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Improved climate forecasts for wool producers in Australia's pastoral zone

This report summarises the findings of a new climate forecasting technology available to farmers in Australia’s pastoral region. The Land Water and Wool Climate Map Arranger website program has allowed woolgrowers in Australia’s pastoral region to utilise seasonal climate forecast and risk assessment information. It is a complex program which calculates the climate risk assessment based on simulated pasture growth, depending on the climatic conditions ahead and the (more)...

Final Report- Improved Seasonal Forecasts for Wool Producers in Western NSW

Summarises the research findings of this project.

Research Takes QLD Seasonal Forecasting to New Level

_This project is complete, follow this link to download the report- [Improved Seasonal Forecasts for Wool Producers in the Western Zone (QLD)](http://landwaterwool.gov.au/index.php?q=node/27)_ WESTERN Queensland woolgrowers will soon be able to better manage seasonal fluctuations thanks to a landmark climate forecasting research (more)...

Knowing El Nino: The Influences of Climate Perception of Land Management Decisions in Western NSW and QLD

Knowing El Nino: The influences of Climate Perception of Land Management Decisions in Western NSW and QLD detailed use, uptake and needs of seasonal climate forecasts (SCFs) and related products among sheep graziers in three regions of western Queensland and western NSW. Approximately 90 detailed interviews were conducted with graziers from Hillston, the Mitchell grass plains and Longreach. They examined how, when and why SCFs (more)...

Improved Seasonal Forecasts for Wool Producers in the Western Zone (QLD)

Improved Seasonal Forecasts for Wool Producers in the Western Zone aimed to deliver accurate, region-specific seasonal forecasts to these growers up to six months ahead, enabling them to make productive and environmentally-sound management decisions based on potential rainfall. Initially the project team tested the skill of three forecast systems, Average SOI, SOI Phases and 9-Phase SST, to predict rainfall or pasture growth (more)...

Improved Seasonal Forecasts for Wool Producers in Western NSW

The western pastoral zone of NSW covers the area bound by Walgett in the north, Balranald in the south, Broken Hill in the west and Nyngan in the east. Since 1879, five extended droughts have caught many graziers in the region unprepared, resulting in major stock losses and sometimes irreparable land degradation. But through Improved Seasonal Forecasts for Wool Producers in Western NSW, some 330 woolgrowers were introduced to seasonal climate forecasts (more)...

Climate Risk Management Drafting Gate

Seasonal climate forecasts are extremely important in making management decision on-farm but they can be complex and confusing. Designed as a ‘gateway’ to the breadth of information about climate variability, the Land, Water & Wool Climate Drafting Gate website sets out for the first time the tools to help producers manage the farm for climate variability, the terms used in climate forecasting and how to find more in-depth, relevant information. (more)...