Quinton McCallum

THE ceiling for barley yields may be higher than previously thought after an experimental winter line yielded more than 10 tonnes a hectare during a GRDC Hyper yielding FAR Australia trial near Millicent, says research director and Hyper Yielding Crops Project barley research lead Kenton Porker.

THE summer cropping season is playing out much like the winter cropping season in many regions of SA, with some crops not quite reaching their potential after a very promising start.

SOUGHT after breeding heifers made similar prices as steers the previous day during the second leg of the weaner sale held at Naracoorte on Friday last week.

A DESIRE to retire on the land has ultimately led to the establishment of a paddock-to-plate beef enterprise at Bald Hills, near Yankalilla, for couple Phillip Jacques and Penny Windler.

RETURNS for heavier weaner steers may have been back a fraction at the first weaner sale of 2022 at Naracoorte, but rates on mid-weights to lighter steers were firm to dearer than pre-Christmas according to agents.

IT was the $165,000 ram purchase that made headlines back in late September and now that 'White Gold' is settled into its Adelaide Hills home, the Flaxley buyer explains why he thinks the Australian White is the "sheep of the future".

WHILE the Coffin Bay oyster harvesting area has been slowly re-opening over the past week, the South Australian Oyster Growers' Association says the impact of the month-long closure will be felt for some time.

SA's wild dog fence rateable area has officially expanded and the rates for newly-included landholders have been ticked off by Primary Industries Minister David Basham.

AN abundance of grass in regions across SA, Vic and NSW is fuelling the red-hot cattle market, with prices on heifers and heavier steers lifting at Mount Gambier's monthly store sale on Friday last week.