Archibald Carbon Project

Archibald Carbon Project is a soil carbon sequestration project located approximately 15km north-west of Molong and 45km north-west of Orange in the Cabonne local government area of New South Wales. It was registered in October 2020 and covers 162.34 hectares.

Soil carbon projects under the Measurement of Soil Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Systems (2018) methodology involve adopting new or materially different management activities to build carbon stored in the agricultural soil. Standard requirements include extracting baseline physical soil cores for measurement before the new activities begin, followed by rigorous subsequent sampling and laboratory testing to calculate the actual net carbon sequestered and verify permanence.

The Cabonne region and the broader Central Tablelands are heavily agricultural, widely known for sheep and beef cattle grazing alongside winter cropping such as wheat and canola. The environment generally experiences moderate rainfall, while soil types range from productive loams and clays to rich basalt-derived soils.

This project aims to increase carbon in the soil specifically by changing grazing patterns, such as altering the stocking rate, duration, or intensity of grazing. It is managed by Agriprove Solutions Pty Ltd and is part of a large bundled Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC808228) awarded by the Clean Energy Regulator, which encompasses over two dozen individual properties. The project is subject to a 25-year permanence period. In August 2026, a variation to the project's crediting period start date was officially applied, shifting it from October 2020 to April 2022.