Building on the success of the previous Property Management Planning (PMP). this program will provide pastoral and grazing landholders with access to rangelands experts and will be a significant investment to your property.

This three-year program aims to build on the success of the previously funded Property Management Planning (PMP) program. Planning On-Property Projects is a simplified version of the PMP, with less time commitment required. It is supported by the Australian Government through funding from the Natural Heritage Trust under the Climate Smart Agriculture Program.

By Identifying, enhancing and conserving natural resources, planning on-property projects aims to support pastoral businesses to:

• Improve confidence with decision making and preparedness when facing times of climate variability Increase capacity to implement grazing management changes
• Identify key areas on the property for future project work
• Improve productivity and management of native pasture systems.

If successful in your application, you will spend time with a rangelands expert on your property to:

• Assess and map physical assets, infrastructure and natural resources utilising physical maps, digital mapping tools and ground and/or aerial surveying.
• Identify land systems and functions and determine their productive potential and degradation risks.
• Identify production management priorities and potential land management practices to increase productivity, generate economic returns and improve land condition.
• Prioritise management strategies and associated activities into actions.

Access to this program allows access to experts and is a significant investment to your property.

Applications are invited from land managers/owners of a pastoral enterprise within the SA Arid Lands region. Applicants must be an operating pastoral business that earns their primary income from sheep or cattle grazing native pastures.

Your EOI will be assessed against the eligibility criteria and the responses you provide. You will be advised if your EOI is successful or not by early June 2026. If your EOI is accepted, you will be asked to submit a commitment statement to formally accept the offer of a place in the program.

• Phone: 0438 816 210
• Email: Matthew.Westover@sa.gov.au