Further information
Georgina Trowbridge
Senior Program Officer
The SA Cattle Industry Fund (fund) exists to support programs that contribute to a profitable and sustainable South Australian cattle industry. The Minister for Primary Industries authorises the collection and expenditure of the fund.
Funds are collected and may be spent in accordance with the Primary Industry Funding Schemes (Cattle Industry Fund) Regulations 2015.
A management plan is revised every year to estimate the next 5 years contributions to the fund, identify the investment priorities, and outline how the fund is used to benefit cattle producers. The current investment priorities are:
1. Maintaining market access and securing new markets
2. Efficient and sustainable production
3. Business management and skills development
4. Advocacy
Cattle owners who purchase Permanent Identification Devices (tags) must pay $1.50 per tag to the fund. Authorised tag manufacturers and recyclers collect the contribution and forward it to the fund on behalf of the cattle owner.
Total levy contributions to the fund are approximately $700,000 annually.
A skills-based committee, called the Cattle Industry Fund Board, assesses the project applications and makes independent recommendations to the Livestock SA Board on projects to be funded.
Livestock SA, as the body recognised by the government as the entity representing the state’s beef cattle producers, then applies to the Minister for Primary Industries for projects to be funded.
The Minister assesses this application and makes payment to Livestock SA for the approved projects. Livestock SA is then responsible for contracting the third-party service providers, and the management and acquittal of all funded projects.
For more information please CLICK HERE to be taken to the PIRSA website.