{"id":249234,"date":"2019-11-28T16:11:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T06:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=249234"},"modified":"2020-07-14T11:23:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T01:23:29","slug":"booubyjan-couple-at-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/11\/28\/booubyjan-couple-at-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Booubyjan Couple At Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1v0_M4AiZl8?rel=0\" width=\"740\" height=\"440\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>November 28, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beef producers Russell and Catriona Murdoch say the improvements they have made to their 1900ha property at Booubyjan have paid off\u00a0 &#8230; both financially and ecologically.<\/p>\n<p>The couple were named as finalists this week in the\u00a0Reef Champion Awards in Mackay.<\/p>\n<p>Russell and Catriona implemented a rotational grazing program on their property, &#8216;Holroyd&#8217;, to protect riverbanks, cut erosion and reduce the direct impact of stock on natural waterways.<\/p>\n<p>They say this led to an increase in groundcover of between 50 and 80 per cent across the property.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Reef Champion Awards\u00a0recognise individuals or organisations who have taken action to improve the quality of water entering the Great Barrier Reef.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Murdochs moved to Booubyjan three years ago to expand their beef operation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They say that when they arrived, the property had scalded patches of land and erosion.<\/p>\n<p>They began to turn this around, working with private consultants Resource Consulting Services (RCS) to prioritise soil health.<\/p>\n<p>The couple built fences to divide the property into smaller paddocks and added key water infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussell and Catriona have wholeheartedly adopted a regenerative approach and it is paying clear dividends with a four-fold increase in pasture yield of the land under rotation and a change in groundcover from 50 to 80 per cent, despite ongoing drought conditions,\u201d RCS director Dr Terry McCosker said.<\/p>\n<p>The winners of the Reef Champion Sediment Award were Kate and Peter Waddell, from &#8216;Woodleigh&#8217; cattle station near Ravenshoe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beef producers Russell and Catriona Murdoch say the improvements they have made to their 1900ha property at Booubyjan have paid off\u00a0 &#8230; both financially and ecologically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":249237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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