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  • Aboriginal NRM
    Rangers Continuing to Upskill

    With the upcoming spray season nearly upon us we thought it would be a good idea to do a “refresher” course and ensure the safety of our Rangers plus give them the confidence and skills they need when applying and handling chemicals.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Carbon Farming site assessments are underway for potential sequestration projects across the Wheatbelt.

    Carbon Farming site assessments service available. Wheatbelt NRM is providing consultant services for potential sequestration projects across the Wheatbelt for landholders who received vouchers under the State Government’s Carbon for Farmers Voucher Program.

  • Healthy Environments
    One Last Look at 2022

    The Wheatbelt community and our Healthy Environments team have been hard at work this year looking after the region’s black-cockatoos, malleefowl,

  • Aboriginal NRM
    A Year in Review

    We kicked off January 2022 with the new Aboriginal NRM Action plan, Koort Boodjar Mia Boodjar (my Heartland my Homeland), and Steph, the new Project Coordinator, started with the team.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    It’s a Wrap for 2022!

    Looking back at the year that was, it’s certainly been a year of highs and lows, thankfully more highs.

  • Community Engagement
    Winners Picked for 2023 Calendar

    Our 2023 calendar has just arrived hot off the press (order your copy here). Each year we pick a theme unique to our special corner of the world, and this year we wanted to highlight an often overlooked but crucial link in our ecosystem: the noble Tree.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    National NRM Conference

    Our team was lucky enough to attend the 8th National NRM conference a few weeks back, hosted by our friends at South West Catchments Council in Margaret River.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Kane Page Still Kicking Goals for Soil Health

    Wheatbelt NRM was proud to have the opportunity to host the National Soil Advocate the Hon. Dr Penny Wensley AC on a field trip to Masonville Farm in East Brookton with Kane and Paula Page in late September.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Ground Cover Grants Finalised

     Twenty landholders across the Wheatbelt have secured small grants of up to $2,500 to plant fodder and increase groundcover on their mixed farming properties as part of the National Landcare Program funded project, Optimising Fodder Options in Mixed Farming Systems.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Wheatbelt Soil Health Champion 2022, Rob Hetherington

    Wheatbelt’s 2022 soil health champion, Rob Hetherington of Lake Camm, believes that soil health is the backbone of agriculture, irrespective of where you are in the world.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Talkin’ Soil Health – it’s a Wrap for 2022

    If you didn’t make it to Talkin’ Soil Health held in August in York, you missed out, as it was a sell-out at 200 participants.  Feedback has been that it was not just the biggest, but also the best event held yet.  ‘Building Resilience from the Sub

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Fascinating Finds: Spring Beetle Update

    We are still receiving samples from farmers across the Wheatbelt of Dung Beetles to be mapped to see what seasonal patterns we have throughout the Wheatbelt.