RIC CEO John Howard and RIC customers Adam Greenhill and Drew Carter speak to ABC’s Kim Napier about RIC loans.

Visit RIC at this year’s Riverland Field Days in Barmera, SA to find out more about RIC’s low-cost loans and how they can help farmers improve cash flow in tough financial times.

RIC welcomed the announcement by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Julie Collins to support the growth, resilience and sustainability of the Australian agricultural sector with an additional $1 billion in new loan funding to be delivered by RIC.

RIC (Regional Investment Corporation) is encouraging attendees at this year’s AgQuip Field Days in Gunnedah, NSW to visit the RIC team to find out more about RIC’s low-cost loans for farmers.

RIC (Regional Investment Corporation) is pleased join farmers, agribusiness and industry leaders at TasFarmers’ FarmX 2025 conference at Woolmers Estate, Longford on 21 August 2025.

RIC Chief Executive Officer John Howard will be on the main stage during the morning program joined by two Tasmanian RIC loan customers, Adam Greenhill, a sheep, vegetable and grape producer from Cranbrook and Drew Carter, a dairy producer from Rosemont, to discuss low-cost loans for Tasmanian farmers.

RIC (Regional Investment Corporation) today advised its variable interest rate for all farm business loans will stay on hold at 5.18 per cent effective from 1 August 2025.

Australian Government farm business lender RIC (Regional Investment Corporation) is providing low interest loans for dairy farmers nationally. RIC loans enable farm businesses to manage through drought in southern Australia and recover from flooding in northern New South Wales and Queensland.     

What is a RIC loan?

Southwest Victorian farmers are taking advantage of low-interest loans from Australian Government specialist farm business lender RIC (Regional Investment Corporation) to improve cash flow and gain financial breathing space to manage through dry conditions.

South Australian farmers are taking advantage of low-interest loans from Australian Government specialist farm business lender RIC (Regional Investment Corporation) to improve cash flow and gain financial breathing space to manage through dry conditions.

RIC will host a free online ‘RIC Ready’ webinar on Wednesday 12 March 2025 at 12 noon AEDT, to help farm businesses learn more about applying for RIC’s concessional loans.