Decision support tools
Cropmate
Cropmate is a website to help you analyse climate and weather information for your location. It is designed to provide timely and accurate information to help you make informed planning and management decisions during the crop cycle.
Cropmate contains the majority of decision support systems developed for broadacre cropping by DPI such as:
- Estimating frost and heat risk
- Estimating soil water
- Estimating soil nitrogen
- Deciding which is the most profitable winter crop to grow (CropChooser)
- Deciding which variety to grow (VarietyChooser)
- Determining an appropriate sowing and flowering date for a variety (Sowman)
- Nitrogen budget
- Phosphorus budget
- Salvaging crops for fodder, grain or grazing- costs and income calculator Excel version
- A decision tool for nitrogen topdressing
- Post harvest review tool