You work the land. You want data, not marketing.
Cattle, hay, mixed production, grazing — doesn’t matter. What you need is localised weather data you can verify, not a forecast calibrated for the Samford BoM station 18 kilometres over the hill. Here’s what the site actually measures, and where it’s useful.
What actually helps you
One working Ecowitt station in the valley. 20+ years of records. All the outputs below come from that — not a model, not a guess.
1. 30-day long-range forecast
WXSIM ensemble blended with Inigo Jones. Paid. The farmer use case: paddock rotation, hay cut timing, fodder purchase decisions.
See the 30-day outlook2. Forecast accuracy page
93.8% on temperature, 81% on wind, over the last 30 days. Scorecards regenerated every five minutes. Verify before you trust.
Open the scorecard3. Fire Danger Index, measured locally
FFDI calculated from Dayboro conditions — not region-averaged. Matters for your burn-off timing, your fuel reduction, and knowing when the truck needs to be close.
Weather hub4. Creek and flood risk outlook
Dayboro valley floods differently to the nearest BoM gauge. Our flood risk page watches the creeks that matter for valley landholders. Free.
Creek flood outlook5. Soil temperature + moisture
Current soil temp at depth. Useful for turf, pasture decisions, and knowing when a warm-season grass will kick on. From the same Ecowitt station data.
Ag data hub6. Farmer Daily Report email
6AM every day — conditions overnight, paddock wet/dry state, stock weather, what’s coming. Paid ($3.95/month). Rare in this segment — say the word if you’d like to shape its content.
Subscribe or askThe one stat that matters for trust
Published on the accuracy page, regenerated every five minutes. If the model starts drifting, the page shows it. Honest track record is the only basis a working farmer should trust a forecast on — marketing claims from a site they’ve never used aren’t enough.
Farmers are under-represented here — say so if you are one
One active Farmer Daily Report subscriber. We’d like more — but we’d also like to hear from farmers about what would actually be worth paying for. Email feedback to webmaster@dayboro.au or subscribe and reply to the first email.
Try Farmer Daily Report Just check the accuracy pageHonest note
At the moment this site has one working farmer actually using the Farmer Daily Report. We’re not pretending to be an ag-extension service — we’re a hyperlocal weather site with strong local microclimate coverage. What we can do well is tell you what happened on the valley floor in the last 24 hours and what’s likely in the next 30 days. What we can’t do is replace a specialised ag-meteorology service built on a paddock-by-paddock sensor network. Treat the site as a second opinion, not a primary source — and tell us when you catch us wrong.