Cotton Grains Cattle program - North Queensland cotton grains cattle farming systems - Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia

Summary

‘North Queensland cotton grains cattle farming systems’ is one of six projects in the Cotton, Grains, Cattle (CGC) program.

This project aims to co-design scalable diversification options and drought resilience practices for north Queensland cotton, grain and cattle enterprises, and quantify the economic, social and environmental values and risks of these options. Research is on farming systems to examine current farm resources, business performance, and establish information and tools needed for adoption.

Cotton Grains Cattle program: North Queensland farming systems

This project aims to co-design scalable diversification options and drought resilience practices for northern Queensland cotton, grain and cattle enterprises, and quantify the economic, social and environmental values and risks of these options. Whole farm level systems participatory research will examine: current farm resources and business performance co-designed time sensitive responses to drought and market volatility information and tools needed for adoption the impact of extreme climate events on productivity and sustainability the level of climate information accuracy and timeliness required for economic value how climate variability influences the risk of not adopting available solutions whole farm economic models for assessment of on-farm produced grains and/or forage crops when grown in cropping systems for cattle feed, existing environment stewardship frameworks alignment with north Queensland mixed farming systems, agri-business and community regional development vision and what are appropriate stewardship guidelines and self-assessment options for balancing the costs, legislation, social license and value chain demand and opportunities?