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	Adoption of CALUX at Wollongbar
	Staff from NSW Agriculture (Matt Ayres and Lukas Van Zwieten) will train in the use of CALUX for determining estrogen and androgen mimics/ inhibitors in environmental samples. The technology will be licensed from Biological Detection Systems in the Netherlands.
	Assessment of Biochar: Agronomy and greenhouse gas mitigation
	This project will assess a range of biochars in soil for benefits to chemistry and biology, agronomic benefits and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
	BMP for Horticulture - Startup
	Contract the construction or hire of specialised sprig planting machinery. Contract the supply of shade tolerant grass, Dactolectenium australe. Plant ground cover in 30ha of macadamia orchards. Build this activity into a viable environmental service. Conduct erosion control trials at Cudgen.
	Bioavailability assessment of endocrine disrupters in soil/sediment
	Bioassays and chemical extraction methodologies fail to quantify the human and environmental risk of hormone active agents (endocrine disrupters). Bioassays are difficult to conduct and lack reproducibility even under standardised conditions. A new methodology using semi-permeable membranes has been developed to assess the risk of EDCs in environmental samples.
	Biodiversity Property Management Planning
	This project is funded by the Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority for the delivery of Property Management Planning workshops for landowners in the Upper Clarence Catchment with a focus on planning for biodiversity outcomes.
	Climate Change and Soil Health Workshops
	The project will deliver training workshops in the northern rivers catchment area. The workshops will be focused on targeted strategies to improve the resilience of properties to the impacts of long term rainfall declines and improve rainfall use efficiency. The workshops will also promote sequestration of carbon in soils.
	Collaborative Endocrine Disrupting Compounds project
	In collaboration with The University of Sydney and the University of NSW, NSW Department of Primary Industries will develop and apply new tests for measuring EDCs in environmental/ agricultural samples. CALUX® technology will be utilised for validating new tests.
	Critical success factors in oversowing short-term ryegrass
	On the far north coast of NSW dairy farmers use different establishment techniques which they believe are successful in oversowing ryegrass into their tropical grass pastures. However, failures are not uncommon resulting in re-sowing which not only results in a winter feed deficit but also a substantial increase in feed costs. Underpinning the numerous successful ryegrass establishment techniques used in the region must be factors which are critical to ryegrass establishment.
	Dairy EMS pilot project
	The project will identify management skills and environmental, quality, and food safety performance outcomes required of dairy farms. These will be mapped against requirements of processors, catchment groups, regulatory agencies and the community, and against skills required for successful EMS implmentation. EMSs will be developed in partnership with stakeholders which allow profitable and sustainable dairy practices which also meet environmental performance requirements of stakeholders.
	Dairy Pathways Phase 2
	NSW DPI, through Dairy Pathways Phase 2, will develop innovative production systems and technologies validated at a regional level that will meet the challenges facing NSW dairy farmers. Working with the NSW dairy industry dairy farmers will be enabled to meet the triple sustainability outcomes of economic, social and environmental.

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