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Council's economic development team secured grant funding through the North East Catchment Management Authority’s Climate Smart Agriculture Program to establish two new weather stations as an extension of the TAFCO Online Weather Station Network.
The stations are strategically located in Stanley's horticultural district and Everton Upper in the Beechworth Wine Region, filling important gaps in weather data coverage for these key agricultural areas.
These state-of-the-art weather stations provide real-time data and micro-forecasting to help local farmers make more informed daily operational decisions, improve farm efficiency, and manage risks more effectively.
Importantly, all weather data will be freely available to the public, businesses, government agencies, and emergency services, making them valuable assets during extreme weather events and bushfire situations.
This initiative is especially important given the mixed topography of the Indigo region and its varying micro-climates. Farmers in the cluster areas will have remote access to detailed weather data to inform and improve their daily operational decision-making, farm efficiency and risk management. Historic data can also be accessed to inform future farm and seasonal planning.
This project is supported by the Australian Government through funding from the Natural Heritage Trust under the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program and delivered for North East CMA.