Service \ Agriculture
Our agricultural land and natural resource management capabilities cover key issues affecting landowners, agricultural enterprises, developers, planners and councils.
Gilbert & Sutherland’s multidisciplinary approach draws on the specialist skills and perspectives of highly experienced agricultural scientists, environmental scientists and engineers. This team response to agricultural land and natural resource management issues produces considered, practical advice on a broad range of matters affecting land owners, agricultural enterprises, developers, planners, councils and other key stakeholders.
One of our Principal Agricultural Scientists is Dr Phil Matthew, a Senior Lecturer with the University of Queensland’s School of Agronomy and Horticulture for two decades. With key personnel offering broad agricultural and natural resource management experience, our team applies years of knowledge and thorough research to produce professional, clear and practical advice and management plans. We have a proven track record built on a reputation for steering clients through complex regulatory considerations and associated approvals processes.
Our services include:
- effluent disposal
- due diligence assessment
- farm drainage
- farm management plans
- farmland compatibility assessment
- farmland rehabilitation
- good quality agricultural land (GQAL) assessment
- irrigation advice and monitoring
- land use conflicts assessment and impact management
- policy advice and community consultation
- salinity management
- soil fertility assessment