Rebates for Victorian farmers to buy water infrastructure

The On-Farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme provides drought affected livestock farmers with a rebate to help with the costs of new water infrastructure for animal welfare needs.

Overview

On-Farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme provides drought affected livestock farmers with a rebate to help them with the costs of purchasing, installing and upgrading on-farm water infrastructure.

The rebate applies to the purchase and installation of emergency water infrastructure for livestock, including:

• pipes
• tanks and troughs associated with stock watering
• water pumps
• de-silting works of existing dams
• drilling new stock water bores and associated power supply eg generators
• material or equipment necessary to install infrastructure (excluding the purchase of machinery)
• any freight component to purchase and install the equipment
• professional installation costs to install infrastructure

What are the eligibility criteria?

To be eligible, you must:

• be a property owner, share-farmer or lessee in the grazing industry
• be registered as a primary producer with the Australian Tax Office, have an Australian Business Number (ABN) and are registered for GST
• own a property located in an eligible Local Government Area or provide evidence of severely depleted water storage or sources
• earn more than 50% of your gross income from your farm business under normal seasonal circumstances, or
• have commenced your farm business between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2018 and derive 50% of your gross income from the farm business within three years of the date of applying

Find out more about the eligibility criteria at On-Farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme.

How do you apply?

Find out more about how to apply at On-Farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme.