Funds for storm-hit producers

Grants of up to $25,000 are on offer under a State and Federal Government program, to help primary producers affected by June 2021’s floods and storms.

Producers from storm-affected areas in a range of local government areas, including Moorabool Shire and Hepburn Shire, are encouraged to apply.

The ‘Victorian Floods and Storms Clean-Up and Restoration Grants’ can be spent on a range of costs incurred due to the floods and storms that occurred from June 9 – 11, including removing fallen trees, erosion mediation, and repairs or replacement of farm infrastructure.

To be eligible, applicants must be a primary producer earning more than 50 per cent of their income from the affected farming business, hold an Australian Business Number (ABN) and have held that ABN during the disaster, have a primary production enterprise in the area that suffered direct damage from the disaster, carried on the primary production when affected by the disaster, and intend to re-establish the primary production enterprise.

Applications for grant assistance close on 31 May 2022. For more information and to apply, visit www.ruralfinance.com.au and click ‘Find out more’ under ‘Victorian Floods and Storms Clean-Up and Restoration Grants’.

To read the full story – Simply click on the following link

https://issuu.com/themooraboolnews/docs/mn_2022-03-08/13

in the 8 March 2022 edition
OR
pick up a paper around your town.