Catherine Miller

The Naracoorte community turned out in strong numbers for the 157th annual show on the weekend, keen to return to the showgrounds after the cancellation of the 2020 show.

A Mount Gambier teenager with a heart of gold, who organised several convoys of hay laden trucks for bushfire ravaged areas across the state, is in the running to be SA's 2022 Young Australian of the Year.

Buyer registrations doubled on 2020 at Vanita stud's annual on-property ram sale ensuring a very strong sale on Tuesday last week at Kingston SE.

A spring 2020 drop White Suffolk ram with multiple performance figures ranking among the best in the breed soared to a $12,000 high at Woolumbool's 34th annual on-property auction on Wednesday last week.

A demonstration site at Struan Research Centre is aiming to turn one of the worst areas on the farm into the most productive.

The South East Field Days will hopefully be back in March 2022 at Lucindale after the organisers decided late last month to ensure it was not three years without the event.

Shearing can be a back breaking job but a world-first prototype being designed and trialled in SA aims to eliminate one of the toughest physical elements - dragging the sheep from the catching pen.

A STRUCTURALLY correct Poll Dorset with tremendous meat content topped the massive offering at the Day families'' 49th annual on-property ram sale last Friday at Bordertown.

A last-minute decision by South East handler Dayna Grey to enter the beef cattle young paraders state final at the Mount Pleasant Spring Royal Beef Exhibition on Sunday paid off earning her a spot in the national finals at the 2022 Sydney Royal Easter Show.

A magnificent five-year-old Charolais cow and her six month old heifer calf from Boulview stud, Loxton enjoyed supreme success at the Mount Pleasant Spring Royal Beef Exhibition held on Sunday.