The data behind My Farm Model
Every projection traces back to a named, public, scientific source. Here's exactly what powers the model — the same references you can hand your banker.
Soil — CSIRO Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia
Australia's national soil map, built by CSIRO and delivered through TERN. For every paddock you draw, My Farm Model extracts a six-layer soil profile from the surface down to two metres.
Climate — SILO / Bureau of Meteorology
The Queensland Government's SILO service provides gridded daily climate built from Bureau of Meteorology station records, back to 1889. Your farm's location gets its own daily record spanning more than 130 years.
Yields — APSIM
APSIM is the agricultural simulation model developed and trusted by Australian researchers for decades. My Farm Model feeds it your soil profile, climate record and variety traits to simulate what each crop will actually do on each block — then stress-tests the result against dry, normal and wet season ensembles.
Economics — RBA, ABS & ASX
The financial layer discounts your NPV against the Reserve Bank cash rate, baselines prices on ASX commodity futures for wheat, barley and canola, and applies Australian tax settings like GST and fuel tax credits. More than 50 linked variables carry every change through to the 30-year result.
Your ground truth wins
Every value from these datasets is a starting point, not a verdict. If your soil test or rain gauge says different, override it and the whole model recalculates. Each farm also carries a coverage score, so you always know how complete the data under your projection is.