Ag Excellence News and Updates

The grain industry, producers and community are encouraged to put forward a deserving person for the inaugural South Australian Grain Industry Awards with nominations now open.

An initiative from Livestock SA in partnership with the Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA) and the SA Drought Hub. This program is designed to help South Australian regional groups and organisations bring their communities together for a BBQ.

Grain Producers SA (GPSA), in partnership with Fat Farmers, is stepping up to support grain producers and regional communities experiencing drought by hosting a series of community breakfast barbecues across South Australia next week, with further events planned on the Eyre Peninsula in early December.

Get funded access to leading advisers who will deliver both on-farm support and group workshop learning to prepare you and your business to bounce back in the face of adverse climate and other challenges through the AgRi-Silience program, a Livestock SA project.

Emily Adams, a third-year Agricultural Science student at the University of Adelaide and the 2024 Student Compendium Socials and Communications Intern, has recently completed the production of a new video highlighting the ‘Intern Experience’ behind the Ag Institute Australia (AIA) Student Compendium program. From scripting to filming and editing, the video captures the journey of the 2024 interns and the practical insights gained throughout the internship.

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.