Farmer's guide to managing climate risk - PROfarm course

$275

This course is registered under the Commonwealth Government's FarmReady program. Eligible primary producers can be reimbursed for the cost of this course. See the FarmReady website for more details.

• To help farmers reduce risk by allowing them to monitor and effectively incorporate weather and climate information into their decision making.

• understand how weather works
• read and interpret weather maps
• analyse local and regional climate history
• examine the relevance of seasonal influences
• use forecasts for practical decisions
• discover where to find weather and climate information
• manage climate risk.

• Welcome and introduction
• Using history to set the boundaries
• How the weather works
• The major seasonal drivers
• So what – making decisions
• Where to find current information
• Skills audit
• What weather forecasts really mean
• Evaluation and close

This course is delivered indoors.