FLOOD-affected farmers can apply for a $10,000 grant to kickstart their clean-up efforts.
The Primary Producer Flood Relief Program is available to primary producers directly affected by floods to use the funds to re-establish their properties and get their business up and running again.
Producers can apply by contacting Rural Finance at 1800 260 425.
The program, jointly funded by the Commonwealth and Victorian governments through Disaster Recovering Arrangements, supports recipients to use funding to remove and dispose of debris, remove injured or dead livestock, and replace or repair essential equipment.
It also includes cover to fix or replace fencing, and to buy fodder, water and water storage.
Producers looking to salvage damaged crops, grain or feed are also eligible, and can hire or purchase materials to clean up the property.
Primary producers can also claim 50 per cent of transport costs, up to $15,000, for the transport of emergency fodder or stock drinking water, and moving stock to agistment, sale or slaughter.
Any primary producers whose properties have been directly hit are also eligible to apply for concessional loans of up to $250,000 to restore or replace damaged assets, and meet general expenses incurred while the clean-up is underway.
For further information, please visit: www.ruralfinance.com.au
