About the program

Drought and climate uncertainty create complex challenges for farming businesses. Making the right decision at the right time can have a significant impact on productivity, risk, and drought resilience.

The Decision Points: Drought Resilience Program supports producers across the southern half of NSW by funding practical, locally delivered activities that build confidence, strengthen decision-making capability, and support the adoption of preparedness and recovery strategies.

Round 1 Decision Points extension and adoption activities

West Hume Landcare – Feed, Forecast & Flock Field Day: Practical Tools for Smarter Sheep Management: A producer field day held at Jindera in September 2026 combining seasonal forecasting, feed budgeting, EID technology and sheep containment management to support more informed livestock and drought preparedness decisions.

The Livestock Coach – Managing seasonal risk through containment feeding and pasture decisions: A workshop on 1 October 2026 in Temora to help livestock producers make informed decisions about pasture management, containment feeding, feed budgeting, nutrition, seasonal risk and business resilience.  Register here

Tablelands Farming Systems – Feeding Stock Through Seasonal Uncertainty: An on-farm workshop on 9 October at Merrill focused on feeding economics, ration formulation, feed evaluation and practical decision-making to improve livestock performance and resilience during variable seasonal conditions. Register here

Round 2 Requests for Quote (RFQ) coming soon

For questions or more information, please contact us at southernNSWHub@csu.edu.au.

Program funding

The Decision Points: Drought Resilience Program received funding from the Australian Government's Future Drought Fund through the Southern NSW Innovation Hub.