Improved Use of Seasonal Forecasting to Increase Farmer Profitability – SARDI

Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development acting through the South Australian Research and Development Institute

  • Project code: PRJ-010351

  • Project stage: Closed

  • Project start date: Sunday, November 1, 2015

  • Project completion date: Tuesday, May 1, 2018

  • National Priority: ISF - Improved Seasonal Forecasting

Summary

The services to be delivered by the contract are outlined in the Program Plan at Attachment 1, which is drawn from the Program Head Agreement at Attachment 2. The
Project Activities, Outputs, KPI’s and responsibilities are at Attachment 3.
The Role of SARDI is to support the Birchip Cropping Group to deliver Activity 5. Identifying the enablers and barriers to the use of seasonal climate information to on-farm decision making and Activity 6. Skilling farmers and advisers to best apply climate data in their decision making. This will include delivery of relevant outputs and KPIs.

Program

Improved Seasonal Forecasting

Research Organisation

Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development acting through the South Australian Research and Development Institute