Cattle Compensation Fund

Cattle in a field, windmill in the background

Victoria's Cattle Compensation Fund (CCF) is established under the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 (the Act) and funded from duty collected on the sale of cattle, calves or cattle carcasses.

The Cattle Compensation Fund receives $0.05 duty for every $20 or part of $20 of the sale price of every head of cattle sold singly, or for the total amount of the sale price for any number of cattle sold in one lot.  The maximum duty for any one head of cattle (sold singly or as part of a lot) is $5.00.

Each cattle carcass weighing up to and including 250kg attracts a duty of $0.90.  Each carcass weighing more than 250g attracts a duty of $1.30.

The duty on calves (any cattle less than six weeks of age) is $0.15 a head.

Cattle includes bulls, cows, oxen, steer, heifers, bison and buffalo.

Under Section 72(2) of the Act, the Minister for Agriculture may make payments from the CCF for the following:

  • administering the provisions of the Act relating to cattle or of any other Act administered by the Minister that requires the identification of cattle and;

programs and projects for the benefit of the cattle industry in Victoria. Payments from the Fund can only be made once the Minister for Agriculture has considered recommendations from the Cattle Compensation Advisory Committee (CCAC).

Cattle Compensation Advisory Committee (CCAC)

Current members of the CCAC (appointed August 2024) are:

  • Mr Ron Harris (Chairperson)
  • Ms Liz Summerville
  • Mr Lachlan Sutherland
  • Ms Jennifer O’Sullivan
  • Dr John Allen
  • Ms Jemma Harper
  • Mr Peter Miller

Grant applications are now closed

Applications for the 2025 Livestock Biosecurity Funds grant program were open between 7 March and 14 April 2025.

See Livestock Biosecurity Funds Grant Program for details.

2024 Livestock Biosecurity Funds grant round

Applications for the 2024 Livestock Biosecurity Funds grant program were open between 4 March 2024 and 15 April 2024. See the main Livestock Biosecurity Funds Grant Program webpage for details.

A total of 17 project applications were successful in receiving CCF 2024 funding. These include:

  • Risks of potential EAD transmission between feral pigs and farmed livestock
  • Animal Disease Investigation (ADI) Course
  • Cattle composting trial to prepare for an Emergency Animal Disease outbreak
  • Electronic National Livestock Identification System (NLIS)(Cattle) tag tender
  • Enhancing veterinary surveillance capability in Victoria
  • Gippsland Q Fever Prevention Project
  • Infected Premises - Livestock Producers Awareness Course
  • Managing animal mortalities in emergencies - Training Course
  • Milk tanker decontamination procedures for use in an FMD outbreak
  • Private veterinary practitioner up-skill, online project
  • Producer Led Extension (Stock Sense Livestock)
  • Risks of potential EAD transmission between feral pigs and farmed livestock
  • Stage 2 - Truck wash review - Addressing biosecurity risks
  • Testing and optimising rapid appraisal for outbreaks in Victorian cattle
  • The Enhanced Feedlot Preparedness Project
  • Traceability - Victorian Dairy farms: A social research investigation
  • Victorian Livestock Veterinary Scholarship
Page last updated: 15 Apr 2025