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Farmers across South Australia are facing increasing financial pressures due to challenging seasonal conditions, including frost and market downturns. Thanks to funding from the South Australian, Australian, and Northern Territory Governments, Rural Business Support (RBS), through the Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS), is providing critical assistance to help primary producers navigate these tough times. RBS’s…

The AIR EP Annual General Meeting was held earlier this week, chaired by Bill Long. Bill presented the Chair’s report and thanked outgoing board member Greg Scholz for his considerable contributions to agricultural RD&E in his time with AIR EP and prior to that with EPARF. Denis Pedler, of Carr’s Seeds, was elected as a…

Check out the latest Yield Prophet crop reports generated on 8 October 2024, for the six focus sites on Eyre Peninsula as part of the GRDC funded RiskWi$e project. They are located on the project webpage on the AIR EP website.

There are a number of services and avenues for assistance designed to support primary producers during the challenging times impacting the South Australian agriculture sector. Check out this SA Assistance Guide For Primary Producers (002) put together by Primary Industries and Regions SA.

As we approach the middle of spring, it’s a crucial time for many agricultural commodities. Farmers are navigating the impacts of below average rainfall and frosts in many regions while keeping an eye on positive longer-term rainfall forecasts. It paints an optimistic picture ahead. Check out the latest insights by industry type

We continue to collect images from the 2024 season, if you have some images that show something unusual (good, bad or ugly) for 2024, please keep sending them in. They can be anonymous if you prefer. Above: SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre Research Officer Elijah Luo presenting at the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund project “De-risking sowing”…

The Pannell Discussions RiskWi$e series is a series of easy-to-read discussions, explanations and examples on risk and behavioural science written for the Australian grains industry by David Pannell, University of Western Australia.  In the third post ‘Farmers’ risk perceptions’, David outlines that some risks can be measured fairly objectively, while for others there is little objective…

WoTL’s Stepping into Leadership Program transforms the lives of women in agriculture and rural communities through the offering of quality professional development, coaching, networking and mentoring support. Specifically designed for emerging leaders in agriculture and agribusiness looking for training and support to step into leadership roles in industry, community or business, the program enables fifteen…

Join this webinar to hear Agrista director, John Francis, discuss the detail of his analysis of the profitability of wool-growing enterprises, Why stay in wool sheep? John will cover: The relative financial performance of wool enterprises Variation in operating profits between enterprises Improving financial performance over the medium-long term The real levels of volatility in…

Presented by Ben White (Kondinin Group) and Peter Newman (PlanFarm) Grain loss at harvest continues to drag binned yields down.  Join the conversation in this webinar about the latest tips and advice from two leading industry experts on understanding and addressing the ‘yield thief’ that is harvest grain loss. Please note: Registration is essential GRDC…