Farmer Mark Horan says the federal budget is "fairly beige for farmers" with little new spending and disappointing cuts in some programs, such as weed removal.
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"There is actually very little new money, except for about $379 million for a new base quarantine entry point," said Mr Horan, whose family operates Jinglemoney, a 486 hectare beef cattle farm at Bombay, about 17 kilometres south-east of Braidwood.
"That is a good commitment for biosecurity, but that's really the only standout thing."
He says it's good the government has extended funding for the Caring for our Country' program, worth an estimated $2.2 billion over five years.
But the removal of funding for programs such as FarmReady, national weeds and the productivity program, is "quite disappointing".
"It's a huge cost to Mr and Mrs Joe Average farmer to try and control weeds," Mr Horan says.
With a general return to normal seasonal conditions across Australia and a reduction in financial help for drought, rural assistance will fall by nearly two-thirds to $103 million in 2012-13.
But rural assistance will increase by nearly 50 per cent to $154 million in 2013-14, driven by the introduction of the carbon farming futures program, which the budget said was a grants scheme "designed to encourage the farming industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on the land".
Mr Horan said details on this program were "very sketchy" for family-run farms.
Treasurer Wayne Swan said in the budget lock-up that agriculture was one of several sectors that would benefit as Asia's emerging economies become richer.
