Guilfoyle Carbon Project 7

Guilfoyle Carbon Project 7 is a soil carbon project located in the Buloke local government area of north-western Victoria, approximately 15km northeast of Birchip. It was registered in September 2022 and covers 190.64 Ha.

Soil carbon projects involve undertaking new or materially different agricultural land management activities to increase the carbon stored in the soil. The 2021 methodology requires establishing a baseline and measuring the increase in soil carbon over time through direct soil sampling, which can also be combined with modelled estimates.

The Wimmera-Mallee region is known for broadacre dryland cropping (such as wheat and barley) and sheep grazing operations. The area is considered semi-arid with low to medium rainfall, and soils are generally a mix of sandy loams and clay loams.

This project increases carbon in soil in the agricultural system by applying nutrients to the land in the form of a synthetic or non-synthetic fertiliser to address a material deficiency, retaining stubble after a crop is harvested, and converting from intensive tillage practices to reduced or no tillage practices. Interestingly, it is part of a larger aggregation of ten Guilfoyle projects managed by Agriprove Solutions Pty Ltd, and registry data shows this specific project has already been issued 382 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs).