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Helping support Australia's rural communities and Aussie farmers.
We provide tangible resources to drought, flood or fire affected communities. Stock feed, Water, Financial Assistance, & Volunteers.
We offer a 24/7 helpline and on the ground counselling services.
Farmers - Need Help? Register here


Your messages of support.

Best wishes
Hope this helps in a small way keep up your tremendous work during difficult times.
Thinking of you xx
thank you
Hope y’all catch a break soon.
Thank you for your tireless efforts in supplying us all with the food that we eat
HAVE A HAPPY EASTER
have a happy easter
My thoughts and prayers are with you, as we as a country struggle daily stress,
Keep up the great work! Greatly appreciated by many 🙂
YOU GOT THIS!
We love you, we need you and 100% support you
Still here for you,
Please stay strong
We are still here to support you all
Welcome rain
I feel your pain; you are still the backbone of Australia; hang in there, we are standing right behind you
2021 is your year

HIVE AID

Australia’s professional beekeepers are our forgotten farmers. These important primary producers are often overlooked when it comes to the effects of drought, bushfire and other natural disasters.

Yet professional beekeepers are the cornerstone of our agricultural industry. They play a vital role in helping to pollinate important food crops for both humans and livestock, in addition to producing delicious Aussie honey from our rugged bushland. Crops like almonds, avocados, blueberries, cucumbers, mangoes, apples and pumpkin rely heavily on pollination by bees.

We need to support our “littlest livestock”, honey bees, and the beekeepers who care for them. Please help safeguard one of the most important industries in Australian agriculture – Australian apiculture.

DONATE YOUR BOTTLES FOR THE BUSH

Our farmers are facing unprecedented bushfires and drought. Some towns have been burnt to the ground and others could run out of water. The good news is that you can help by donating your empty drink containers at any TOMRA Recycling Location (Return and Earn in NSW and Containers for Change in QLD). Every eligible container donated raises 10c to support our farmers and rural communities in need.

To donate your Bottles for the Bush, just download the barcode to use at your local Return and Earn or TOMRA machine.

So far, we have raised over $500,000 for our farmers through Bottles for the Bush. By continuing to donate your bottles and cans you have the opportunity to help us make an even bigger impact in the lives of our disaster affected farmers.

CURRENT DROUGHT SITUATION IN AUSTRALIA

NSW overview – November 2019

  • Widespread drought conditions continued to affect New South Wales (NSW) during November 2019.
  • Prolonged drought conditions and an unfavourable three month rainfall outlook continue to provide challenging hydrological and agronomic forward scenarios.
  • The current circumstances indicate that the management of the current drought event will likely be required into 2020.
  • The NSW DPI Combined Drought Indicator (CDI) shows that 97.2% of the state remains in one of the three drought categories at the end of September, with the accumulated drought duration now exceeding 18-24 months for large areas of the state since mid-2017.

Further information on the NSW seasonal update is here

QLD overview – December 2019

  • As at 1 December 2019,there are a total of 33 councils and four part council areas drought declared
  • . These declarations represent 66.1% of the land area of Queensland.
  • There are also 23 Individual Droughted Properties (IDPs) in a further 8 Local Government Areas.

Further information on the QLD seasonal update is here

Welcome to Buy a Bale

Supporting Aussie farmers and rural communities throughout Australia. This drought appeal campaign is providing meaningful support for farmers by delivering hay and other essential items to farmers who have no feed left for their cattle.

All donations to our drought assistance campaign have a four fold effect. Some hay is donated, some we buy, so we’re feeding a hay farmer and their family. Some of our truckies are donating their time and diesel, some loads we’re paying for, so we’re feeding truckies and their families. Donations towards our Country Card inject immediate cash into the rural towns, city cash going bush. Finally what hay we deliver saves farmers cash that they can continue to spend on other items.

Australia, donating to Buy a Bale is helping not just farmers but their communities and so many more people.
Thank you on behalf of our farmers for your support.

Join In for Parma for a Farmer

With many farmers suffering through one of the worst Droughts Australia has experienced; Parma for a Framer is an effort to help raise money for those in the need.

Parma for a farmer is an initiative that sees clubs and hotels donate proceeds from parma sales to help drought stricken farmers.

Parma For A Farmer is an exciting initiative to engage with hotels, clubs, restaurants, eateries across Australia who have agreed to give $1 for every parm sold to our Buy a Bale Campaign.

Register for Parma for a Farmer…

For more information, visit: www.parmaforafarmer.com.au

Testimonials

"Thank you Buy a Bale for the opportunity to support our farmers. We live in a drought affected community and see the starving cattle being drove along the roadside, we see the town getting quieter as business slows because farmers are struggling, we see the land void of fodder"

Farm Sitting

Farm Sitting – Farmer Registration

Ever been interested in being a Farm Sitter? Across Rural Australia, farmers rarely get a break. If you'd like to be a farm sitter, much like a house sitter but with a few extra Read On >

The Farm Army

Volunteer Register

Why not work side by side with one of our Aussie farmers to help them recover and realise that they're not forgotten. You don't need previous experience, all you need is to be willing to Read On >