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Grain Industry Funds

South Australia’s grain industry has access to funds for projects, services and research through the 2 grain industry funds.

Grains include cereals, coarse grains, oilseeds and pulses and are defined in both the:

Types of grains are:

  • cereal and coarse grain – barley, cottonseed, grain sorghum, maize, millet, oats, rice, rye, triticale, wheat
  • pulses – beans, chickpeas, lentils, faba beans, field peas, lupins, soybeans
  • oilseed – canary seed, canola, linseed, rapeseed, sunflower seed, safflower seed.

Grains do not include small pasture seeds, such as clover seeds, lucerne, or medic.

Contributing to the funds

When grain is sold, the purchaser is required to deduct the following amounts:

Grain sold by a grain grower before or on 30 June 2024

  • 20 cents per tonne from the proceeds of sale of all grain purchased towards the Grain Industry Fund
  • 30 cents per tonne from the proceeds of sale of all grain purchased towards the Grain Industry Research and Development Fund.

Grain sold by a grain grower from 1 July 2024

  • 0.1 % of the value of grain sold paid to the Grains Industry Fund
  • 0.12% of the value of grain sold paid to the Grains Industry Research and Development Fund.

This only applies to grain grown in South Australia.

Contribution process

Grain purchased before or on 30 June 2024

Grain purchasers are required to remit deductions using the old remittance form (XLSX 49.6 KB) by the 28th day of the month, following the month the grain was purchased.

Grain purchased from 1 July 2024

Grain purchasers are required to remit deductions using the new remittance form (XLSX 82.6 KB) by the 28th day of the month following the quarter the grain was purchased. That is, payments for the preceding quarter are to be paid by:

  • 28 October
  • 28 January
  • 28 April
  • 28 July

You can apply to pay your contributions on a yearly or other basis with approval in writing by the Minister on application by the purchaser – please contact us.

Use of funds

Funding for projects and services are set out in the industry fund management plans.

The South Australian Grain Industry Trust (SAGIT) uses the Grain Industry Research and Development Fund (GIRDF) for research into:

  • growing
  • harvesting
  • storage
  • processing
  • marketing.

Contribution refunds

Growers can request a refund of their contributions deducted on their behalf by the grain purchaser. This is a voluntary (opt-out) contribution scheme. Refunds can only be requested from the preceding financial year.

Growers are not entitled to receive direct benefits or services from the fund if they receive a refund.

The body to which payments are made out of the fund may receive information identifying grain growers on whose behalf contributions have been paid, or who have been refunded contributions.

Request a refund

Growers can request a refund by notifying the Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development of this intention.

You must provide documented evidence of the amounts paid to each voluntary contribution with your refund request to:

C/- Prudential and Rural Financial Services
GPO Box 1671, Adelaide
South Australia, 5001

Fund management

The Primary Industry Funding Scheme Act 1998 requires the 5-year management plan to be annually reviewed, but the plans can be updated at any time. These address:

  • how the fund is governed
  • how organisations may apply for funding
  • the types of activities that may be funded
  • how the industry and grain growers will be kept informed of the activities.

The latest management plans were presented at a public meeting on 8 August 2024:

Annual reports

Related information

SAGIT website

Contact

Matthew Palmer – General Manager, Industry Partnerships and Intelligence
Phone: (08) 8429 0493
Email: matthew.palmer@sa.gov.au

Page last reviewed: 18 Oct 2024

 

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