Improving Drought Resilience

South Coast Knowledge Broker

The RCC has employed Chloe Wilson as a Knowledge Broker with the Southern NSW Innovation Hub to support agricultural resilience initiatives on the South Coast and Far South Coast of NSW. The Hub supports farmers and regional communities in preparing for and mitigating drought impacts and capitalising on opportunities for drought recovery.

They have invested in a statewide network of knowledge brokers who are integrated into local communities to engage with the agricultural producers within the region. Through co-design, the knowledge broker role will identify regional priorities and facilitate knowledge, action and collaboration, resulting in more targeted and relevant drought resilient actions adopted.

For more information contact Chloe Wilson, Regional Circularity Co-operative on 0413 296 284

Farming Forecaster
A partnership facilitated by the Regional Circularity Cooperative between South East Local Land Services (LLS) and Bega Group has created the opportunity for the Farming Forecaster tool to be extended into the Bega Valley. Over the last seven years, South East LLS have been working with producer groups to establish a network of soil moisture probes across the region, with approximately 55 moisture sensors present from Moss Vale through to Bombala.

Funded by the Marine Estate Management Strategy’s Cleaner Coastal projects, five soil moisture probes have been installed on properties across the Far South Coast, with additional probes to be installed. A coastal based sensor network provides producers with real-time soil moisture data and a pasture availability outlook for the next four months produced by the farm modelling program GrassGro. This information can greatly assist producers in managing risk and making difficult decisions around buying or selling livestock, purchasing supplementary feed and protecting groundcover at key times of the year.

For more information contact Tamara Corby, South East Local Land Services on 0408 536 583. Soil moisture data from this network can be viewed on the website: farmingforecaster.com.au

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