Get to know our Ag Team
01 Jan 2019
Our Sustainable Ag team are responsible for increasing on-farm productivity, sustainability and resilience to climate variability and enhancing the condition of natural assets.
They deliver education and capacity building programs to Local Land Services customers that focus on:
- building farm productivity and sustainability through improved land management strategies and enhanced production processes to align with customer and market expectations.
- supporting customers to be better prepared to manage risks associated with climate variability and major disruptor events.
- supporting customers to respond to major events including drought, fire and flood.
They develop strategic partnerships to address industry-scale issues, such as with key research and development organisations.
Their aims are:
- Our customers’ farm productivity and sustainability are increased, natural assets are enhanced, and production processes are improved.
- Producers and agri-businesses are better prepared for climate variability and better manage and recover from major business disruptor events.
- Strategic partnerships are driving solutions to industry-scale issues and deliver services that lead to the adoption of innovation.
In 2020/21 our staff:
- Delivered a best practice grazing course to 15 graziers in the Kempsey region to assist them to recover from drought and improve their productivity and sustainability.
- Talked to more than 1,000 landholders, providing them with tailored advice for improving their productivity and sustainability.
- Delivered 21 in-person events, five webinars, seven You Tube videos and five podcasts received by more than 6,000 people.
- Since 2019 we have delivered programs to berry and vegetable growers worth $572,500 to improve irrigation efficiency and reduce erosion.
- In 2019/20 we delivered more than 80 grants to macadamia growers worth $594,000 to reduce the loss of soil from their property and improve production.
The North Coast Sustainable Ag Team comprises six staff members – Team Leader, Emmaline Froggatt and five staff in three locations:
Lismore
- Senior Land Services Officer Nathan Jennings
Coffs Harbour
- Senior Land Services Officer Julie Dart
- Land Services Officer Donna Cuthel
- Senior Land Services Officer Lelia Kamphorst
Kempsey
- Land Services Officer Alix Johnston
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