This scheme provides funding assistance to organisations that donate and transport donated fodder to a central location within NSW for the benefit of three or more primary producers with livestock, in the event of a declared natural disaster.
Key information
- Status: Ongoing
- Grant amount: Covers transport costs up to 1,500 km
- Application opened: 20 March 2022
Program objective
To provide funding assistance to organisations that donate and transport donated fodder to a central location within NSW for the benefit of three or more primary producers with livestock, in the event of a natural disaster. This contributes to an outcome of quicker recovery from natural disaster.
This program is funded and administered by Rural Assistance Authority.
Eligibility
Who can apply
- The subsidy on transport of donated fodder is available to organisations* that donate and transport donated fodder for the benefit of three or more primary producers, whose property has been affected by a natural disaster.
- Pre-approval for the transport of the donated fodder must be obtained from the NSW Rural Assistance Authority (RAA) by the organisation including agreement on estimates for the amount of fodder to be transported, the number of trips to be completed and the total distance to be travelled.
- The donated fodder must be delivered to a central location within the declared natural disaster area.
- The central location receiving donated fodder must be in an area of NSW that has been declared a Natural Disaster.
- Payment of any assistance can only occur upon production of tax invoices for expenses incurred.
- Payment of any assistance is contingent on recipients acknowledging this financial support in annual reports, media releases, digital and printed materials, web pages and online documents, advertising, plaques and signs.
- Claims must be made within three months of the RAA's approval to the transport of the donated fodder.
- As part of the application process, the applicant must agree to relevant details from the proposed application being provided to the regional Rural Financial Counsellor, Rural Resilience Officers or other co-ordinating entity so as to promote coordination of effort.
What you can't apply for
Exclusions:
- Small volumes of fodder (i.e. under one tonne per load).
- Poor quality fodder, including fodder found to include weeds or other invasive species. The RAA must refuse to approve movements from regions with known or suspected biosecurity concerns. Under the Biosecurity Act 2015, the RAA cannot approve movements that present a known biosecurity risk. www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity.
- In circumstances where the RAA receives notification of poor quality fodder, or fodder with weeds or other invasive species, the RAA is required to report this to NSW Biosecurity. Application and claims from organisations involved will be put on hold until a review of the operator’s movements can be completed.
- Transport of donated fodder from individual donors to individual farmers.
- Transport of donated fodder to commercial feedlots and/or feed processors.
What types of project will be funded
The scheme will pay for the costs of donating and transporting donated fodder to affected properties or storage facilities in a central location up to a maximum of distance of 1,500 kilometres.
Most recent recipients
What your application needs to include
You can download the complete
File
Natural Disaster Transport Subsidy — Donated Fodder Program Guidelines (PDF 1.12MB).
Prepare your application with this checklist
You will need:
- BP reference number
- ABN number
- Case number from original application
- Invoices.
Address the assessment criteria
- Applications will be assessed against the eligibility criteria.
- RAA reserves the right to request further information from you or from any business or individual you have engaged, to assist in assessing your application and to verify any information provided in your application. Failure to provide such information may result in RAA refusing your application.
- RAA reserves the right to refuse an application where eligibility criteria are not met, or where the applicant does not or cannot provide sufficient information for the RAA to determine if eligibility criteria have been met.
- Applications submitted may be subject to audit by RAA or its agents in order to determine compliance with scheme guidelines.
- Before applying for financial assistance under this program, applicants should seek advice from their legal, business or financial advisers about the tax implications of this financial assistance.
- Complete applications will be assessed in order of receipt. Incomplete applications will not enter the assessment queue until all required information is provided.
Start the application
Applications for assistance under the program must be made on RAA’s application form and be accompanied by the documentation stated in the application form.
Applicants should note that past financial assistance under this program or any other program is not a reliable indicator of eligibility for future financial assistance under this program.
Applicants will be expected to provide a range of supporting documentation, as outlined on the application form.
After the application is submitted
Successful applications will be decided by: the NSW Rural Assistance Authority.
Important information
- Guidelines are correct at the time of publishing.
- RAA reserves the right to amend, alter or change these guidelines at any time, and it is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that they check the relevant website prior to application.
- The guidelines that apply to your application will be the guidelines that are current at the time your application is received by RAA.
Support and contact
If you need assistance with submitting your application, please contact us per below.
- Phone:1800 678 593
- Email:[email protected]