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Wednesday, 15 April, 2026
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Roo Permit Warning

Eyre Peninsula farmers need to ensure they have a permit before culling kangaroos on their properties. The Environment and Water Department issued the warning this...

Price rises challenging farmers

Escalating prices of chemicals and fertilisers have farmers assessing their best options for the 2022/23 cropping program.  Damien Elson of Cleve said pricing was damaging...

Warm weather welcomed as harvest resumes

This week’s warm weather was warmly anticipated by Eyre Peninsula cereal growers as soon as it was forecast. One of those was Mount Drummond farmer...

Grain put through falling numbers after heavy rain

It is the old farming adage - you haven’t got a bumper crop until it is in the silo. That is the case this year...

Relentless rain threatening grain prices

Continued spring rains have left Eyre Peninsula farmers feeling nervous over the possible lowering of grain quality. According to SA grain industry experts, growers are...

Ewe are never too young to join the wool industry

Charlotte Hodge has just finished year 11 at Cleve Area School but she’s already working. Charlotte, 17, hails from Cockaleechie - between Cummins and Tumby...

Scholarships help boost ag industry

Eyre Peninsula students keen to further their agriculture studies are urged to apply for the 2021 round of the Rural Bank scholarships. The funds are...

Monitoring the malleefowl

Volunteers from across the Upper Eyre Peninsula have again worked with Landscape SA staff to monitor and record malleefowl nests in the Munyaroo Conservation...

Rallying for return of rail

A push is underway for the Eyre Peninsula to reintroduce rail services after the closure of the rail link in May 2019. Leading the quest...

Desal plant development on hold

A one-year hiatus forced on SA Water’s planned Eyre Peninsula desalination plant at Billy Lights Point has been welcomed. Regional Development Australia Eyre Peninsula board...