Lockyer Valley & Granite Belt Vegetable Industry - Project People Resources David Carey, Dr Neil White (DAF), Peter Deuter (PLD Horticulture); Dr ...
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Lockyer Valley & Granite Belt
Vegetable Industry
Project People Resources
David Carey, Dr Neil White (DAF), Peter Deuter (PLD Horticulture);
Dr Debbie Hudson & Griffith Young (BoM R&D))
DCAP Projects 2018/2021
Queensland Drought Mitigation Centre
DES USQ
DES 1 – The inside edge for graziers to master
USQ 4 – Northern Australia Climate Program (USQ, DAF, BoM, UKMO, NT DPIR, DPIRD WA, Rangelands
Qld’s drought prone climate
NRM WA)
DES 2 – Do we really know our baseline climate?
USQ 5 – Producing enhanced crop insurance systems and associated financial decision support tools (USQ,
Using paleoclimate to plan and prepare for
Willis Re, QFF)
extreme events and floods in Qld
DES 3 – Enabling drought resilience and
adaptation: A program of social research and
knowledge support
DAF
DAF 6 – Delivering integrated production and economic knowledge and skills to improve drought management outcomes
for grazing systems
DAF 7 – Use of BoM multi-week seasonal forecasts to facilitate improved management
decisions in Qld’s vegetable industry
DAF 8 - Grazing Futures: Promoting a resilient grazing industry
DAF 9 – Forewarned is Forearmed: Equipping farmers and agricultural value chains to proactively manage the impacts of
extreme climate events
Managing climate risk in horticulture
Qld Govt contribution is $21M over 6 years ($3.5M/year).
The Use of Bureau of Meteorology Multi-Week
and Seasonal Forecasts to Facilitate Improved
Management Decisions in Queensland’s
Vegetable Industry.
Ø Temperature is the major determinant of vegetable product
quality (not rainfall).
Ø Veggie work targeting two regions - Lockyer Valley and Granite
Belt production areas.
Ø Would a more accurate long lead time forecast enhance / change
business planning, planting and marketing decisions ?
Ø Document impacts / costs of temperature impacts on crop quality /
yield (potential profitability).
Ø Work funded by Qld Government $ Horticulture Innovation Australia not
involved in this work.
Need for data interpretation = message Source: BoM DCAP Horticulture project team member Dr Debbie Hudson
Email & alert sms
4. Aug 2018 Monthly Mean was 1.7oC
Applethorpe - Aug 2018 Max Temperature above the Long-term Mean
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Forecast was for Forecast was for
above the Mean above the Mean Forecast was for
Forecast was for
above the Mean
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+1.7oC +2.8oC +1.9oC
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10.0 In June and July 2018, the Forecast for Aug 2018 was for "Above the Mean" Max Temperatures.
Forecast was good for the "Warm" month of Aug 2018
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Who in this room is aware of the
BoM Heatwave Service ?
Australian Bureau of Meteorology Heatwave Service
Severe Intensity Heatwave affecting South-east Queensland.
Daily Maximum Temperatures at Applethorpe during the Feb 2018 Heatwave.
Mon 12th
Feb = 34.5oC; 13th Feb = 31.3oC; 14th Feb = 34.5oC; Thurs 15th Feb = 31.3oC.
Applethorpe Long-term Mean Maximum Temperature = 25.5oC.Granite Belt meeting Lockyer Valley meeting
Lots of historical climate data (numbers) but what industry needs is decision-ready information. Can access weather data for an official BoM weather station site. Industry can get a data file from BoM for a specific local site -- but complicated for average person to manipulate and get useful info.
DAF ClimateMon tool (still under development)
A tool that can access temperature records from your nearest
Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM)official weather station.
How variable are temperatures over time ?
Heat days above a temperature you pick.
https://hort-science.shinyapps.io/ClimateMon/
DAF ClimateMon tool developed by DCAP Vegetable project team member Dr Neil WhiteDAF ClimateMon Data Use Example (e.g. days >32c)
Gatton Dec, Jan, Feb 2018-19
The Use of Bureau of Meteorology Multi-Week
and Seasonal Forecasts to Facilitate Improved
Management Decisions in Queensland’s
Vegetable Industry.
Thanks' to a dedicated Project Team
David Carey, Dr Neil White (DAF), Peter Deuter (PLD Horticulture);
Dr Debbie Hudson & Griffith Young (BoM R&D)You can also read
