Supporting better decision-making through increasing farmers data-based knowledge

This project aims to increase the adoption of soil moisture probes and weather stations to provide farmers with data-based knowledge to support better decision-making during the season in response to seasonal drought and changing conditions across the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia (WA). At a landscape scale, the project will demonstrate how cooperation between farms within a region and across a landscape can dramatically increase the relevance and quality of data for each farm.

 

A key project outcome is to turn high-resolution hyperlocal and landscape-scale climate, rainfall and soil moisture data quality into practical and relevant insights to support farm input and crop /pasture rotation decision-making. This will be achieved through real-time data visualisation and a well-supported extension program. With technology developments localised weather forecasting using each weather station will be possible. Demonstrations and case studies will be completed to demonstrate the benefit of using data-driven decision-making processes.