What is agriIQ?
agriIQ is a daily agricultural conditions dashboard built for agri-lenders, rural financial advisers, and agricultural analysts. It aggregates publicly available data from Australian government agencies and industry bodies into a single, scored view of farming conditions across the country.
By combining commodity prices, seasonal weather data, input costs, export conditions, credit markets, and biosecurity alerts into a unified 0–100 scoring system, agriIQ helps professionals quickly assess agricultural risk and opportunity without manually checking dozens of separate government reports.
How Scoring Works
The agriIQ composite score is a weighted average of seven condition dimensions, each scored 0–100. A higher score indicates more favourable conditions for Australian agriculture.
Score Bands
- 60 or above — Favourable conditions
- 40–60 — Mixed or neutral conditions
- Below 40 — Challenging conditions
Seven Dimensions
- Farm Profitability — ABARES farm survey estimates and terms of trade
- Commodity Prices — ABARES, MLA, AWI, CME market data across 8 commodities
- Seasonal Conditions — BOM rainfall, soil moisture, seasonal outlook
- Input Cost Pressure — ABS Producer Price Index, fuel, fertiliser indices
- Export Conditions — ABARES trade data, ABS trade statistics, AUD/USD
- Credit & Lending — RBA cash rate, agricultural lending rates
- Biosecurity — DAFF pest/disease alerts and trade risk flags
Each dimension is scored independently using the latest available data, then combined into a single composite score. Regional scores weight dimensions by their relevance to each state's dominant agricultural sectors.
Data Sources
All data is sourced from 27 authoritative Australian government and industry bodies, including:
- ABARES — Agricultural outlooks, farm surveys, exports
- Bureau of Meteorology — Rainfall, dam storage, seasonal conditions
- Reserve Bank of Australia — Interest rates, credit data
- DAFF — Biosecurity alerts, trade access
- Australian Bureau of Statistics — Producer prices, trade exports
- MLA & AWI — Livestock and wool market indicators
- NOAA/CPC — ENSO, SOI, and climate drivers
- NASA FIRMS — Satellite fire hotspot detection
- SILO / Long Paddock — Authoritative rainfall, drought declarations
- WA DPIRD, NSW DPI — State-level weather and environmental data
- NASA MODIS (via ORNL DAAC) — Per-SA4 NDVI vegetation anomalies
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Data Refresh Schedule
agriIQ runs an automated data pipeline daily. The pipeline fetches the latest data from all 27 government and industry sources, recalculates dimension scores, and updates the dashboard. Fresh data is available each morning (AEST).
AI-generated narratives (commodity outlooks, farm impact analyses, lender briefs, and forward outlook horizons) are regenerated each morning using the freshly ingested data. Approximately 118 narratives are produced across national, commodity, regional, and sub-regional levels.
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Built for Institutional Lending
agriIQ includes a suite of institutional-grade features designed for agricultural lending teams, credit committees, and financial institutions:
- Loan Conditions Assessment — One-page conditions snapshot for any commodity-region combination, replacing hours of manual research per application
- Lending Conditions Pack — 9-page branded PDF with executive summary, portfolio analysis, risk matrix, and forward outlook
- Peer Benchmarking — Compare portfolio commodity concentration against national ABARES production shares and ABS farm debt baselines
- Water Allocation Tracking — State water authority allocations across NSW, VIC, SA, and QLD irrigation systems
- Saleyard Price Basis — Regional cattle saleyard prices tracked against the EYCI national benchmark
- Scenario Engine — Stress-test portfolios against drought, rate changes, commodity price shocks, and trade disruptions
- Enterprise Plan — SSO/SAML authentication, Dale conversation audit trail, custom PDF branding, unlimited portfolios, and a named account contact for institutional teams
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