Business skills
Enhance your skills in financial and business management to improve efficiency and profitability at a Business EDGE workshop.
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Dry ready hub
MLA has many resources available to help producers prepare for and mitigate the impact of the dry conditions.
Download a comprehensive guide of all of MLA’s tools and resources for building business resilience during dry times here.
Here are some practical tools to help navigate dry times and guide decisions around critical business management questions, such as:
- What can I do now, to prepare my business for dry times?
- How do I use weather and climate forecasting tools to be on the front foot?
- How can I manage livestock during the dry?
- How can I look after my feedbase and natural resources during dry times, to maintain long-term productivity?
- How can I look after myself and others during dry times?
Learn how producers around the country are implementing dry season strategies.
Advisor tips
This Productivity & Profitability webinar looks at strategies to get businesses ready for the dry season.
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Dry time ready
A Profitable Grazing Systems training package to develop a drought management strategy.
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Forewarned is Forearmed
Seasonal climate forecasting tools to prepare for extreme weather.
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Northern Australia Climate Forecasts
Weekly and monthly weather and climate outlooks for the northern Australian grazing industry.
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Responding to climate variability
MLA’s Climate hub has more resources and case studies to assist producers prepare for and manage dry times.
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Back to business
Practical tips for livestock producers to help rebuild after drought, floods and fires.
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Drought preparedness
This checklist outlines important issues to consider when managing livestock under drought conditions.
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Transport
Information to help you decide if an animal is fit to be loaded for transport by road or rail.
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Nutrition
MLA’s Nutrition EDGE workshops assist producers to better match pasture and feed options to their livestock needs.
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Feed budgeting
Match feed availability to demand with MLA’s stocking rate calculator and feedbase planning and budgeting tools.
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Grazing management
Attend MLA’s Grazing Fundamentals EDGE and Grazing Land Management EDGE workshops.
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Maintain ground cover
Information on management of ground cover and rotational grazing to help avoid run-off, water loss and erosion.
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Drought pastures
A guide to ensure southern pastures survive, recover well and remain relatively weed-free during drought.
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Natural resource management
A simple roadmap to understand and implement sustainable and productive grazing land management.
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Healthy soils
This resource outlines grazing management tactics to promote soil organisms that contribute to healthy and productive soils.
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Australian Feedbase Monitor
A free tool for MLA members to monitor and manage ground cover.
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Land condition
Understand and implement sustainable and productive grazing land management.
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Mental health hub
Tips and tools to help producers cope with the stress of natural disasters.
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Rural Aid
Critical support to farmers affected by natural disaster through financial, wellbeing and fodder assistance.
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How to ask ‘R U Ok’?
Here’s a simple guide to having the conversation with someone you suspect might be struggling.
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Want more?
MLA’s resource hubs have more tools, resources and case studies to guide on-farm decisions.
