Ag Excellence News and Updates

The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has opened applications for its National Agriculture Leadership Program.

For the first time, a South Australian Parliamentary Friends of Grain Group (Group) has been established with the aim to celebrate the multi-billion-dollar grain industry and continue to highlight to politicians the importance of the sector to the state’s economy.

In what will be a new leadership era for GRDC, South Australian grain grower Sharon Starick has been announced as the new Board Chair by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry the Hon. Julie Collins.

A series of harvester workshops will roll-out across the South Australian and Victorian grainbelts in September to bring together harvester specialists, industry experts and researchers to give grain growers the latest advice ahead of this season’s harvest.

Grain Producers SA (GPSA) has launched a groundbreaking project to establish a quantified grain production baseline in South Australia.

The eight Australian Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs have welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement of grant funded soil health projects through the Natural Heritage Trust’s $302.1 million Climate-Smart Agriculture Program.

Karen Hollamby comes to the SA Drought Hub with over 20 years’ working experience in economic and community development, particularly in primary industry sectors.

AgriFutures Australia is proud to champion diversity through our grants for women. In addition to our AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award, we have created the Rural Women’s Acceleration Grant, developed to foster the professional growth of rural women who are not quite ready to apply for the Award.

Nominations are now open for the 2024 Livestock SA On-Farm Biosecurity Farmer of the Year award.