Investing in Durack’s smart farmers

The diverse and innovative farmers of Durack continue to receive support from the Morrison Government by helping them adopt the next generation of sustainable farming practices through the Smart Farms Small Grants program.

 Federal Member for Durack, the Honourable Melissa Price, said she is really pleased to see the variety of activities supported  across a number of regions from the Gascoyne to the Wheatbelt with projects as diverse as ‘knowing your grubs from your bugs’, integrated agroforestry in dryland farming regions to researching the benefits of building a dung beetle highway in paddocks.

“More than $500 000 of funding has been granted to Durack projects in this round, designed to carry out activities that increase farm productivity and boost natural resource management enhancing the future of agriculture. I congratulate the seven recipients of this latest round of Smart Farms Small Grants and look forward to seeing some great outcomes,” Ms Price said.

 The Durack recipients are:

  • Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management $68,500

  • Roaming Round the Rangelands $96,000

  • The Liebe Group $93,550

  • The Oil Mallee Association $100,000

  • Mingenew Irwin Group, $28,860

  • Rangelands NRM $99,220

  • West Midlands Group $68,070

Smart Farms Small Grants is a key National Landcare Program initiative and part of the Australian Government’s commitment to assisting agriculture towards its target of growing the sector to $100 billion by 2030.

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Media Contact:

Rose Crane 0427 587395, Rosemea.Crane@aph.gov.au.