Date Time Putting natural capital on farm accounts La Trobe University is working with 50 farmers across Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania to improve their environmental performance and climate resilience. Ecologist Dr Jim Radford from the Research Centre for Future Landscapes at La Trobe University is collaborating with nine industry partners to lead new research on the importance of ‘natural capital’ for farm production. Farmers participating in the ‘Farm-scale Natural Capital Accounting’ project will receive a set of accounts that collate data about the natural assets on a farm – similar to how economic accounts collate financial data. In combination with existing financial, farm management and production data, the natural capital accounts will allow farmers to measure their environmental performance in relation to their agricultural output.