SDG Detail

2018 a2 Milk� Sustainable Agriculture Landcare Grant

Case study

Project description

Situated just outside the township of Tongala in Northern Victoria, Warrina Farms sits on 330 acres. The dairy farm, owned by Anna and Scott Fitzgerald, had approximately 350 cows in an aged Herringbone dairy. Warrina Farms is one of 28 certified a2 Milk� dairy farm across Australia that selected to produce only the A2 protein and none of the A1 protein found in regular cows� milk. In 2018, they were updating to a rotary dairy in order to increase herd numbers in the coming years. With this increase in herd numbers and the farm�s effluent system already at capacity, the Fitzgeralds needed to upgrade and update the system. This would ensure all water is captured from the new diary and renovated yards.

Year 2018

Location Australia

Organization Landcarer Australia

Project aims

In 2018, Anna was successful with her application for an a2� Sustainable Agriculture Landcare Grant in the amount of $25,000 to help fund the farm�s effluent upgrade project. The project aims were to partially relocate and update the effluent system to ensure that the farm met environmental best practice. The liquid holding pond was particularly undersized and required frequent emptying. This meant that they were irrigating paddocks in the winter when they did not have to just to use the water supplied. Overall, upgrading the effluent system would mean that the farm could better utilise the water for fertilisation of pastures in more areas of the property.