NSW primary producers get extra help FARMERS, fishers and foresters affected by severe storms and flooding in northern NSW earlier this year can now get extra help on their road to recovery. Premier Barry O'Farrell on Tuesday announced that clean up and recovery grants of up to $15,000 were available for primary producers in the seven local government areas of Bellingen, Greater Taree, Kempsey, Lismore, Nambucca, Port Macquarie-Hastings and Tweed. The assistance is available under the jointly funded Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA). "This assistance is over and above the financial and practical support already being provided by the commonwealth and NSW governments," Mr O'Farrell said in a statement. Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the money would help primary producers - who range from farmers, fishers, croppers, growers, foresters, timber fallers and miners - battered by wild weather in January and February this year. "It is clear that primary producers in disaster affected communities in NSW are doing it extremely tough as a result of the recent floods, so this assistance will help get them back on their feet," he said. The Australian and NSW governments will continue to work together to ensure that disaster affected communities can quickly recover. Primary producers can apply for the grants through the NSW Rural Assistance Authority.