Ag Excellence News and Updates
Congratulations to the Nelshaby Ag Bureau on the success of their Stock Bus Trip held on Friday, 6 February. Thirty livestock producers toured four enterprises across Wandearah and Belalie East, all linked by a common theme of feeding livestock in confinement systems.
Read MoreThe Limestone Coast Landscape Board with Landscape Boards across South Australia are delivering free, state-wide Carbon Farming Webinar Series to help farmers and land managers better understand carbon farming and options to reduce on farm emissions.
Read MoreThe state’s top grain producers and industry leaders have been honoured at the 2025 South Australian
Grain Industry Awards, with the announcement of award winners and new Hall of Fame inductees at
Adelaide Oval last night.
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Read MoreThe South Australian Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (SA Drought Hub) is proud to release its Year 4 Achievements Summary (1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025), alongside the 2024/25 SA Drought Hub Annual Report.
Read MoreGrain Producers SA is urging growers and industry to get in quick, with tickets for the 2025 South Australian Grain Industry Awards close to selling out ahead of the event at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday, 3 February 2026
Read MoreAcross South Australia, grower groups are central to helping farmers navigate seasonal variability, adopt new practices, and stay connected with the latest research. Behind many of these groups is an Executive Officer (EO), managing the governance, coordination, communication, research, and extension. When these EOs are well supported, the impact ripples far beyond the organisation and directly to farmers and their communities.
Read MoreThe Ag Ex EO Network recently hosted a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) session with Denise Bewsell of Scarlatti and Enablers of Change. It focused on how groups can collect meaningful data without creating unnecessary work, and how M&E can improve program design and decision-making. Below are the key takeaways I found most useful, that I think will resonate with grower groups.
Read MoreAs the Ag Ex and SA Drought Hub MEL Officer, most of my work centres around gathering data and stories from Hub partners across the state, so we can better understand practice change, adoption, and what projects are making a real difference.
Read MoreAn outstanding group of growers and industry innovators driving South Australia’s grain sector forward have been named as finalists for the 2025 South Australian Grain Industry Awards, announced today as early bird tickets go on sale.
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