More flood funding on the table for 'desperate' NSW farmers after long delay

After a six-month wait, New South Wales farmers affected by this year's devastating floods can apply for $100 million in grants to help repair their operations .

Key Points: Floods - affected dairy farmers eligible for up to $100,000 in recovery fundsCodrington farmer says most have exhausted initial $75,000 disaster grant Farmer from sugarcane says money is timely to plant new crops

Essential Producer Grants of up to $10,000 for timber producers and up to $100,000 for dairy farmers.

Codrington dairy farmer Peter Graham was delighted to see the money but said it was needed months ago as an amount initial $75,000 disaster grant rophe was insufficient.

"Most north coast dairy farmers would have exhausted that $75,000 within the first three or even four months, depending on the size of the operation ", did he declare. .

"It's just not going as far as it used to be, let's even say five years ago, with the way commodity prices have gone up."

Codrington dairy farmer Peter Graham plans to restore the blocks of food through subsidies. (ABC Rural: Kim Honan)

Mr. Graham acknowledged that farmers were getting more money for their milk, but many remained "desperate" because they were operating with "50-60% of production where they were before the flood".

>

"I'm also going to restore the power pad areas, hoping to drop some concrete with the remaining 50, just to try and make things better for the future", a- he said. took the government "a bit of time". data-component=" Figure" data-uri="coremedia://imageproxy/101447348">New South Wales Agriculture Minister Dugald Saunders says dairy industry needs support. (Supplied: Dugald Saunders)

"But part of that is making sure things are actually delivered the right way for the industries we're talking about," he said. he said.

He said the dairy industry had faced significant problems and needed help.

What's on offer? 'to $100,000 for dairy farmersU...