Queensland graziers are being warned to revoke their drought declaration before restocking, or risk getting cut their drought rebates cut off.

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About 86 per cent of the state is drought-declared, a situation that will not be re-evaluated until April when local drought committees meet to review rainfall data and speak with landholders.

State climate risk coordinator Lew Markey said producers who started restocking without revoking their drought status through the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries would no longer be eligible for fodder, transport and water subsidies through the Drought Relief Assistance Scheme (DRAS).

"If they're voluntarily shifting stock back onto the property, that suspends their ability to be eligible for DRAS for the period of time they have those stock on the property, and for 16 weeks after the last of those stock leave," he said.

"If they've had a break to the season, and a few have, then they might be looking to start the process of restocking.

"While you're shifting stock on to your property without being revoked, you won't be eligible for assistance with the restocking process, and that's essentially the issue people are coming up against at the moment."

Mr Markey said producers could individually revoke their status before April through their regional drought coordinator, and should do so if they wanted to take advantage of recovery transport rebates under the drought support scheme.

Producers are eligible for between $20,000 and $40,000 per annum in rebates under the DRAS, depending on how long their property has been drought-declared and whether they have completed a drought management plan.

However, Mr Markey said producers who had already drawn on the emergency water infrastructure fund and drought fodder and transport rebates this financial year may not have much left in the kitty for their restocking activities.

The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries has also warned producers to review their situation carefully before scrapping their drought declaration.

"Once you're drought revoked, then it's going to be a minimum of 12 months before you can be eligible for drought assistance again," Mr Markey said.

"And you need to go through a re-application process to get your drought status reinstated."

Graziers likely to be affected by these changes can contact their regional drought coordinator on 13 25 23.