The Queensland Government is supporting family farms with the latest round of RED Grants.
- 20 Ag businesses receive $3.7 million in Round 6 of Rural Economic Development (RED) Grants.
- 118 good, secure jobs created for Queenslanders as a direct result of Round 6 grants.
- Expressions of Interest for Round 7 are now open.
Twenty Queensland agribusinesses have benefitted from the latest round of the Queensland Government's popular Rural Economic Development (RED) Grants, with Expressions of Interest for the next round now open.
The successful Round 6 applicants have received a total of $3.7 million, creating 118 good, secure jobs that will support communities right across rural and regional Queensland.
Each RED Grant recipient received up to $200,000 to complete a diverse range of shovel-ready projects such as the construction of greenhouses, glasshouses, fruit packing facilities, and seafood processing areas.
The RED Grants program has provided a total of $20 million in funding over six years, supporting 100 successful regional agribusiness projects worth more than $65.4 million. It's estimated the program has created more than 3,000 new direct and indirect jobs.
Expressions of interest for Round 7 of RED Grants is now open with applications closing on 22 November 2024. Round 7 will include a focus on supporting Indigenous-owned agribusinesses and projects that support low-emissions agriculture.
Successful Round 6 RED Grant recipient Danielle Marcon of Marcon Family Farms said, "We were over the moon to find out our application for a Rural Economic Development Grant had been successful, as we knew it was such a huge deal. We've never applied for anything like this before, so we were very excited to be successful as first-time applicants. The grant allows us to expand our greenhouse operations in Bundaberg. We currently have three greenhouses and one glasshouse and with the funding, we will be adding one more greenhouse to our family farm."