Elizabeth Anderson

NUMBERS were lighter - both in yarding and crowd - at the Mount Pleasant market on Thursday last week, but prices remained "fully firm" on recent sales for most categories.

HAVING a level of confidence in available feed has allowed Shane and Anna Hooper to start rebuilding their sheep flock at Orroroo.

AS AUSTRALIA attempts to 'flatten the curve' of the COVID-19 outbreak, doctors are warning those in regional areas not to be complacent, saying it is "inevitable" more cases will occur in rural SA.

THE top price of $10,000 was achieved twice at the Walmona Santa Gertrudis Invitation Sale a Truro on Friday.

EMERGENCY departments in nine regional hospitals will close for the time being as Health SA begins to make plans for how to deal with a potential COVID-19 outbreak in these regions.

THE Follett family has been in the business of quenching thirst for more than 140 years - although the manner in which they have done so has changed somewhat through the years.

BAROSSA butcher Chris McKinnon says conditions have been "chaotic" in recent weeks, with Linke's Central Meat Store at Nuriootpa packed out with people "panic buying".

DROUGHT-affected areas in the Far North and pastoral areas of the state are starting to see the effects of good rain for the start of 2020, with many graziers starting to rebuild their herds.

UNDERTAKING full-time study while raising two children under three years old and helping manage a farm business is not an easy task.

Student-teacher ratios and classroom support were among key issues tackled by SA-ICPA.