Cropping Industry
The Drought and Climate Adaptation Program is helping the cropping industry across Queensland through research, development and extension activities.
Articles
Cyclone risk cover – closer than you think
Improved crop insurance options for climate risk management
Helping farmers and agribusiness with a new and improved way forward
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- Farming without risk. The new insurance possibilities - Imagine getting an insurance payout if you didn’t get your annual expected rainfall? It seems an idyllic, yet perhaps expensive solution to modern farming.
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Crop insurance project information
Case studies
Forewarned is Forearmed experimental forecasts and their use in managing a weed eradication biosecurity program Tom Bowditch used experimental forecasts from Forewarned is Forearmed to help manage a Red Witchweed biosecurity response.
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Insurance: Yalbaroo sugarcane farm A major risk for farm businesses in this region are cyclones. ‘Cat-in-a-box’ insurance could be a solution.
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Insurance: Hampden sugarcane farm Cyclones and intense rainfall is a major risk for this farm so a ‘cat-in-a-box’ cover plus additional rainfall trigger was developed.
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Insurance: Marian sugarcane farm Three insurance options were developed for this farm that is at risk of cyclones and flooding.
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Projects
Forewarned is forearmed: Equipping farmers and agricultural value chains to proactively manage the impacts of extreme climate events
Customised forecasts of extreme rainfall and temperature events will help grazing and sugar producers to make more informed short and medium-term management decisions to improve farm profitability.
Crop insurance
Researching and developing innovative and affordable insurance products tailored to Queensland's cropping and horticulture industries.
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Last updated: 12 November 2021
