Funding for VIC farmers to improve drought management and preparedness

Overview

Funding is available to assist farmers to implement on-farm infrastructure improvements and undertake essential business activities to improve drought management and preparedness.

The grant covers activities like constructing a new or upgrading existing:

• Stock Containment Areas (SCA)
• reticulated water systems
• irrigation system upgrades
• grain and fodder storage
• internal re-fencing to better match property layout
• feed system upgrades
• pasture/crop restoration
• water carting for livestock and essential business activities.

Check if you can apply

To be eligible, you must:

• own, share or lease a farm business located in an eligible Local Government Area
• have an Australian business number (ABN) and have that ABN at the time of the program announcement (30 September 2024)
• have a right or interest in the land for the purpose of primary production
• derive more than 50% of gross income from the farm business in an average year, OR generate more than $75,000 gross income from the primary production business in an average year.