Seventeen of Australia’s leading primary producers have been awarded Nuffield Farming Scholarships for 2019, with women making up the majority of Scholars for the first time.
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Stay up-to-date with Environment SA News
There’s now a new way to ensure you are kept well informed on environmental issues across South Australia and hear all the big news from the Department for Environment and Water (DEW).
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PPSA – Farm sector welcomes State Budget commitments but seeks R&D investment
Primary Producers SA has welcomed a range of the new initiatives and delivery of election promises in the State Government’s first budget.
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SPA – Sheep Producers Australia welcomes Indonesia FTA
Sheep Producers Australia welcomes the announcement of the end of negotiations for a free trade agreement with Indonesia as a potential growth market for Australian sheepmeat.
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AWI – Drought support information
All the rural Research Development Corporations (RDCs), of which AWI is one, have collaborated to provide a single point for producers to access various information to support them to combat the drought, which can be found here.
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E-update from the National Wild Dog Action Plan team – Edition 31
The National Wild Dog Action Plan Coordination Committee for Stage 3 met for the first time in Sydney late last month to progress best practice wild dog management and to ensure all facets of industry have a hand in shaping its future.
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National Feral Cat Management Survey
Researchers from RMIT University are looking for volunteers to participate in a survey that asks questions about feral cat management in Australia.
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One Biosecurity Program To Be Launched At EP Field Days
All Livestock SA members are invited to join the Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, the Hon Tim Whetstone MP, at the launch of the One Biosecurity Program this Tuesday 14 August 2018 at the Eyre Peninsula Field Days in Cleve.
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2018 Telecommunications Review Submission
Livestock SA producer members continue to express concern and frustration about regional telecommunications. While there have been some improvements since the 2015 Review, with the rollout of NBN in some areas and continuous efforts to remove some mobile blackspots, much more still needs to be done. As acknowledged in the Regional Telecommunications Review 2018 Issues Paper, telecommunications services are vital to participate in modern society. This includes farming businesses and farming families as well as their local rural communities. For livestock producers this includes marketing of livestock and accessing real time information to guide business decisions. Recently Livestock SA conducted a general survey of its members, and of the 360 respondents 55% indicated reliable internet and phone coverage were significant factors affecting their profitability.
WoolPoll 2018
Every three years, Australian woolgrowers set the future funding level of their wool research, development and marketing body through WoolPoll.
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