The Albanese and Minns Labor Governments are continuing to ensure regional communities are able to thrive with a new powerful online tool to help NSW farmers better prepare for, respond to and recover from natural disasters including fire, flood, and drought.
The agriculture industry is the engine room of the New South Wales economy, contributing around $20 billion each year. This tool will help farmers safeguard their livelihoods during the climatic variations impacting their farming operations.
This is part of the Minns and Albanese Labor Government's ongoing work to strengthen primary industries, which has included significant funding for increasing resilience, expanding research, and strengthening biosecurity programs.
The platform, called myStockPlanner, enables farmers to provide details of their farm, risks and resources so they then in return can access tailored actionable response options to consider and implement with their feed and livestock.
The Governments are committed to building better and more resilient farming operations to ensure they are protected and can overcome the challenges of drought and flood impacts on their operations.
myStockPlanner enhances and brings together the functions that previously existed in a suite of existing tools so they are upgraded into a smarter and single platform.
The old tools such as the Drought and Supplementary Calculator, DroughtPack, Feed Cost Calculator and Drought Feed Calculator have been collated into a one stop shop myStockPlanner.
This platform is designed to empower farmers with real-time insights, scenario planning, and recovery tracking so they can make better and quicker decisions.
Importantly, myStockPlanner allows users to save their business information to a farm profile, which they can access and update anywhere, anytime even if their business records are destroyed in floods or fires.
Farmers use the free platform to calculate livestock requirements, develop feed plans and evaluate projected annual costs of livestock sale and retention options to improve the farm's performance.
The platform is accessed through a web browser using an existing Service NSW login. This ensures improved accessibility and reliability across laptops and mobiles such as iOS and Android devices.
The Service NSW gateway also protects user data and allows quick recall and editing as conditions and operating needs change.
Future updates of the platform will aim to include the NSW Combined Drought Indicator and innovative technologies to assist in recovery planning by scenario planning length of feeding periods and livestock performance modelling.
The development of the myStockPlanner platform was jointly funded by the Australian and NSW governments.
To learn more or sign up – myStockPlanner - https://mystockplanner.dpi.nsw.gov.au
Federal Minister for Emergency Management Kristy McBain:
"This new tool puts practical, real-time information in the hands of farmers when they need it most, helping them plan, make informed decisions and stay one step ahead of whatever nature throws their way.
"We know disasters can strike without warning, so giving producers the tools to plan, adapt and recover quickly is vital for the long term strength of our agricultural communities.
"This is about making sure our primary producers aren't left starting from scratch when the worst happens, with a secure place to store crucial farm information and recovery plans they can access anytime, anywhere.
"The Australian Government is proud to back practical initiatives like myStockPlanner that build real resilience on the ground and help keep our farmers and regional communities thriving into the future."
Minister for Agriculture, Regional NSW and Western NSW Tara Moriarty:
"myStockPlanner is more than just a planning tool for livestock producers — it's a strategic partner for navigating the impacts from droughts, floods and fires.
"This online platform is a significant step forward in enabling producers to plan their own feeding and recovery strategies and give farmers more confidence in their business decisions when they need it most.
"This tool will be essential for not only planning business as usual operations but also in farm business recovery following significant events.
"Importantly this makes it easier and more convenient for farmers because it brings together the capabilities of multiple existing tools available over the last decade into a single, streamlined web-based application.
