Agricultural and Pastoral Society Grants Program 2024–25

In 2024–25, the Victorian Government made available funding of up to $300,000 under the Agricultural and Pastoral Society Grants Program. The program is available to support agricultural and pastoral societies to stimulate community involvement across Victoria in activities that promote agriculture.

Successful 2024–25 grant recipients

The Minister for Agriculture, on behalf of the Victorian Government, has offered grant funding to the following Agricultural and Pastoral Societies that demonstrated a broader community benefit and critical need under 3 initiatives areas:

• Provide new or improved or upgraded facilities for exhibitions, competitions and displays, such as upgrading fencing and stables, or areas used for shearing demonstrations and wool exhibits and/or judging of commercial and stud animals and providing opportunities to display arts and crafts, and artisan produce.
• Enhance public amenities at showgrounds such as toilets, seating and disabled access.
• Improve essential infrastructure for electricity and water supply.

Grant recipients

• All Breeds Show Society Inc
• Apollo Bay & District Agricultural Society
• Ararat Show Society Inc
• Ballarat Agricultural & Pastoral Society Inc
• Balnarring Pony Club
• Berwick and District Agricultural and Horticultural Society Inc
• Coleraine Pastoral and Agricultural Society Incorporated
• Dandenong Agricultural & Pastoral Society Inc
• Edenhope Pastoral & Agricultural Society Incorporated
• Euroa Agricultural Society Inc
• Kyabram Agricultural Horticultural and Pastoral Society Inc
• Lang Lang Pastoral Agricultural & Horticultural Association Inc
• Lilydale Agricultural and Horticultural Society Inc
• Lions Club of Lindenow
• Numurkah Agricultural and Pastoral Society Inc
• Pakenham and District Agricultural and Horticultural Society Inc
• Port Fairy Agricultural Pastoral & Horticultural Society Inc
• Red Hill Agricultural & Horticultural Society
• Rochester Agricultural and Pastoral Association Inc
• Royal Geelong Agricultural & Pastoral Society Inc
• Rutherglen Agriculture Society Inc
• Seymour Agricultural and Pastoral Society Incorporated
• Sunbury Agricultural Society Incorporated
• Swan Hill District Agricultural & Pastoral Society Incorporated
• Tallangatta Agricultural and Pastoral Society Incorporated
• The Gippsland Field Days
• The Maffra & District Agricultural Pastoral and Horticultural Society Inc
• The Mountain Cattlemens Association of Victoria Inc
• Tyrendarra Pastoral & Agricultural Society Inc
• Wangaratta Agricultural Society Inc
• Warrnambool Agricultural Society Inc
• Wimmera Machinery Field Days Inc
• Wodonga Show Society Inc
• Yarrawonga & Border Agricultural & Pastoral Association

More information

Email enquiries to agricultural.grants@agriculture.vic.gov.au.