Reid Carbon Project

Reid Carbon Project is a soil carbon project located in the Upper Lachlan local government area, approximately 15km west of Crookwell in New South Wales. It was registered on July 31, 2020, and covers a project area of 56.54 hectares.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Measurement of Soil Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Systems) Methodology Determination 2018. This soil carbon methodology involves undertaking new or materially different management activities to increase the amount of carbon stored in agricultural soils. Standard requirements dictate establishing a robust carbon baseline through physical soil sampling (usually at 0-30cm and deeper depths), and monitoring sequestration combined with modelling over a typical 25-year permanence period. For this specific project, the proponent is actively increasing soil carbon by re-establishing or rejuvenating the pasture through seeding or pasture cropping.

The Upper Lachlan and broader Southern Tablelands region is well known for its extensive rural operations, primarily sheep and beef cattle grazing, alongside specialty crop production such as potatoes. The local environment receives moderate to high rainfall, averaging around 746mm annually, and features rich basalt soils along with texture-contrast types such as podzolics, red loams, and pockets of grey clay.

Interestingly, on March 29, 2021, the project's proponent was varied from Agriprove Pty Ltd to Agriprove Solutions Pty Ltd. The Reid Carbon Project is also part of a larger aggregated portfolio under Carbon Abatement Contract CAC808228, which bundles multiple Agriprove properties, including the Burns Carbon Project, McCay Carbon Project, and Smith Carbon Project, to deliver Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to the Clean Energy Regulator.