Forecasting weather and climate is a tricky business. The four main climate drivers — the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) and the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) — interact in complex ways. Their influence drives local climate and weather outcomes in different ways across Australia. Because of the […]
Read more >
THE CLIMATE KELPIE BLOG
When you’re dealing with an invasive pest, finding a rain-free window of opportunity for control can be difficult enough, but what if you needed a two-week window with enough lead time to organise a spray program for over 13,000 different properties in the western suburbs of Perth? This was the challenge facing the Department of […]
Read more >
Read more >
After months of uncertainty, La Niña conditions have fully developed and settled across the Pacific Ocean. So, what exactly is La Niña, and what does it mean for farmers across Australia? Technically, La Niña is the positive phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). It is associated with cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures in the […]
Read more >
Read more >
Victorian grain grower Tim Rethus describes his family as ‘moisture farmers’. “Moisture is critical for us,” he says, “Rain dictates yield, so managing seasonal variability depends on being able to conserve every bit of moisture we get.” While many of the tools and practices they’ve adopted are commonplace, it is their one hundred percent commitment […]
Read more >
Read more >
Matching the nutritional needs of your livestock to the annual pasture cycle is important, particularly in northern Australia where periods of feed deficiency can persist for extended periods. Many cattle producers use the ‘green date’ to identify the start of the growing season and help time their cattle’s production cycles to match peak feed availability. […]
Read more >
Read more >
RECENT POSTS
- What do forecasts really mean?
- Finding the window of opportunity with new forecasting products
- What La Niña means for Australia this summer
- Strict attention to moisture conservation drives grain production in the Wimmera
- How to assess your ‘green date’ probability using the CliMate app
- Why the late shift in the winter 2020 rainfall forecasts?
- What goes around – may bring rain to northern Australia
- ‘You got to know when to hold ‘em’ – managing livestock in extended drought
- Climate plan may hold keys to a better deal on farm finance
- Future-proofing the dairy industry in uncertain times
- Where have our winters gone?
- GrassGro puts pasture advisors in the know
- SAM goes up, SAM goes down— southern Australia’s climate gets turned all around
- Visualising the impact of climate drivers in your backyard
- Another dry monsoon prompts research into changing summer rainfall patterns
- Keeping a watchful eye on the seasons pays off for this farming family
- Same, same, but different – the two faces of El Niño
- Efficiency essential to business success
- Take a load off your mind with the Cattle Heat Load Toolbox
- Extreme event early-warning forecasts tested under local spotlight
HAVE A QUESTION?
Our network of experts can help you out. Contact us >