Upcoming Events
Dung Beetle breeding gone wild Tuesday 25th May 2021
Looking forward to learning more about these fasinating insects and how they can improve your farm.
Cafe Champignon with Alison Pouliot Thursday 13th May 2021 – This event has been made possible through the Cowra Council NRM Committee in partnership with Mid Lachlan Landcare.
Dung Beetle Project Expression of Interest due 26th February 2021
We are very excited to send out the expression of interest form for you to be part of our project to help establish the winter-active Bubas bison dung beetle around our region. Meet the Bubas bison dung beetle here.
Dung beetles can provide many benefits for our environment and our stock such as :-
- Sequestering carbon in the soil
- Improving soil health in grazing systems
- Reducing the spread of diseases and insect pests, including flies and parasites
- Increasing pasture health and productivity
- Reducing nutrient run-off into waterways.
Before you read further it is essential that you have cattle to take part in the project. It is fine if you have both sheep and cattle. (Sorry everyone else)
We are looking for 6 landholders to put 2 dung beetle nurseries on their properties. We will supply you with the nurseries, Bubas bison beetles and the training to have the best chance of getting these beetles to breed successfully. When the time is right you can then release them onto your farm for them to establish and expand their range.
This region currently has a gap in dung beetle activity during the winter period and through establishing this beetle we are hoping to reap the benefits of dung beetles further into the year. We know they can survive here as a number of landholders purchased colonies in about 2014 and beetles can still be found on their properties.
If you are interested in taking part in this project and are located within the Mid Lachlan Landcare area please complete the EOI (link below) and return to us by the 26th February 2021.
Feel free to give me a call if you would like further information. You can also find out more on our project page here
Thanks to Central Tablelands Local Land Services for providing the funding to get this project up and running.
Reports
Case Studies
Education Tours take on local students’ needs
Farmer Wellbeing and Regenerative Farming
Getting to know our Squirrel Gliders
Not enough Hollows to go Around
Grazing Management
January 2020 observations and the importance of groundcover
Zero Kill multi species cover cropping update April 2019
Zero kill multi species cover cropping for ground cover soil ecology and livestock March 2019
Don’t Think, Know Case Study 2018
Farmer Wellbeing and Regenerative Farming Case Study 2018
Grazing Group Field Day (Increasing productivity by improving on-farm ecology) March 2013
Dung Beetle Field Day October 2013
Closed Season Grazing Management Field Day December 2013
Open/Growing Season Grazing Management Field Day April 2014
Coonabarabran Field Trip – Temperate legumes and tropical grasses @ Bob Freebairn’s
Grazing Management Field Day with Brian Wehlburg
Grazing Management Field Day with Dr. Terry McCosker
South East Local Land Services Grazing Management Project – Field Day with Dick Richardson
Threatened Species
Eucalyptus melliodora(Yellow Box) natural regeneration in a grazing paddock
Squirrel Glider Species Profile
