For the last decade
NQ DRY TROPICS
has been working with people to
improve our environment
Grains
Grains water quality improvement grants
Up to $11,000 in consultancy is available to grain farmers and sprayers in the Kilcummin area to improve farm efficiencies. It's part of the Grains Best Management Practice or Grains BMP initiative.
Kilcummin grain farmers can benefit from the workshops, extra training and financial assistance offered through the Grains BMP intiative. Growers in other grain regions like the Fitzroy Basin who have participated in similar workshops say they have saved money on chemicals through modifications to equipment and by refining practices to apply them more efficiently.
One farmer said he was applying three tanks of chemical mix to a paddock only to find that by using the correct spray nozzles he needed to apply just one for the same result.
Through Grains BMP, growers get access to well regarded consultants like Graham Betts for free. Graham says, “Most farmers appreciate the hands on approach that these courses give them.
“Also some farmers don’t realise how much they don’t know."
How to apply
NQ Dry Tropics is working with fellow natural resource management group CHRRUP to bring this opportunity to growers. For more information read our fact sheet, call CHRRUP on 07 4982 2996, or email admin@chrrup.org
- NQ Dry Tropics is a not for profit, community organisation supported by:
