By providing low interest loans for farm businesses, the Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority (QRIDA) is helping Queenslanders like Aimee and James Thomas of Lower Wonga’s Falkirk Farm enter this boom industry and build sustainable, profitable businesses.  

With experience across a range of agricultural industries between them, for Aimee and James, macadamia production was an obvious choice – the industry provided an exciting combination of potential growth with a great lifestyle balance for the parents of four young boys.  

Chocolate-coated, honey, lemon myrtle and roasted macadamia nuts will be destined for national and international markets when a Bundaberg macadamia producer moves to increase their value-added food processing capacity.

Close to 200 acres of sugar cane thriving in the cane rich Burdekin region in North Queensland is testament to Bruce and Natasha Davies’ decision to access disaster recovery assistance.

A Far North Queensland family farming enterprise that started with a patch of cucumbers has grown ten-fold and diversified into a thriving paddock to plate vegetable business. 

On an isolated cattle property in North West Queensland, a fourth generation farming family has turned to establishing long term resilience following wide-spread natural disaster.  

Corbett and Beris Tritton used a North Queensland Restocking, Replanting and On-farm Infrastructure co-contribution grant to aid their recovery following the North and Far North Queensland Monsoon Trough.

Julia Creek grazier Michael Bulley has been on the land his whole life, but he’s never faced a challenge as big as the devastating flooding which swept North West Queensland in February 2019.

Troy and Vicki Muller are the proud owners of Peak Veggie Patch located at Peak Crossing just outside Ipswich in South East Queensland.

In South West Queensland, windswept sand dunes sculpt the channel country and sheep and cattle grazing in dense mulga scrub decorate the landscape.

Ten years on from taking a leap into agribusiness, the McCarthy family of Gracekate Farm have never looked back.