The Waldhuter family successfully trialed a new oat variety last year.

Stock Journal was on Kangaroo Island this week to see how fire-affected farmers were faring two years on.

AS he farewells a 45-year career as a livestock agent, Mike 'Juice' Newton says it is a nice time to hang up the boots with clients thriving and the industry at such a high point.

TWO years on from the Cudlee Creek fire, which burnt more than 23,000 hectares of land in the Adelaide Hills, and a number of producers are still working to rebuild their operations.

Stock Journal looks back to January 1999, when SA was recording its fourth straight record harvest, producers visited the new Gepps Cross sheep yards for the first time and the Pastoralists Association of West Darling dinner dance attracted a crowd at Broken Hill.

Stock Journal was on Kangaroo Island this week to see how fire-affected farmers were faring two years on.

MOUNT Torrens dairyfarmer Rick Gladigau helped neighbours fight the Cudlee Creek fire when it swung back towards his unmanned property.

HESITANCY to gather in large groups to celebrate Australia Day due to the COVID-19 situation in SA was likely to cause a slide in meat sales for the annual event, according to Australian Meat Industry Council SA retail chair Trevor Hill.

Questions still remain about whether enough is being done to stop the devastating 2019-20 summer bushfires on KI from happening again.

Young rural leaders program Rural Ambassadors has received a boost in funding, with the SA government providing $130,000