LIVESTOCK SA's board will remain unchanged for the coming year with all five sitting members up for re-election putting their hands up again and no new nominations.
The returning members, who will serve another two year term, are current treasurer Gillian Fennell, Marla along with vice president Allan Piggott, Moorlands; Mark Dennis, Port Lincoln; Glen Tilley, Kapunda and Samantha Neumann, Freeling.
Livestock SA president Joe Keynes, Keyneton; Richie Kirkland, Furner; Bill Nosworthy, Sheringa; Robert Brokenshire, Mount Compass and Marina Gregor, Parndana, all have one year of their terms to serve.
At the annual general meeting held on Monday at Hahndorf, Mr Keynes said the continuity of the board would help implement any necessary changes from the independent review of the organisation's first seven years in operation.
He said it had been a busy 12 months for Livestock SA with highlights including the release of the next sheep industry blueprint in March which aims to boost sheepmeat and wool revenue to $3 billion by 2030 and the progress on the Dog Fence which has seen 201kms complete and 155kms under construction.
He also noted the successful transition of the administration of the Sheep & Cattle Industry Funds, which managed more than $4m in funds, from government to industry. This has delivered about 30 per cent in administration savings in the first year.
Mr Keynes said the organisation had a good working relationship with the state government but issued a "brickbat" to them for the lack of progress in updating the Pastoral Act.
"We worked very hard with the conservation sector, not just the staff but also pastoralists from across the region, to ensure that we came to some common ground, we developed a paper that went to the (Agriculture) Minister and to be honest that has gone nowhere," he said.
And while he said Minister David Basham had said he intended to introduce the legislation to the parliament soon Mr Keynes, personally, did not believe it would be seen prior to the state election in March next year.
"This may be a lost opportunity, it has been time to actually review that act and the changes that were proposed were going to strengthen our pastoralism and the management of our rangelands," he said.
" I hope we don't rue this as an opportunity lost."
Over the past seven years Mr Keynes said Livestock SA had been fortunate to have industry funding from the Sheep & Cattle Industry Funds to help fund its key role of advocacy but he also noted that the organisation had not asked for any increase in its annual funding during this time.
"We were challenged by the industry funds, this is your core funding, now use it to leverage money for other projects that benefit your members. I think we have been very successful in this," he said.
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