Rebates for SA drought affected primary producers

The On-Farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme provides drought affected primary producers with a rebate to help with the costs of purchasing and installing water infrastructure.

Overview

Water infrastructure rebates are available for primary producers who can demonstrate a critical water need for livestock or permanent horticulture plantings resulting from current seasonal conditions.

Eligible activities include:

Livestock

• pipes and fittings
• water storage devices (such as tanks and troughs) associated with stock watering
• water pumps
• de-silting of existing dams, where you can demonstrate that the property does not have access to groundwater
• drilling of stock groundwater bores and associated equipment/power supply such as generators, desalinisation plants
• materials or equipment necessary to install the above excluding purchase of machinery
• any freight component to purchase and install the equipment
• professional installation costs to install the water infrastructure

Horticulture

• drilling of horticulture groundwater bores and associated equipment/power supply such as generators, desalinisation plants
• de-silting of existing dams, where you can demonstrate that the property does not have access to groundwater

What are the eligibility criteria?

To be eligible, you must:

• be a property owner, share-farmer or lessee in the grazing industry
• operate as a sole trader, partnership, trust or private company and trade agricultural products
• own a property which is located in one of the eligible areas
• not have gross off farm assets of more than $5 million
• earn more than 50% of your gross income from your farm business under normal seasonal circumstances, or
• have commenced your farm business between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2018 and derive 50% of your gross income from the farm business within three years of the date of applying
• have purchased new eligible water infrastructure for livestock or existing permanent horticultural plantings between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020, or
• have undertaken repairs or upgrades to eligible existing water infrastructure for livestock or existing permanent horticultural plantings between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020

How do you apply?

Find out more about eligibility and how to apply at On-Farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme.