Help paying for your virtual fence

A rebate on connected agtech equipment from the program's Approved Supplier list, from a $10 million round. Gallagher eShepherd is an Approved Supplier product.

First step: Get a quote, then apply on business.gov.au before 15 October 2026.

Combining programs: Do not buy before your application is approved. A purchase made before approval is not eligible.

Grazing management that builds soil carbon can earn Australian Carbon Credit Units. It is income over time, not upfront money for equipment.

First step: Read the soil carbon method on the Clean Energy Regulator website and talk to a carbon project developer.

Lets a small business deduct eligible assets in the year they are bought. The 12 May 2026 Budget made it permanent from 1 July 2026. How GPS neckbands are treated is not confirmed.

First step: Ask your accountant how a virtual fence purchase would be treated before you buy.

A market for biodiversity projects. The first registered project is on a New South Wales cattle-grazing property.

First step: Read how the scheme works on the Clean Energy Regulator website before you plan a project.

Covers structural fences on the farm. The ATO has no ruling on GPS neckbands, which may fall under the instant asset write-off or normal depreciation instead.

First step: Talk to your accountant before you claim a neckband purchase as fencing.

Finance for buying a first farm or taking over the family farm through succession.

First step: Check whether your plans fit the AgriStarter guidelines on the RIC website.

For farm businesses under long-running drought pressure. Introduced in December 2025.

First step: Check the hardship loan criteria on the RIC website and gather your recent financials.

Concessional finance to help farm businesses prepare for, manage and recover from drought.

First step: Check the drought loan criteria on the RIC website and gather your recent financials.

Low-interest finance for general farm investment, including equipment. The loan pool was boosted by $1 billion from 1 July 2026.

First step: Read the eligibility guidelines on the RIC website, then talk to RIC about an application.

Pays toward permanent capital infrastructure such as water, fodder storage and feeding equipment. Virtual fencing is not named, so confirm eligibility with QRIDA.

First step: Ask QRIDA whether a virtual fence counts as eligible infrastructure before you apply.

Rebated fencing to reduce grazing pressure, plus water, fodder storage and containment areas. Whether virtual fencing qualified was not confirmed.

First step: Watch the PIRSA funding page for any new round.

Funds virtual fence hardware under Practice 382 (Fence) and the subscription in years 2 to 5 under Practice 528 (Grazing Management). Payment rates follow your state's schedule.

First step: Book a visit with your local NRCS field office and ask about the next ranking deadline in your state.

Combining programs: Can combine with the Heartland Virtual Fence Project. Sign the NRCS contract before the Heartland agreement and before you buy collars.

Pays producers who already manage land well to maintain and expand conservation, including grazing practices.

First step: Ask your local NRCS field office whether a virtual fence fits a CSP enhancement on your operation.

Helps producers repair farmland after natural disasters. FSA added virtual fencing as an eligible practice.

First step: Contact your county FSA office soon after the disaster to ask whether ECP signup is open.

Helps owners of private forest land recover after natural disasters. FSA Notice EFRP-12 added virtual fencing.

First step: Contact your county FSA office to ask whether EFRP signup is open for your disaster.

Small, simpler loans that can cover equipment and operating costs.

First step: Talk to your county FSA office about a microloan application.

Pays for grazing lost to drought or fire. It does not buy equipment, but it can ease cash flow while you rebuild.

First step: Apply at your county FSA office within 30 days after the end of the calendar year of the loss.

Supports beef producers adopting virtual fence and adaptive grazing. Cultivo adds a $2,500 enrollment payment and $2 per enrolled acre a year for reporting, for up to 5 years. Amounts depend on available funding.

First step: Email heartland@missouri.edu to be told when applications reopen.

Combining programs: Can combine with NRCS EQIP. Sign the NRCS contract before the Heartland agreement and before you buy collars.

Funds virtual fence projects with a clear conservation benefit, plus guidance on putting them in place.

First step: Watch the PERC fund page for a new round.

Cost-share for working ranches in the Yellowstone ecosystem. In April 2026 the foundation and PERC funded eight Wyoming and Idaho ranches through the Yellowstone Ecosystem Virtual Fence Collaborative.

First step: Watch the Ricketts Conservation Foundation site for the next application window.

Virtual fencing collars and equipment are listed as an eligible cost. Grazing plan development is covered up to $1,500.

First step: Contact the CFGA and start your grazing plan. Plan applications are taken year-round.

Funded fencing and off-site watering, including cross-fencing. It closed to new applications after it was oversubscribed.

First step: Watch the Alberta program page for a new intake.

Non-reimbursable co-funding for productive infrastructure and equipment. GPS collars are not named, but may be eligible as productive equipment.

First step: Ask your local INDAP office whether virtual fencing fits the current PDI call in your region.

Pays for pasture establishment, pasture regeneration and soil recovery. Virtual fencing is not named, but may be eligible as productive equipment where it supports these practices.

First step: Ask your local INDAP office when the next SIRSD-S call opens in your region.

Finance for machinery and equipment, extended to sustainable intensification and methane-reduction equipment. Virtual fencing is not named, but may be eligible as productive equipment.

First step: Ask a BNDES-accredited bank whether a virtual fence qualifies for Finame.

A R$2.1 billion credit line for recovering degraded pasture. Virtual fencing is not named, but may be eligible as productive equipment within a pasture recovery project.

First step: Ask your bank's rural credit team whether a virtual fence can be included in a RenovAgro project.