{"id":146335,"date":"2024-09-20T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=146335"},"modified":"2024-09-18T16:41:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T06:41:02","slug":"facing-tough-conditions-dont-go-through-it-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/facing-tough-conditions-dont-go-through-it-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Facing tough conditions? Don’t go through it alone"},"content":{"rendered":"

TIMES can be tough for farmers when climatic and market conditions don’t pan out as expected.<\/p>\n

This past colder winter and the start of spring has seen a critical lack of substantial rainfall, leading to the exhausting of fodder reserves, slower pasture and crop growth, and livestock water supplies drying up, putting increased stress on farmers.<\/p>\n

Agriculture Victoria is encouraging farmers to take up ongoing support and assistance to help manage current difficult seasonal conditions.<\/p>\n

Agriculture Victoria’s Aimee McCutcheon said Agriculture Victoria continued to monitor conditions across the state.<\/p>\n

“We know there’s been below average rainfall across most of Victoria during autumn and winter and that it’s a critical time for cropping, livestock and dairy production.<\/p>\n

“It’s important that farmers know that support is available to them to help make early and informed decisions.”<\/p>\n

Ms McCutcheon said the Agriculture Victoria website explained what support was available to farmers, including financial support and assistance, mental health and wellbeing support.<\/p>\n

“One example is the Australian Government’s Farm Household Allowance which is a fortnightly payment for eligible farmers.<\/p>\n

“Our website also provides access to other organisations that can help, such as the free services from the Rural Financial Counselling Services and the National Centre for Farmer Health.”<\/p>\n

Ms McCutcheon said Agriculture Victoria offers extensive practical information, resources, tools and calculators to help farmers with forward planning, feed budgeting and livestock management.<\/p>\n

These free resources are available online 24 hours a day, or you can speak with department staff at your local office.<\/p>\n

For more information plus details of events coming up in your region or online, head to agriculture.vic.gov.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TIMES can be tough for farmers when climatic and market conditions don’t pan out as expected. This past colder winter and the start of spring has seen a critical lack of substantial rainfall, leading to the exhausting of fodder reserves, slower pasture and crop growth, and livestock water supplies drying up, putting increased stress on […]<\/p>\n

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