There have been more than 3,600 applications for the new Fuel Income Support Scheme since it opened last week.
The original deal included an up-to-20-cent-per-litre (c/l) lump sum payment to agricultural and forestry contractors, based on their average fuel usage levels between 1 March and 31 July 2025.
However, Moyvane agricultural Neilus O'Connor said the government has changed how this lumpsum is calculated, and that farmers will now be paid on an average of their fuel usage last year, as opposed to the busiest five months of the year
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Mr O'Connor says this means the rebate to contractors will be down by around 40 per cent from what was originally promised:
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