Drought Recovery
Concessional Loans Scheme
(South Australia)
DROUGHT MANAGEMENT
PLAN
Business Name:
Date:
1. Business Details
Business Name:
Trading Name: (if applicable)
Business Owners:
Full Name of all registered proprietors. If the business Business Involvement: Role (manager, partner etc.)
is a company also show details for all Directors.
and whether full-time / part-time / not actively involved.
2. Evidence of Significant Financial Impact
Option A
If your Farm Business is located in an area that has experienced a rainfall deficiency equivalent to, or
worse than, a 1 in 50 or 1 in 100 year rainfall event, as indicated in a valid Bureau of Meteorology
Rainfall Deficiency Report, you must demonstrate the Farm Business has experienced a Significant
Financial Impact over at least a 2 year period (which can include the forthcoming season).
Option B
If your Farm Business is not located in an area experiencing a rainfall deficiency equivalent to, or worse
than, a 1 in 50 or 1 in 100 year rainfall event, as indicated in a valid Bureau of Meteorology Rainfall
Deficiency Report, you must demonstrate the Farm Business has experienced a Significant Financial
Impact as a direct result of the effects of drought over at least a 3 year period (which can include the
forthcoming season).
Where relevant in points 1 to 6 below, please provide details of the Significant Financial Impact
experienced by your business. For each impact, please provide i) a brief description of the impact,
ii) an estimate of the $ impact due to reduced income / and or increased expenses and iii) timing of
the impact (which can include the forthcoming season).
1. Large reductions in the Farm Business’s net cash flow
2. Large reductions in production and/or yields
3. Large reductions in operating margins (the percentage margin of farm receipts over farm
Operating Expenses)
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2. Evidence of Significant Financial Impact (Continued)
4. Increases in drought-related operating expenses, particularly fodder and agistment
expenditure
5. Large reductions in livestock numbers through forced sales or losses.
6. Other Significant Financial Impacts
3. Steps already undertaken to prepare the farm business for drought
Option A
If your Farm Business is located in an area experiencing a rainfall deficiency equivalent to, or worse than,
a 1 in 50 or 1 in 100 year rainfall event, as indicated in the Bureau of Meteorology’s Rainfall Deficiency
Report, you must demonstrate that the Farm Business has taken reasonable steps to prepare for drought.
Option B
If your Farm Business is not located in an area experiencing a rainfall deficiency equivalent to, or worse
than, a 1 in 50 or 1 in 100 year rainfall event, as indicated in the Bureau of Meteorology’s Rainfall
Deficiency Report, you must demonstrate the Farm Business has undertaken Drought Management
Activities for at least a 3 year period to prepare their business for the effects of drought.
Where relevant in points 1 to 6 below, please comment on the strategies already undertaken to
prepare your farm business for the effects of drought. For each strategy, please provide i) a brief
description of the strategy, ii) an estimate of the $ cost of implementing the strategy and iii) the
timing of when the strategy was first implemented.
1. Use of weather and seasonal climate forecasting products or tools to inform production
decisions
2. Proactive water management measures, such as increasing dam capacity, investment in water
reticulation and groundwater infrastructure
3. Water-efficient cropping techniques
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3. Steps already undertaken to prepare the farm business for drought (Continued)
4. Reduction or agistment of stock
5. Change to more water efficient crop types
6. Accumulation of feed reserves for stock or sale
7. Other drought preparedness measures already undertaken
4. Cropping
The following table is to be completed by all applicants that grow crops or fodder.
Cropping Information - cereal, legume, fodder and other crops (including horticultural crops)
Normal
Year
Crop
Wheat
Barley
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16
(2011 crop)
(2012 crop)
(2013 crop)
(2014 crop)
(2015 crop)
Area (ha)
Tonnes produced
Area (ha)
Tonnes produced
Crop...................
(details)
Area (ha)
Crop...................
(details)
Area (ha)
Crop...................
(details)
Area (ha)
Crop...................
(details)
Area (ha)
Tonnes produced
Tonnes produced
Tonnes produced
Tonnes produced
Please provide further comments on the Cropping Information Table.
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5. Livestock Management
The following table is to be completed by all applicants that farm livestock.
Livestock Numbers
Please provide details of livestock numbers both prior to the commencement of the drought and currently
on the property:
Livestock numbers on the property
Prior to drought
as at
/
/ (specify date)
Livestock Type
Currently on property
(at time of application)
Cows
Heifers
Steers
Calves
Bulls
Ewes
Wethers
Lambs
Rams
Other e.g. goats
Details of Stocking Rates
Long term stocking rate
Current stocking rate
DSE/Ha
DSE/Ha
Details of Destocking due to drought conditions
Reasons
Year / Month
Numbers
Class e.g. Steers
Deaths due to drought
To Agistment / Feedlots
Forced Sales
Please provide further comments regarding livestock management if applicable.
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