILI LAMB kirili.lamb@ruralweekly.com.au
RURAL WEEKLY
ROBERT Quirk is proud to have achieved 6 per cent organic soil carbon on his Tweed Valley cane property.
“I’ve been told it can’t be done, but we’ve done it,” he said.
It is a high soil carbon content for a cropping operation, achieved as part of a...
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