Agriculture, water and carbon

Carbon project development spends money on parcels that fail at the feasibility stage. The screening questions can be answered from public data: soil type, rainfall reliability, land use history, tenure and existing entitlements. Answering them by hand takes about a week of portal work per property.

Soil carbon feasibility screening

Feasibility prompt

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For these 60 properties in the Riverina, rank soil carbon project potential and flag anything with a water entitlement issue.

Property	Baseline SOC	Rainfall decile	Potential	Flag
Lot 12 DP 7541	1.1%	4	High	—
Lot 3 DP 1128	2.4%	6	Low	Already high SOC
Lot 8 DP 3390	0.9%	3	Moderate	Entitlement expiring

Low baseline soil organic carbon with reliable rainfall indicates high potential. High baseline carbon means less headroom for additionality.

Water and tenure

State water registers, entitlement records and land use mapping join to the same parcel geometry as the hazard layers. One question can cover both whether the land is physically at risk and whether the water attached to it transfers. Those are normally two separate consultants.

Pre-purchase due diligence

For rural property transactions the same joins produce a due diligence pack: hazard exposure, land use history, water entitlements, ACCU register entries against the title, and the climate trend on the parcel rather than at the nearest weather station.