Minmore Soil Carbon Project

The Minmore Soil Carbon Project is a soil carbon sequestration initiative located in the South Burnett region of Queensland, approximately 25 kilometers west of the major agricultural town of Kingaroy. Registered on March 28, 2017, the project encompasses a significant landholding of 5,947.96 hectares. The region is traditionally a mixed farming hub, well-known for both cattle grazing and cropping, particularly peanuts and navy beans, supported by the area's fertile soils.

The project operates under the "Sequestering Carbon in Soils in Grazing Systems" (2014) methodology. This framework allows landholders to earn Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) by increasing soil organic carbon levels through changes in land management. Unlike modelled methods, this 2014 determination is measurement-based, requiring the proponent to take physical soil core samples to establish a baseline and subsequent rounds of sampling to demonstrate carbon stock increases. The specific activity nominated for this project is managing pasture, which typically involves rejuvenating pastures or altering grazing intensity to encourage root growth and biomass retention in the soil.

Environmentally, the project sits within a sub-tropical climate zone characterized by warm, humid summers and mild winters, with an average annual rainfall of approximately 780mm, which is summer-dominant. The South Burnett region is geologically distinct, famous for its deep Red Ferrosols (red volcanic earths) which are highly productive and free-draining, alongside areas of Black Vertosols (cracking clays) and lighter sandy loams in the grazing country. The proponent, Minmore Nominees Pty Ltd, manages the property "Minmore," a station with a long history of grazing in the district.