Dairy Talk - Claire Eastham: "Can producers actually afford to make the most of these grants?"

At long last, capital grant, Farming Equipment and Technology Fund and Farming Transformation Fund applications are materialising into agreement offers

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Claire Eastham

After so many false starts and broken promises, it's a relief to see those long-awaited emails dropping into inboxes. For a moment, there's a flicker of optimism — maybe all those hours spent filling forms...

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