Australia: Rain doesn't tell the full feedbase story, don't misread grazing potential

Published 2024년 12월 19일

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Cibo Labs, a agricultural data analytics company, has found that rainfall alone may underestimate grazing potential in Australia's cattle-growing regions. The company's analysis of 2024 data in Queensland, northern NSW, Victoria, and Western Australia, revealed that other factors such as local pasture resilience, groundwater availability, management, and reduced grazing pressure, play a role. The data showed that some areas, like Dalby in Queensland, were able to benefit from rainfall, while others, like Charters Towers, showed active growth despite reduced rainfall. The company's tools, such as the Australian Feedbase Monitor and PastureKey, can be used to inform grazing management strategies.

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Rainfall alone may understate grazing potential, an analysis of pasture conditions versus rain received during 2024 in key cattle-growing country across Australia shows. Agricultural data analytics company Cibo Labs, creators of the Australian Feedbase Monitor, ran a comparison of rainfall figures in beef production regions for 2024 with the actual feedbase. Alastair Rayner, general manager of extension and operations, said the feedbase insights tell a more comprehensive story, with other factors at play like local pasture resilience, groundwater availability, management and reduced grazing pressure. The ability of some country to respond to what rain was received is also evident. In the big beef production region of Dalby, Queensland, recorded rainfall levels this year were significantly above 2023 levels but still below the 10-year average. Cibo Labs' seasonal ranking highlights above-average pasture conditions in Dalby. The feedbase in this region benefited well from the ...

Source: Farmweekly