This media article sets out to inform that the Federal Government’s New Industries Development or NIDP has decided to grant 25 agribusinesses funds for their development. Warren Truss, the Federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, announced the welcome news and stated the details himself in Brisbane.
Twenty five businesses will receive grants that will range from around $40,000 to $110,000 respectively. The NIDP, which is being managed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in Australia, has been slated to deliver a manuscript of the protocols that will support the up and coming Australian agribusiness industries. These businesses include those who wish to specialize in certified organic cosmetics or cheese and quality salt flakes for Australia’s gourmet market. If they wish to study and develop minerals, petrographic microscopes may be used.
This article states that these grants were made possible by the Pilot Commercialisation Project funding that is a part of the NIDP. This constituent allows funding that is competitively based for the new agribusiness ventures and for their development.
Mr. Truss states that the successful applicants have shown that they are worthy of the grant based on the skills, imagination and motivation to produce new quality products, as well as improve current processes and systems that are being used in the industry today. This kind of motivation creates not only new products, but creates employment for those in the agribusiness as well. Also, Mr. Truss favors the fact that these agribusiness ventures are involving the rural and regional areas, thereby boosting the employment rate and encouraging a varied job selection to choose from.
It is not too late, however, for other agribusiness entrepreneurs to apply for grants under the NIDP’s Pilot Commercialisation Project. They are currently reviewing applications for next year’s round of funding. This article lists some ways in how to get in contact with the department for the necessary details.
The article also attaches the list of all the grant recipients. They are diverse industries from various Australian states that specialize in a myriad of agricultural products. The minerals in these may be further studied by using special microscopes like petrographic microscopes. In New South Wales, three businesses whose products range from pig processing supply, farm chemicals and shipping containers based on the climate management system.
In Victoria, six companies are proud recipients of the grants. These companies are mainly in the food industries, dealing with the development and commercialization of frozen roasted peanuts, dried cheese powder, natural food products, nutritionally enhanced eggs, gourmet salt and value added potatoes.
In Tasmania, the Sea Urchins in Hobart was the only company that was able to receive a grant for the commercial trials of sea urchin feed for the creation of quality sea urchin roe or eggs for availability to a myriad of markets.
Queensland also tied for 6 companies that received grants. Four of these businesses deal with the food industry while one specializes in cosmetics and the other in improving the bar code system.
Most of the agribusinesses that received grants were from South Australia. Seven of these business’ specializations range from the breeding of quality koi for the global market to olive production, blood limes, grape sauce and hydra squeeze hay.
Two companies from Western Australia received grants. These were for Psylium pellets to control sand colic in horses and western mineral fertilizers. Read more