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Adapt now, benefit later.
AMA’s suite of climate and crop products are designed to assist agribusiness in deciding how risk-averse to be in each situation. With reliable science-based predictions, trends, forecasting, and mapping, you’re equipped with concrete information that takes the guess work out of everyday operations while minimising risk, allowing you to adapt to what’s ahead.
Seasonal forecasting
Australian climate and winter crop outlook.
Climate Outlooks integrate AMA global indicators related to ENSO (El Nino-Southern Oscillation), the Indian Ocean Dipole and AMA's Antarctic Index of weather systems coming up from the southwest. Based on a series of long-lead indicators, forecasts are produced of the likely May – October rainfall prospects from the end of the previous year.
This service begins in early November the year before and is updated in early February with a median rainfall outlook map for the winter growing season. This rainfall forecast stays in place unless a dramatic change in indicators occurs.
An update at the beginning of seeding will include the first integrated national shire yield ranking maps utilizing soil moisture and the seasonal outlook. Monthly updates will occur from there to early October.
The service will therefore include:
- November (year before) — National summer rainfall (November – April) outlook and the first rainfall outlook for the following winter growing season for Australia, based on analogue years (similar years in the past to the present).
- February — first median rainfall outlook map from May – October based on ESS analogues.
- April – October — a monthly update of climate indicators, analogue years, and all Australian crop yield rankings based on the STIN crop model, as well as soil moisture ranking maps between April and June.
Standard cost for an annual subscription: $700+GST. The part-year subscription till the end of October is now available for $350+GST and can be purchased below with PayPal.
Please note:
Once payment has been made the latest climate and crop outlook report will be emailed to you shortly afterwards. Alternatively, if an electronic funds transfer is preferred, an invoice can be emailed to you. In this case, go to the contact page and leave a message.
Crop yield forecasting
Individual Crop Ranking Maps (assuming average rainfall for rest of season).
A downloadable overview of crop yield rankings compared to the previous 100 years are summarised in STIN yield ranking maps.
Cost: $100 + GST — $110 + GST/national map. For publications that disseminate maps outside an organisation, a national map is $600 + GST.
(Note subscribers to the seasonal forecasts receive the latest ranking maps in their climate and crop outlooks)
Productivity Analysis of grain yields
The STIN crop yield forecasting system can be run in many ways to asses how grain productivity has gone up spatially and temporally across the wheatbelt.
Wheat yields trends in kg/ha/year (see right) and changes in wheat water use efficiency in kg/ha/mm can be mapped across the grainbelt. A detailed report of drivers (climate, technology, soils) can be produced.
Farm Portfolio Risk Function
Optimise your production with less variability with ABS and STIN modelled shire yields.
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Get in touch
+61 (0)403 001 318
david.stephens@agromet.com.au
Head Office
24 Grenadier Dr
Thornlie WA 6108
AUSTRALIA
Crop Forecasting System (DPIRD)
3 Baron-Hay Court, South Perth WA 6151