Climate change is already stressing Australia’s grain belt with higher and lower temperatures and more erratic rainfall. In the past two decades, shifting climate conditions cut average broadacre farm profits by ~23%, with over 50% profit losses in the worst-hit cropping regions. Traditional annual crops struggle during severe droughts – leading to yield volatility, soil degradation, and financial risk. Without transformative action, projections of up to 30% less winter rainfall by 2050 threaten grain productivity.
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