The NACP is a partnership between the University of Southern Queensland, Queensland Government and Meat and Livestock Australia Donor Company.

Forget chocolates - rain was the present delivered to a group of landholders in north west Queensland centred on a circle south of Prairie, on Easter Saturday.

Resources Minister Scott Stewart said more than $213,000 worth of land rent due between March 1 and August 30 would be automatically deferred for up to six months.

The NSW floods will see a cleansing flush of water head down the Barwon-Darling River system and have also bolstered inland dam levels.

The strong La Nina event has led to the coolest summer for the nation as a whole in 10 years, however it was around the long-term average.

The seasonal outlook came with the caveat that skill is low in autumn, but farmers hope above average rain forecasts are on the money.

Southern Queensland has remained in somewhat of a rain shadow during the current La Nina event, but there may be rain on the way.

The La Nina event is breaking down but farmers hope it has one last kick left and can help deliver good opening rains in the autumn.

Cyclone warning cancelled for north Queensland as Cyclone Niran reaches Category 3 intensity.

Tropical Cyclone Niran is expected to intensify into a category 3 system in the next 24 hours.