Landers Agriculture Soil Carbon Project

Landers Agriculture Soil Carbon Project is a soil organic carbon project located approximately 11km north-northeast of Glen Innes in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales. It was registered in April 2026 and covers an area of 1,982.26 hectares.

Soil organic carbon projects conducted under the 2021 Measurement and Models methodology involve storing carbon in agricultural soils by baselining existing carbon levels, implementing one or more eligible new land management activities, and measuring the changes in soil carbon over the project's crediting period.

The Glen Innes area is well known for its agricultural sector, predominantly focusing on beef and sheep grazing, alongside mixed broadacre and forage cropping. The region experiences a cool temperate oceanic climate with moderate to high rainfall, averaging around 750-850 mm annually. Soils in this part of the Northern Tablelands are highly varied but typically feature fertile basalt-derived chocolate and prairie soils (Dermosols), as well as loamy trap rock and granite-derived soils.

This project aims to increase carbon in the agricultural soil profile by applying nutrients to the land in the form of a synthetic or non-synthetic fertiliser to address material deficiencies. Additional project activities include altering the stocking rate, duration, or intensity of grazing to promote soil vegetation cover, and integrating legume species into their cropping or pasture systems. The project is supported by Carbon Link Operations Pty Ltd, an active carbon farming project developer that recently secured government funding through the National Soil Carbon Innovation Challenge to further develop advanced, low-cost soil carbon measurement technologies.