Rookwood Weir Irrigated Crop Suitability Tool
Once constructed, Rookwood Weir will enable agricultural development along the Fitzroy River in Central Queensland—in land that extends 5km out from each side of the river. This extensive area contains more than 45,000 hectares of suitable land for irrigated crops.
The Rookwood Weir Irrigated Crop Suitability Tool:
- can help you locate and explore details about suitable land that has potential to grow specific irrigated crops
- includes the elevation and slope of land, and soil suitability and limitations for a range of different crop types.
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Rookwood Weir Irrigated Crop Suitability Tool and report
An online tool that shows the location and details for land that is suitable for growing different irrigated crop types once Rookwood Weir is constructed.
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Sample maps of selected crops showing potential in hectares
Sample maps that show the potential suitable land in hectares for some crops in the tool.
If you require assistance with these maps or would like to provide feedback, please email us or call 13 25 23.
Disclaimer: This tool is designed to be indicative of suitable areas for growing specific crops and to help narrow down areas of interest. However, any area of interest should be analysed in more detail by appropriate experts to confirm crop suitability. While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of these datasets, all data custodians and/or the State of Queensland makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs to which you might incur as a result of the data being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.