Reynolds Carbon Project 4

Reynolds Carbon Project 4 is a soil carbon sequestration project located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately 25 kilometers north of the town of Meckering and roughly 130 kilometers northeast of Perth. Registered on November 21, 2023, the project covers 232.02 hectares of agricultural land. The project area sits within the Shire of Cunderdin, a region heavily utilized for broadacre cropping and livestock grazing.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative, Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration using Measurement and Models) Methodology Determination 2021. This high-integrity method requires the proponent, Agriprove Solutions, to baseline current soil carbon levels through physical sampling. To generate Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs), the project must demonstrate a measurable increase in soil organic carbon over time compared to the baseline. This is achieved through new land management activities, which in this case involve applying synthetic or non-synthetic fertilizers to address nutrient deficiencies and re-establishing or rejuvenating pastures through seeding.

Environmentally, the Meckering and Cunderdin region experiences a Mediterranean climate characterized by cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers, with an average annual rainfall of approximately 350mm. The local landscape typically features sandplains and duplex soils (sand over clay), which can be naturally low in nutrients and organic matter. By addressing these deficiencies and improving pasture biomass, the project aims to sequester atmospheric carbon into the soil profile, creating a potential revenue stream through carbon credits while improving farm productivity.