Lucerne Crop Suitability Model for Southern Grampians Shire in 2050

A geospatial model predicting the suitability for growing Lucerne in the Southern Grampians Shire Council region for the year 2050. The dataset was created by Deakin University for the Southern Grampians Shire Council as part of a Land Use Capability project. It was last updated on 2026-04 26.

Use Cases

• Assess future agricultural land potential based on projected 2050 suitability scores.
• Inform regional land-use planning and policy decisions for the Southern Grampians Shire.
• Integrate climate projection data into crop viability models for Lucerne.
• Conduct spatial analysis to identify areas of high or low suitability for targeted interventions.

Strengths

• Includes a detailed scientific report documenting the modeling methodology.
• Available in multiple geospatial and tabular formats (WMS, SHP, GEOJSON, WFS, CSV).
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-2.5 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The model is specific to a single commodity (Lucerne) and a single future year (2050).

Provenance

Source

Southern Grampians Shire Council and Deakin University.

Collection Method

Modelled through the Land Use Capability project.

Time Range

Projection for the year 2050.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-26 17:21:06.009453; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southern Grampians Shire Council region, Australia.