Increase stable soil carbon in your barley cropping system
CarbonBuilder Barley, delivering productivity and sustainability outcomes, with ease of delivery
CarbonBuilder barley is delivered as a seed inoculum, applied at time of planting. Simple, economical, impactful.
What is CarbonBuilder Barley?
Building soil carbon for barley crops
CarbonBuilder Barley is one of our ground-breaking microbial products that supports barley’s natural ability to draw down carbon into cropping soils. CarbonBuilder Barley is an endophytic fungi applied as a seed dressing, and is compatible with most fungicidal seed treatments in Australia.
CarbonBuilder provides an important tool for growers looking to participate in soil carbon projects and increase crop productivity.
How does it work?
CarbonBuilder Barley has been developed and extensively tested in Australian cropping soils
The beneficial fungi in CarbonBuilder Barley are ascomycetous fungi belonging to the family Bionectriaceae. The fungi is filamentous with a saprophytic lifestyle, and has been widely reported and isolated from all continents except Antarctica. The product has been screened and tested at scale by our R&D team in Australia, with a focus on large-scale field testing across climatic zones and soil types.
What are the benefits?
Retain moisture
Increasing soil carbon increases the water holding capacity of your soil
Improved nutrient uptake
Increase the efficiency of your system
Long-term soil health
Increase soil health by promoting structure and beneficial soil microbiology
Boost crop yield
Drive productivity and ROI in season of application and in the long term
What are the results?
CarbonBuilder Barley was trialled extensively through the 2021/2022 seasons. Here are the results.
CarbonBuilder Barley was successfully trialled over the 2021/2022 growing seasons. All trialling regions experienced higher than average rainfall, with some areas experiencing water logging. All of our trialling work was carried out under standard practice for the region in which the trial is grown.
Across our randomised small-plot trial locations, we observed an average 3.6% increase in total soil carbon when the crop was treated with CarbonBuilder Barley compared to crop that was not treated. We saw a win-rate of 71% across locations, or an increase in total soil carbon compared to control at 10 of 14 locations.
Total organic carbon (TOC) increase of
3.6%
above untreated crop
Additional tonnes of CO2e
3.9t
per hectare
Grain yield increase
2.9%
above untreated crop
Learn more:
Extensive research collaborations
Our research collaborations continue with Western Sydney University and the University of Queensland.
2023 CarbonBuilder Barley trial data
The 2023 growing season is currently underway. We look forward to sharing updated performance data in early 2024.
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Product stewardship
Pre-Ordering
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Application
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Safety
CarbonBuilder is an agricultural product. It is important to adhere to the label instructions. Always use PPE when applying CarbonBuilder.
Support
Under SecondCrop, you have access to agronomist who will help you to integrate CarbonBuilder into your current operation.
