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Land Water and Wool Case Study: Brendan Lunney, Yass

Wool producer shores up land to shore up profits

Brendon Lunney remembers reading as a schoolboy about how water was washing away Australia’s farmland. He grew up, studied arts and seemed bound for other things when, at the age of 27, he bought a farm. Now, three decades later, the reality of his early school learning and the devastation wrought by water washing through eroding gullies have become all too apparent. Measurements logged by scientists funded by the Land, Water and Wool program on his farm “Bogolara”, near (more)...

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Managing gullies on wool-producing farms

Summarises information about gullies, their prevention and management, so that woolgrowers can make informed decisions about what to do on their own property. It is based on information from the LWW Rivers NSW regional project on gully erosion.

How to manage gullies and in-stream wetlands on-farm

The Rivers & Water Quality sub-program has developed two new fact sheets to provide valuable information about gullies and in-stream wetlands, and the best ways to manage them on-farm. Managing gullies on wool-producing farms. This fact sheet from the Land, Water & Wool Program summarises information about gullies, their prevention and management. The gully project was established in 2003 in the Yass region of New (more)...