Land Water and Wool Case Study: Benalla

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Agricultural researcher Jim Moll has seen first-hand the benefits of woolgrowers taking a whole farm approach to agronomy, economics and the environment.

Jim was responsible for crunching the economic numbers in Land, Water & Wool’s groundbreaking study of how to run stock more profitably while improving the environment in the hill country of central Victoria. Land, Water and Wool was a $20 million national program which aimed to boost the sustainability and profitability of wool growers.

Results from the project so impressed the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry that it funded the recent ‘Green Graze’ trial, where 16 wool growers tendered for financial incentives to modify grazing and management practices, to improve on-farm biodiversity.