{"id":514853,"date":"2026-01-14T06:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/514853\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T06:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:06:20","slug":"farmers-hurt-by-victorian-fires-to-receive-50m-state-and-federal-support-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/514853\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers hurt by Victorian fires to receive $50m state and federal support package"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Victorian government has promised $50 million in support for farmers devastated by the fires across the state as part of what it is calling an “initial” support package.<\/p>\n

The federal and Victorian governments will both contribute to the package, providing $40 million in farm grants and $10 million in concessional loans.<\/p>\n

Blazes have burned in every corner of the state, causing widespread damage and loss.<\/p>\n

More than 1,000 farms have so far been identified as fire-affected, and livestock deaths are estimated to be in excess of 15,000.<\/p>\n

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Hay is being delivered to surviving livestock.\u00a0 (ABC Rural: Annie Brown)<\/p>\n

Recovery grants<\/p>\n

Farmers impacted by the fires can apply for the new $75,000 grant to help with the costs of the clean up and recovery.<\/p>\n

“The fires have badly affected some of our great prime agricultural land,” Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan said.<\/p>\n

“If [farmers] have stock that needs to be disposed of, these are tough things our primary producers have to work through,” she said.<\/p>\n

Concessional loans of up to $250,000 are also being made available for primary producers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“There is a lot of assets here being damaged and \u2026 these concessional loans are about providing the longer-term support,” Ms Allan said.<\/p>\n

\"Bales<\/p>\n

The Victorian government has announced recovery grants to help farmers.\u00a0 (ABC Rural: Annie Brown)<\/p>\n

Fires a ‘crisis’ for farmers<\/p>\n

Victorian Farmers Federation president Brett Hosking described the widespread damage and loss as a “crisis”.<\/p>\n

“I’ve seen farming communities almost wiped off the map \u2026 there’s no overestimating the help they need,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Brett Hosking is asking the public to help farmers in need. (Supplied: Victorian Farmers Federation)<\/p>\n

Mr Hosking said financial losses would be in the “tens of millions of dollars.”<\/p>\n

“The recent fires have ravaged towns, farms and communities in every corner of Victoria,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Many farmers have lost fencing, pastures, infrastructure and livestock, on top of ongoing challenges with drought and rising input costs.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Victorian government has promised $50 million in support for farmers devastated by the fires across the state…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":514854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,112922,37160,4216,50,714,5174,8515],"class_list":{"0":"post-514853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-bushfire","10":"tag-farms","11":"tag-fires","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-rural","14":"tag-support","15":"tag-victoria"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115891954310743334","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}