This recovery program aims to help key primary production industries in storm and flood-hit areas, helping them to remain viable and effectively recover to support the local and state economy.
Key information
- Status: Closed
- Grant amount: From $10,000 to $100,000
- Application opened: 16 September 2022
- Application closed: 30 September 2023, 5:00 pm
Program objective
The objective of the program is to help primary producers and primary production enterprises impacted by the February and March 2022 NSW Severe Weather and Flooding events to rebuild and recover in the medium to longer term with the aim of supporting job security, future resilience and enabling future production.
The Critical Producer Grant is one of four recovery programs under the $150 million Primary Industry Support Package which was announced in March 2022.
Please refer to the Critical Producer Grant Framework (PDF 14.16MB) and the addendum (PDF 62.81KB) for further details.
This program is funded and administered by Department of Regional NSW.
Eligibility
Who can apply
The Critical Producer Grant is available to primary producers and primary production enterprises in targeted industries impacted by and operating in Local Government Areas declared under the February and March 2022 NSW Severe Weather and Flooding.
Primary producers and primary production enterprises who have been approved for the full value of the $75,000 Special Disaster Grantin the agriculture, horticulture and aquaculture industry sectors are considered eligible for additional recovery support through the Critical Producer Grant. Forestry support is available for private native forestry leaseholders and timber plantation owners.
The Critical Producer Grant Framework outlines the key program objectives, eligibility criteria and timeframes for the overall package and should be read in conjunction with the relevant industry guidelines.
Guidelines for each targeted industry are available on the Rural Assistance Authority (RAA) website.
Targeted Industries
- Agriculture – dairy, extensive livestock (sheep and cattle), intensive livestock (pork and poultry), apiculture and broadacre cropping
- Aquaculture – oysters, mussels and fisheries
- Horticulture – turf, vegetables, berries, cut flowers and plant nurseries, perennial tree crops (nut crops, tea tree etc)
- Forestry – private native forests and timber plantations.
Support available per sector
- Dairy – up to $100,000 per applicant
- Extensive livestock – up to $75,000 per applicant
- Intensive livestock – up to $50,000 per applicant
- Apiculture – up to $50,000 per applicant
- Broadacre cropping – up to $75,000 per applicant
- Aquaculture – up to $30,000 per applicant
- Commerical Fishing – up to $30,000 per applicant
- Turf – up to $75,000 per applicant
- Vegetables, berries, cut flowers and plant nurseries – up to $30,000 per applicant
- Perennial tree crops – up to $75,000 per applicant
- Private native forests – up to $10,000 per applicant.
Most recent recipients
What your application needs to include
For specific program details related to each industry, refer to the Industry Guidelines on the RAA website.
Private Native Forestry and timber plantation operators
Support is also available to Private Native Forestry and timber plantation operators that were directly impacted by the 2022 floods. For all information on the Critical Producer Grant for the forestry industry, refer to the Private Native Forestry and Timber Plantations Guidelines.
Resources
After the application is submitted
Successful applications will be decided by: Department of Regional NSW.
Successful applicants will be notified within 20 working days of receipt of a fully completed application. Applicants with successful claims will receive milestone payments dependent on the sum of their claim.
Unsuccessful applicants have the opportunity to request a review of decisions for assistance if they are dissatisfied.
Successful recipients
We will publish successful recipients on nsw.gov.au as grants are awarded.
Please note: Individual recipient information will be removed to ensure statutory compliance with the provisions of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act (PPIP) 1988.
Non-individual recipient data will also not be published. For non-competitive programs that have a high-volume of low-value grants, which are predominantly awarded to individuals, it is not practical or feasible to separate applicant information and doing so would adversely affect the achievement of government policy outcomes.
Support and contact
Critical Producer Grants are designed to complement existing flood-recovery measures for individuals and businesses in disaster declared regions, many of which are co-funded by the Australian and NSW governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
For a full list of all available support, visit Service NSW or call 13 77 88.
Contact Regional NSW
- Email: floods.recovery@regional.nsw.gov.au
- Phone: 1300 679 673 from 7am-7pm, Monday to Friday.