Pallal Carbon Project 1

Pallal Carbon Project 1 is a soil carbon project located approximately 25km southwest of the town of Bingara, in the North West Slopes region of New South Wales. It was registered in April 2025 and covers an area of 80.89 ha. The project is managed by Agriprove Solutions Co No.2 Pty Ltd in partnership with Agriprove Pty Ltd.

The project operates under the Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration using Measurement and Models (2021) methodology. Soil carbon projects involve introducing new or materially different agricultural management activities to draw down carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the agricultural soil, using direct physical baselining and subsequent measurements alongside modelling to estimate the carbon sequestration. To build soil carbon, this project focuses on altering the stocking rate, duration, and intensity of grazing to promote vegetative cover and improve overall soil health. Additionally, the project incorporates soil remediation by applying lime to treat acid soils, applying gypsum to manage sodic or magnesic soils, and adding nutrients via synthetic or non-synthetic fertilisers to address material soil deficiencies.

The Bingara and Pallal area, particularly around the nearby Horton Valley, is highly regarded for its beef cattle production and sheep grazing. Environmentally, the North West Slopes region experiences a sub-humid climate with summer-dominant rainfall averaging between 650mm and 800mm annually, with Bingara itself receiving an average of around 743mm. Soils in this area are diverse but are typically dominated by red and brown duplex soils (Chromosols), interspersed with red basalts, volcanic soils, and productive grey loams.

The Pallal locality has a rich agricultural heritage. The original Pallal Station was settled in the 1880s as a massive 69,000-hectare holding, before being subdivided into smaller soldier settlement blocks following World War I. Today, projects like this reflect a growing shift in the district's grazing operations toward regenerative land management, drought resilience, and soil carbon enhancement.