Since 2009, Project Catalyst and its ground-breaking farm practices have improved 150 billion litres of water quality. In June 2017, seven of the 70 Queensland cane growers came to Coca-Cola HQ in Sydney to tell their stories. Here's what they had to say. https://youtu.be/06q7bJOUp3E … [Read more...]
Project Catalyst 2017 Forum
Anticipation is building as we countdown to the Project Catalyst Forum 2017! If you haven’t registered, you risk missing out on the launch of an all new resource just for you…log on to Mackay Tickets now. Once you have registered you will need to either contact Joanne or ring Kim on 0417 882 … [Read more...]
This train is a treat
Wetland ‘treatment train’ improves water quality and runoff from agricultural land Catchment Solutions, in collaboration with Reef Catchments NRM and Mackay cane farmer Shane Cowley have created a treatment train of wetlands to treat poor water quality runoff from adjacent sugar cane farms … [Read more...]
Sugarcane farmers the ‘Game Changer’ for our reef
Shared learning to encourage wider adoption of on-farm practice change Farmers are using radio transmitters to better protect the Great Barrier Reef whilst reducing their own costs. The transmitters and moisture probes which turn irrigation off at precisely the right moment to reduce runoff, … [Read more...]
Qld initiative leads innovation
Seven years on and the collaboration is proving to be revolutionary Project Catalyst programmes began in Mackay in 2008 to encourage wide spread adoption of on-farm practice change, at this years annual Catalyst forum being held in Cairns February 22-23, innovative growers and partners will … [Read more...]