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What we do

Rural Financial Counselling Services are:

  • Free, independent and confidential
  • Staffed by qualified and experienced Rural Financial Counsellors (RFCs) who understand farming and business – our RFCs are required to have a Diploma of Financial Counselling as minimum qualification, and have years of experience in assisting farming businesses
  • For primary producers of livestock, milk, honey, fruit, crops, wool, meat, vegetables, eggs, fish, plants, trees and logs
  • For small businesses who mainly support primary production such as: fencing, shearing sheep, controlling weeds or agricultural pests, managing stock, planting crops etc.
  • Able to assist farm or small agribusinesses experiencing or at risk of financial hardship
  • Able to come to your place of business or you can come and see us.

Assistance when

Rural Financial Counselling Services can assist businesses affected by:

  • Drought/water issues
  • Low commodity prices
  • Natural disasters
  • Structural adjustment
  • Industry downturns
  • Low equity/tight cash flow
  • Difficulties with lenders or access to finance
  • Unpaid creditors/debtors
  • Market disruptions
  • Changes in personal circumstances
  • Farm accidents or illness
  • Share farming/succession agreements/ contracts.

How can we help you

Rural Financial Counselling Services can help you:

  • Understand your financial position and the viability of your enterprise
  • Identify options to improve your financial position
  • Develop a plan to implement your chosen options, and implement that plan
  • Provide information, referrals, and support to access, government or industry grants and programs
  • Assist you to deal (whether through meetings or otherwise) with lending institutions in relation to:
    • Applications and contracts with those institutions; and
    • Processes relating to farm debt mediation
  • Assist you to identify the need for advice from professional service providers, and provide support with preparation for meetings with professional service providers.

News

NE Regional Soil Health Conference

NECMA conference

North East Regional Soil Health Conference - 14 May 2021 at Beechworth is for ALL land managers, agriculture industry groups and soil health service providers in North East Victoria.
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Farm Finance getting prepared 2021 Webinar

Farm Finance

The team at the Young Farmer Business Network have put together a series of sessions designed to build skills in financial planning and business resilience for your farm business.
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Perennial Grass Seed and Paddock Trees
Camps: Corryong, Walwa and Jingellic

BlazeAid is providing more than the usual Fencing help, with two new programs rolling out in the Upper Murray area. Fire affected farmers may be eligible for perennial grass seed to re-establish pastures in those paddocks burnt in the 2019/20 fires. Many deserving farmers have received funding in the first round of approvals. If you wish to be included in the Spring/Autumn GRAFFI pasture program, please contact the Camps initially to register interest.

The latest BlazeAid initiative is the Trillions of Paddock Trees PAFI program being trialled from the Walwa camp over September.

Paddock trees are a dying race - we have squillions along the roadsides unmanaged for fire fuel, but the paddocks are often bare, with no shelter for stock or refuge for our native birds and animals against cats and foxes!

Any property owner wanting to be part of this exciting new trial please contact the Walwa-Jingellic Camp coordinator.

Corryong Contacts
Bill Gerritson camp coordinator 0408552768 or Rob Caddell for farmer contact 0417294234 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Jingellic & Walwa Contact
Natalie Tringwell camp coordinator Jingellic and Walwa 0497 717 605 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


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Service Area Map

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Local Government Areas

The RFCS VIC-NE Region includes the following Local Government Areas;

  • Alpine
  • Benalla
  • Campaspe
  • Greater Shepparton
  • Indigo
  • Mansfield
  • Mitchell
  • Moira
  • Murrindindi
  • Strathbogie
  • Towong
  • Wangaratta
  • Whittlesea
  • Wodonga

Call 1300 834 775 to find out what assistance we may be able to provide you, or make an appointment with one of our experienced Rural Financial Counsellors.

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Contact Us

Rural Financial Counselling Service Victoria - North East.

102 Hume Street

Wodonga VIC 3689

PHONE: 1300 834 775

EMAIL: info@rfcsvicne.org.au

FAX: (02) 6100 6123