Australia Post continues to help drought affected communities, with a six-trailer convoy arriving in Broken Hill this morning to deliver much needed hay to farmers.
The Rural Aid convoy left South Australia on 30 April and is part of a …
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Parma for a Farmer 2019
MASSIVELY SUCCESSFUL ‘PARMA FOR A FARMER’ CAMPAIGN CONTINUING INTO 2019
On the back of the massive success of the 2018 Parma for a Farmer campaign its being run again in 2019 with the aim of raising $1.5 million and having …
‘Buy a Cow’ Delivers first cattle to flood ravaged farmers
Australians helping to rebuild the cattle herd in north-west Queensland
Thanks to the generosity of ordinary Australians, rural charity Rural Aid has delivered the first load of cattle to a farming family north of Winton in North West Queensland as …
New Drought Assistance Registrations Highest in Five Months
RURAL AID SPENDS $20M SINCE SEPTEMBER 2018
5 March 2019
The number of farmers registering for drought assistance has hit the highest level in the past five months, according to Australia’s leading rural charity Rural Aid.
The spike in registrations …
C’mon Australia – Buy a Cow!!
For immediate release
22 February, 2019
Help re-build the Herd
When Australians are down, we help them get up again, it’s the Aussie way. We call it mateship and we do it after fires, during drought and now…after floods.
In …
Potential Data Incident
Press Release
February 21st 2019
Immediate Release
Potential Data Incident
On the evening of Wednesday 20th February 2019, Rural Aid was made aware that our website may have some vulnerabilities, which could result in some farmer’s information, such as …
Starving cattle’s get first feed in 12 days, Farmers relieved to see help
-February 10th 2019
Hay from Rural Aid is finally reaching stations in NW Queensland with helicopters working all day to get hay to stranded cattle.
Over 160 large square and round bales have been trucked to different locations around Winton …
Hay, cost, availability and how good is it?
The last 9 months has seen an explosion in hay demand, lack of supply and price variations unlike any in the last 20 years.
In January of 2018 there was hay all over the country and some excellent quality. As …