Murray Local Land Services

Murray region production outlook remains positive in the west of the region. Declining conditions in the east.

The Combined Drought Indicator shows approximately 75% of Murray Local Land Services (LLS) region remains in the Non-Drought category at the end of May.
Rainfall deficits continue to impact areas around Albury, Tumbarumba, and Holbrook and drought indicators have decline further. The area in the Drought Affected category has continued to expand.
On ground reports support the indicators and suggest that the region’s soil moisture been drying rapidly, with minimal pasture growth leading into the cold conditions.
Supplementary feeding will be ongoing until spring in some areas, as the bulk of feed grown over the summer is now exhausted or of poor quality.
Western parts of the region have experienced strong autumn conditions and outlooks are positive coming into winter.
Continued follow-up rain will be needed to maintain or improve production outlooks across much of the region.
Cropping and livestock producers continue to monitor forecasts closely and implement management strategies as required for their enterprises entering winter.
The NSW DPI continues to closely monitor conditions in this region.

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Normalised Difference Vegetation Index

There has been a decline in the plant greenness values since the last Update,

Plant greenness levels are highly variable across the region.
There has been a large decrease in plant greenness levels in the west of the region since the last update.
In the east and central parts of the region, many areas are experiencing near normal to lower-than-normal plant greenness levels. These areas indicate low levels of ground cover and standing dry matter available for livestock
Some of the extremely negative NDVI areas (brown patches) are water bodies.

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