Carbon Farming Outreach Program
The Carbon Farming Outreach Program assists Victorian farmers and land managers to understand carbon farming and how they can benefit from moving to a low-carbon future.
Program overview
The Carbon Farming Outreach Program provides independent information and training to Victorian farmers, helping them make informed decisions about carbon farming.
Carbon farming training is available to all farmers from all industries throughout Victoria.
Delivered in partnership with Victoria’s 10 Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs) and Landcare Victoria Inc, the program ensures that farmers and land managers across Victoria have access to free and trusted information and resources on carbon farming, including:
- What is carbon farming?
- Carbon farming benefits and risks
- Sources of on-farm emissions and options to reduce emissions and store carbon
- Calculating emissions and carbon storage for your property
- Planning, reporting and monitoring carbon farming activities
- Understanding carbon credit markets and opportunities from carbon credits
Upcoming carbon farming events
- 17 June – Know your number, control your future – Cohuna
- 18 June – Know your number, control your future – Boort
- 19 June – Know your number, control your future – Kerang
- 27 June - Diversifying farm income: boost your farm’s future – Wangaratta
- 1 July – Know your number, control your future – Rochester
- 2 July – Know your number, control your future – St Arnaud
- 3 July – Know your number, control your future – Castlemaine
- 3 July – Talking trees webinar
- 14 July - On-farm emissions for advisors - Longerenong
- 15 July – Emissions and productivity: what farmers need to know with Cam Nicholson – Apsley
- 21 July – So you know your number, now what? – Horsham
- 22 July – Emissions and productivity: What farmers need to know with Dr Cass Schefe – Kaniva
Get involved
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Register nowOn-farm emissions case studies
Read about what some Victorian farmers have learned around agricultural emissions and lowering on-farm emissions.
Read the case studiesThe Victorian Carbon Farming Outreach Program is delivered with funding support from the Commonwealth of Australia through the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water under the National Carbon Farming Outreach Program.
The program is delivered through a partnership between Agriculture Victoria, 10 catchment management authorities, Landcare Victoria Inc and other bodies.