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Farm Tender Daily - All the news from Monday, the 9th of September, 2024.

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By Dwain Duxson - An Ag Enthusiast

Subsidising some - I remember when I was on the Farm, I occasionally got some kind of Landcare grant to fence off a bit of Creek frontage. It was good at the time.

Through our Farm Tender business, we have received funds through the R & D grants for developing software technology. Again, good at the time, but we haven't applied for any for a few years. So what I am about to propose is hypocritical having received money from grants.

As businesses, we are becoming increasingly dependent on grants to prop our businesses up. Grants are so easy to get these days, and there are companies created to help you get them in exchange for a percentage of the funds received.

I heard from someone today that an Australian Ag manufacturer received a hefty grant from the government to advance one of their products. But what if we ceased all grants and funding to businesses and got it all back in reduced taxes? How much better off would we all be?

And those who created businesses on the back of all these grants (the smart money people know where to target) wouldn't be able to start at all. Without grants and funding it would put all businesses on a level playing field. I'm told that ghost invoicing is rife in things like NDIS and even in the Landcare movement. I was once told even the Commonwealth Bank secured a six-figure R&D funding grant. I mean, we talk about subsidies in other countries, and what we are doing here is just another form of subsidy. Do you think we should abolish grants and then reduce our taxes? Reply to [email protected]

The Farmers Club headlines - Our 3 topics tomorrow are:
1) Is bringing more intensity to our Farming businesses the way to make more profit. Nigel Kerin thinks so.
2) People and families will protect their way of life first and foremost. That’s why governments are backflipping on some policies.
3) This lady thinks Regenerative Agriculture is not all it’s pumped up to be.
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Advertised Ram Sales - Forest Springs, 11th of Sept - Hynam Poll Merinos, 18th of Sept - Kurralea, 24th of Sept - Janmac, 2nd of Oct, Glendemar, 2nd of Oct - Woolumbool, 2nd of Oct - Depta Grove 10th of Oct

Today's Trends - Sales trends included Canola Hay, Augers, Vetch Hay, Cereal Hay, Feed Oats, Header Fronts, Harrows, Hay Rakes, Rhodes Grass Hay, Mower Conditioners, Tractors, and Flat Top Trailers.

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Dwain Duxson
P - 0427 011 900
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