Vegetable growers are not required to report emissions under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) scheme. However, some processors and suppliers to the industry may be liable. The NGER is administered by the Clean Energy Regulator, who provides a number of compliance tools on their website: The Threshold estimator enables users to assess whether they are [...]
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The Veg Tool is a gross margin comparison tool for vegetables. The system was developed for the Australian vegetable industry by Schofield Robinson, with funding from the Australian vegetable industry and HAL. The tool is not specifically related to assessing the impacts of climate change but it does provide the framework for developing realistic gross [...]
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Photo by Anthony Cornelius The main reputable online sources of weather and climate forecasts for Australia are: Weather and warnings – Bureau of Meteorology Water and the Land (WATL) – Bureau of Meteorology. WATL brings together climate and weather information. These include rainfall predictions up to 8 days ahead, cumulative seasons rainfall, temperature, wind, pressure, humidity, evaporation, [...]
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