This Primefact concentrates on setting broad strategies for managing drought and planning for the next. The finer details, such as least-cost feeding rations, will need to be worked out using current prices at the time. The publication provides six steps to follow when making your drought plan:

• identifying enterprise risk;
• analysing climate records;
• identifying what to monitor and selecting trigger points;
• developing an action plan to follow triggers;
• financial analysis;
• reviewing the plan.

The forms provided will help you audit your farm's resources at any point through the drought.

The information in this Primefact is from the 'Drought planning' section of the book Managing drought (6th edition).