{"id":227310,"date":"2019-01-31T17:56:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T07:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=227310"},"modified":"2020-07-24T19:01:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T09:01:26","slug":"national-drought-hub-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/01\/31\/national-drought-hub-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"National Drought Hub Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_227373\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-227373\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190131droughtmap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-227373\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190131droughtmap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190131droughtmap.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20190131droughtmap-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-227373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A snapshot from the new National Drought Map showing rainfall year-to-date data &#8230; the pale orange is below average rainfall, darker orange is very much below average, and red areas are the lowest 1 per cent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226673\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226673\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/littleproud2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226673\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/littleproud2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/littleproud2.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/littleproud2-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Federal Agriculture Minister and Member for Maranoa David Littleproud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>January 31, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A new online tool was launched on Thursday to give farmers a single, straightforward place to find out what drought assistance is available to them.<\/p>\n<p>Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said FarmHub brought together the services of the Commonwealth, States, Councils and charities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will tell farmers what assistance is available for them without any mucking around,\u201d Mr Littleproud said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFarmers just need to go to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmhub.org.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">farmhub.org.au<\/a><\/strong> and type in their location to find help available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will show what fodder, water, transport and living expense assistance is available at an individual farm, as well as mental and physical health services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has all been pulled together and verified by the National Farmers\u2019 Federation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mr Littleproud also launched a National Drought Map to help co-ordinate the drought response and allow governments, business and communities to make informed decisions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/map.drought.gov.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Drought Map<\/a><\/strong> is a clear and precise picture of conditions and the drought response across Australia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will help us to be flexible and responsive to the drought when conditions change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has information such as rainfall, soil moisture, available government assistance, numbers of farm businesses, agricultural regions and employment by industries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>External links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/farmhub.org.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farm Hub<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/map.drought.gov.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Drought Map<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new online tool was launched on Thursday to give farmers a single, straightforward place to find out what drought assistance is available to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":227373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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