WA Sheep Industry Supply Chain Capacity Program

This program assists the WA’s sheep industry’s transition away from live sheep exports by enabling investment in processing infrastructure, boosting efficiency and productivity to meet future demand and capture emerging opportunities.
Funding is available for bringing forward capital projects, including, but not 
limited to: 
 

• Expanding capacity, efficiency and productivity of onshore sheep processing facilities (e.g., lairage, ramps, wastewater upgrades, improved heavy vehicle access and associated driver facilities).
• Increasing cold storage capacity, efficiency and productivity for sheep meat products.
• Installing technological advancements, such as objective carcase measurement technology in processing plants, software upgrades, and processor training for producers.
• Increasing sheep feed lotting and on-farm finishing capacity, efficiency and productivity.

Grants of up to $5 million are available in two streams:

1. Capital investments for producers – Grants from $50,000 to $2 million for on-farm finishing.
2. Capital investments for processors – Grants from $50,000 to $5 million to enhance onshore processing supply chain capacity, efficiency and productivity.

Matched dollar for dollar funding must be provided by Applicants

Applicants must:

• be or intend to be involved in the production and processing in the sheep supply chain, including farmers, processors, feed lotters and supply chain capacity infrastructure providers such as cold storage and lairage providers.
• be a private sector business (including incorporated trustees), a public company, grower cooperative, conglomerate, formal/informal partnership, or similar organisation.

On-farm producers and smaller-scale abattoirs are encouraged to apply.

Applications close 5:00 pm AWST, 22 October 2025.