Quinton McCallum

TARIFFS on Australian wine, following a Chinese investigation into dumping allegations, will make exporting into the country unviable for SA producers.

THE consequences of a wet hay season in parts of SA are still being realised, with the Country Fire Service revealing it responded to 57 haystack fires during the months of October and November.

VENDOR returns were again strong at the Naracoorte combined agents' monthly store cattle sale in what was a large yarding for a November market.

DESPITE undergoing weekly COVID-19 tests, Pinnaroo farmer and small business owner Mandy Oakley says border restrictions haven't impacted them as badly as others this year.

SIGNIFICANT changes to SA's electoral boundaries were confirmed last week, with the release of the Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission's final report and the incumbent government is confident it will retain the necessary seats to form government at the 2022 election.

ONGOING uncertainty and the "unseen scars" caused by ever-changing restrictions on cross-border community members during the COVID-19 pandemic are good reasons to keep those dividing lines open for good, say federal MPs either side of the SA-Vic border.

WEATHER-DAMAGED hay usually bound for the export market is threatening to cause a glut of supply in a domestic market already witnessing low demand.

CHIPPING away at the stigma surrounding suicide and opening a dialogue about grief, mental health and general life struggles are the motivations behind Muzza's Happy Hour, a grassroots wellbeing movement.

ONLY days after finishing a football year marked by individual success, the Combe brothers of Crystal Brook were driving the header and chaser bin at the start of a harvest the family hopes will match the young men's seasons on the footy field.

THE 2020 Naracoorte first-cross ewe sale lived up to the pre-sale hype, with vendor-bred 1.5-year-olds from the James family, Coolawang Pastoral Co, Mundulla, setting a new national record of $472.