The Dirt by Loam

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 the past 22 years. Steve is the first grower to partner with Loam in a SecondCrop soil carbon project, with the program launching this year. Steve...

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 Grower Feasibility Survey Calculation for soil organic carbon Using a measure of bulk density the amount of carbon per hectare in a giv...

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 farmer who wants to know more about carbon?Please send in your curly carbon questions to the team through twitter, facebook or instagram. ...

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-benefits of building soil carbon?Keep the questions rolling in! Web www.loambio.com Facebook www.facebook.com/LoamBio/ Twitter @loambio Insta...

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 instagram. Web www.loambio.com Facebook www.facebook.com/LoamBio/ Twitter @loambio Instagram @loambio

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 to the team through twitter, facebook or instagram. Calculations Soil Organic Carbon (%) x 10,000 (m2) x Bulk Density (g/cm3) x soil dept...

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 & organic matter? Is carbon as important as NPK?Send in your curly carbon questions to the team through twitter, facebook or insta...

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 episode covers What Loam does Why the company was started Who the founders are that came together to form LoamHow Loam ...