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Decision-support tools for managing climate
The decision-support tools listed alphabetically below have been developed to help you make climate-related decisions.
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| Tool | Topic | Commodity | Region | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfloMan | Aflatoxin contamination | Grains (peanuts) | All | Free |
| APSFarm | Maximising farm profits | Grains, Beef, Sheep, Dairy, Cotton | All | Free |
| APSIM | Simulation model used in other tool | Grains | All | Free |
| AusFarm | Mixed farming systems | Grains (wheat and canola), Beef, Sheep | Temperate southern Australia | Annual licence fee |
| AussieGrass | Pasture growth outlook | Pastures | All grazing regions | Free maps |
| Crop disease forecast | Crop disease forecasts and steps to take | Grains | Western Australia and, increasingly, all of the southern grain production regions | Free |
| DairyMod | Simulation models for whole pasture systems | Beef, Sheep, Dairy | Temperate, Mediterranean and subtropical regions | Free |
| EcoMod | EcoMod | Sheep, Beef | All | |
| Flowering Calculator | Flowering times and risk of frost and heat | Grains | Western Australia, South Australia (limited applicability) | Free |
| GRASP | Simulation model for grass | Beef, Sheep, Dairy | All | Free |
| GrassGro | Likely lambing/calving time, stocking rates, gross margins | Pastures (beef and sheep on sown pasture) | Southern Australia | One-off fee |
| GrazFeed | Likely animal production, need for pasture feed | Pastures (beef and sheep) | Southern Australia – temperate and subtropical pastures | One-off fee |
| HowOften? | Rainfall and run-off probabilities | Grains | All | Free |
| HowWet? | Soil moisture | Grains | Regions where soil water and nitrate at planting are important (particularly northern grain systems on clay soils) | Free |
| Irrigation Optimiser | What to plant and how much water to use | All | Irrigated regions | Free |
| Nitrogen Fertiliser Calculator | Nitrogen needs and likely yields | Grains (wheat and sorghum) | Queensland and northern New South Wales | Free |
| Pastures from Space | Current pasture growth rate | Pastures | Temperate and Mediterranean regions of southern Australia, especially Western Australia | Subscription fee |
| Rain Forecaster | Rainfall probabilities and effect on yield | Sugar | Queensland and northern New South Wales | One-off fee |
| Rainman StreamFlow | Rainfall probabilities | All | All | One-off fee |
| Seasonal Crop Shire Yield Forecast | Likely seasonal shire yields | Grains | All major cropping regions | Outputs from the tool are free |
| SGS Pasture Model | Pasture models | All | All | Free |
| SILO | Online climate database | All | All | Some free, some subscription fee |
| SYN [Select Your Nitrogen] | Nitrogen needs | Grains | Western Australia | Free |
| VineLOGIC | Bud-burst and flowering times; likely yields | Viticulture | All grape-growing regions | One-off fee |
| WhopperCropper | Nitrogen needs and likely yields and gross margins | Grains (wheat and canola in southern Australia and all major winter and summer crops in northern Australia) | All major cropping regions | One-off fee |
| Yield and N Calculators | Nitrogen needs and likely yields | Grains (cereal and canola) | Dryland regions in southern Australia | Free |
| Yield Prophet® | Yield potential | Grains (wheat, barley, sorghum, canola, oats) | All dryland and irrigated cropping regions | Subscription fee |