Funder: NSW – Rural Assistance Authority
Grant Background: The Emergency Drought Transport Subsidy provides drought affected farmers in NSW with subsidies for the transport of fodder, water and stock.
Subsidies may be used to:
- transport stock to and from agistment
- transport stock to sale or slaughter
- transport fodder or water to stock on drought affected properties
Subsidies of up to 50% of the total freight cost, to a maximum of $5 per kilometre (GST exclusive) to a maximum eligible distance of 1,500 kilometres are available.
$ Available: up to $40 000.00
Eligibility: To be eligible, you must:
- be the owner and operator of a farm business in NSW, negatively impacted by drought conditions
- earn more than 50% of your gross income from the farm business under normal seasonal circumstances
- be operating as a sole trader, partnership, trust or private company, trading agricultural products
- be registered with the ATO as a primary producer and have an ABN
- not have gross off-farm assets exceeding $5 million (excluding funds in a registered superannuation fund)
Key Dates: closes 30 June 2019
Link: CLICK HERE
Happy to chat if you need a hand with your application. Good luck, Melanie
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