Transforming the measurement of
Soil Carbon
Agrimix, in collaboration with Australia’s leading soil and greenhouse gas institution, QUT, is developing a measure-model-verify toolkit (MMVT) that enables low-cost accurate soil carbon measurement. The core of this technology is the use of eddy flux and other remote sensing data integrated with soil carbon models.
The outcome of the project will enable soil carbon to be measured more accurately and at much lower cost than current approaches. It will also deliver production optimisation tools never before available to the industry.
Why Agrimix Flux?
This project was born when visionary director, Nick Kempe, started asking “how much carbon can Progardes®, a deep tap rooted, nitrogen-fixing legume, actually sequester?”. We then realised there was no reliable, low-cost way to find out the answer!
Agrimix teamed up with renowned soil scientists Professor Peter Grace and Professor David Rowlings and commissioned a major scientific research study into eddy covariance flux tower technology in collaboration with QUT, with support from major industry players.
This project is part of Meat & Livestock Australia’s carbon storage partnership which seeks to explore and develop pathways to carbon neutral red meat production by 2030. This project is supported by Agrimix, Packhorse Investments Australia Ltd, and the Scott family. Read more on MLA’s CN30.
The benefits of the Agrimix Flux approach
Fast Measurements
Flux towers measure what’s happening with carbon flows and other ecosystem metrics in real time
Low Cost
Soil carbon measurements upscaled to thousands of hectares at a low cost
High Accuracy
Data provides continual feedback over large areas, overcoming spatial variability, increasing model accuracy and allowing it to be optimised on the run
THE BENEFITS OF
SOIL CARBON
- Boosts productivity and profitability
- Improves soil health and fertility
- Increases livestock production
- Increased profitability
- Ecosystem improvements
THE OPPORTUNITIES
- Production optimisation tools
- Pasture performance indicators
THE BENEFITS OF
SOIL CARBON
- Boosts productivity and profitability
- Improves soil health and fertility
- Increases livestock production
- Increased profitability
- Ecosystem improvements
THE OPPORTUNITIES
- Production optimisation tools
- Pasture performance indicators
It’s all in the integrated ecosystem data
The Agrimix solution is backed by decades of eddy flux research and soil carbon modelling. There is no other tool that can give such fine measurements in real time on carbon drawdown, water use efficiency and other key ecosystem parameters. This integrated solution is new to Australia but built on proven technology. 67 parameters are captured through various sensors and techniques to determine daily carbon changes.
The eddy flux towers provide daily data on Net Ecosystem Exchange – the flow of carbon into the soil and plants and evapotranspiration – the evaporation from the land surface plus transpiration from plants.
NEE
(kg carbon per hectare)
More to come, in the meantime...
Contact Ben Sawley
Our Agrimix CEO Ben Sawley is happy to answer any queries in relation to Agrimix Flux
Contact Established Media
For any media enquiries get in touch with Karen Keech from Established Public Relations
Frequently Asked
Questions
No! The flux tower technology is being developed and validated by QUT on multiple properties in Qld and NSW. The resulting toolkit will allow landowners to model soil carbon changes on their own land, as well as helping them predict soil carbon and productivity changes resulting from different management practices, giving landowners an extremely helpful and powerful productivity planning tool
Currently, the cost to measure soil carbon can be $30 per ha or more. We’re aiming for a measurement cost of $8/ha
We are currently beta-testing our technology. The toolkit will be available to rural landowners in early 2025.
An Eddy Covariance Flux Tower measures the gas exchange between the land surface and the atmosphere in real time. Click here to a fantastic explainer from TERN (Australia’s Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network)
Stay tuned with Agrimix Flux
Learn more and keep up to date on the major break throughs in the transformation of measuring soil carbon.
Agrimix research
innovation & science
Agrimix invests significant resources into Research and Development, collaborating with leading research institutions. Read more on Agrimix’s current research programs.
