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Adapting a Rice Farm to Climate Change.

Adapting a Rice Farm to Climate Change. Laurie Arthur Rice Farmer. The problem. Managing Climate change Risk. Invest in on farm efficiency Move to dry land farming systems Reduce gearing to allow opportunity cropping Move to new crops and cropping systems Spend nothing and tough it out

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Adapting a Rice Farm to Climate Change.

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  1. Adapting a Rice Farm to Climate Change. Laurie Arthur Rice Farmer

  2. The problem

  3. Managing Climate change Risk • Invest in on farm efficiency • Move to dry land farming systems • Reduce gearing to allow opportunity cropping • Move to new crops and cropping systems • Spend nothing and tough it out • Create a rice industry in Northern Australia All after several years of minimal income

  4. Why rice in the Ord? • Tired of no water in south • Australia’s highest security water • Murray Valley and Ord Valley rainfall patterns seem to be counter cyclical • With a critical mass it has a logistical advantage • Rice has a deep world market • Australians have the expertise

  5. Moulamein to Kununurra 3800km

  6. Rice out in head

  7. The magpie geese stayed away

  8. Lessons to date • M Valley Quest med grain 150 days12ml/ha • Ord Quest medium grain 100 days- 6ml/ha • M Valley yield 10.5 tons / ha • Ord yield 8 tons / ha • Sowing rates need to increase • M V grain quality- premium 65% w g mill-out • Ord grain quality- results from PNG soon

  9. Will there be a rice industry up north? • Must contain rice handling costs • Need to increase the yields • Need additional storage facilities • A rice R&D program must breed dedicated northern varieties • Must reach a critical mass (10,000 ton) soon

  10. What I would like to do • Grow 800 ha each year in the north • Grow up to 800 ha in the south when water is available • Run both enterprises as related units • Help to establish an agricultural powerhouse in the north • Not break the southern operation pursuing the north

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