Brought to you by Loam, 'The Dirt' takes a closer look at how new technologies, science, and land management strategies can increase soil organic carbon (SOC) and turn your dirt into healthy agricultural soils. Dan Reid from the Loam talks to farmers and experts from Loam about the basics of increasing carbon build, integrating new technologies on-farm, and participating in carbon projects in Australia.
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Grower profile - Steve Nicholson - The first SecondCrop farmer
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Loam’s Dan Reid is chats with Loam's first SecondCrop grower Steve Nicholson, while at the Australian National Field Days at Borenore near Orange. Steve farms at Wirrinya, in-between Forbes and Grenfell in the central west of NSW. Steve spent many years as District Agronomist with the Department of Agriculture and has been farming at Wirrinya for t…
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Carbon Projects explained - Torben Heinzel
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Dan talks to Torben Heinzel about all the Steps in a SecondCrop Carbon Project. Grower Feasibility Survey, Meet with Loam, Mapping, Land Management Strategy, Eligible Land Management Activities, Contract with Loam, Register with the Clean Energy Regulator, Farm Emissions Profile, Baseline Soil Sampling, T1 Soil Sampling and ACCU credits. Link to Gr…
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Loam’s Grower Communications Manager Dan Reid is out on farm at Canowindra, NSW with grower Stuart McDonald, who has entered into a carbon project with Loam to build soil carbon. This episode covers: Why did you decide to go into a carbon project with Loam? Why is building soil health important? What is enterprise stacking? What would you say to a …
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Loam’s Grower Communications Manager Dan Reid chats to Loam’s Carbon Agronomists Guy Webb and Phil Peterson at Loam's headquarters in Orange, NSW. This episode covers: Do I need to change my management practices to build carbon? What change will make the most difference? Is there a ceiling on the amount of carbon you can build? What are the co-bene…
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What does Loam's fungi actually do to improve soil?
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Loam’s Grower Communications Manager Dan Reid chats to Loam’s Carbon Agronomists Guy Webb and Phil Peterson. This episode covers: What does Loam's endophyte fungi actually do to improve soil? How long does carbon last in the soil? How fast can I store carbon? Please send in your curly carbon questions to the team through twitter, facebook or instag…
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Loam’s Grower Communications Manager Dan Reid chats to Loam’s Senior Carbon Agronomist Phil Peterson. Dan chats to Phil about some of the common questions that they hear from growers when discussing soil carbon. This episode covers: What's the dirt on soil carbon? What is CO2e? Does tillage affect carbon stocks? Send in your curly carbon questions …
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Intro to Loam - featuring co-founder Guy Webb
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The Dirt is a short form podcast hosted by Loam’s Grower Communications Manager Dan Reid. In this introductory episode, Dan chats to one of the founders of Loam in agronomist Guy Webb. Guy has decades of experience in the Australian grain farming industry, and has a real passion for ensuring farmers have healthy soils now and into the future. This …
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Loam’s Grower Communications Manager Dan Reid chats to Loam’s Senior Carbon Agronomist Phil Peterson. Following on from the previous episode, Dan chats to Phil about some of the regular questions that they hear from growers when discussing soil carbon. This episode covers How do you measure soil carbon? What’s the difference between Soil carbon & o…
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