Drought Ready and Recovery Finance Loans
The Drought Ready and Recovery Finance Loan offered up to $250,000 to help primary production businesses undertake drought ready and recovery activities and improve drought resilience.
The scheme closed to applications on 30 June 2025.
The Drought Ready and Recovery Finance Loan Scheme is now closed to applications.
The Queensland Government offered loans of up to $250,000 to help primary production businesses undertake drought ready and recovery activities and improve drought resilience.
For more information about how the Scheme operated, see the scheme guidelines.
For drought readiness activities please consider QRIDA’s Sustainability Loan.
A QRIDA Sustainability Loan may be used for drought preparedness activities and may help you to mitigate the impact of drought by improving the water and feed infrastructure of your primary production enterprise. Learn what property developments you can carry out to reduce the impact of drought on your farming business by getting in touch with the QRIDA team.
QRIDA administered the Drought Ready and Recovery Finance Loans Scheme on behalf of the Department of Primary Industries.
Related information
Drought Ready and Recovery Finance Loan guideline (PDF, 269KB)Frequently asked questions
Yes, you are entitled to a decision review. See reviewing a decision for more information.
Projects approved for drought ready measures should commence within 90 days and should be completed, with approved funding drawn within six months from entering into a loan agreement.
QRIDA is committed to ensuring due administrative processes are undertaken with the decisioning of applications for Government assistance.
When making decisions on applications, as well as the internal review of a decision, QRIDA follows the QRIDA Decision-Making Policy and Procedure.
You can view this Policy and Procedure on the Reviewing a decision page.
