We all know there will be another drought. It will be managed best if you have a well-considered plan. This level of planning concentrates on setting broad strategies for the next drought, the finer details, such as least-cost feeding rations, will need to be worked out using current prices at the time. This 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.