Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister for Emergency Management, Senator the Hon Murray Watt
Tasmanian Minister for Primary Industries and Water, the Hon Jo Palmer MLC
A successful farm business resilience pilot program run by Dairy Tasmania is being rolled out to other industries, to give Tasmanian farmers the tools they need to prepare for and manage risk, and adapt to a changing climate.
The Albanese and Rockliff Governments have jointly committed over $4 million to the new Tasmanian Farm Business Resilience Program, under the Australian Future Drought Fund.
Over the next two years the target is for at least 300 farming businesses to receive subsidised learning opportunities and develop farm business plans, tailored to a participants’ own agribusiness, risks and situation.
The tender process is now open to industry groups and service providers to deliver similar farm business resilience plans for other industry sectors and across all Tasmanian regions.
The Program runs until late 2025.
Additionally, the Tasmanian Government will support a $450,000 partnership with Dairy Tas to deliver its Our Farm Our Plan framework to 75 dairy farmers.
The program will give farmers access to workshops and one-on-one support to consider their long-terms goals, business management and risks, investment priorities, natural resource management, climate change, succession plans, sustainable irrigation, and farm safety.
