Grain Producers SA chairman Wade Dabinett said growers are planning early to secure supplies to tend what could be a bumper crop.

Regional Showcase

Growing optimism for SA's grain farmers

South Australia’s grain country is set for seeding around the traditional Anzac Day start date with farmers seeing the best season-opening rains in several years.

Business

SA's Beston seeks $3 million to expand dairy plant

Meat and dairy company Beston Global Foods will attempt to raise $3 million to expand production of high-value milk products at its Jervois plant.

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South Australian seeds shoot for new markets

A growing customer base in Europe, a low Australian dollar and increasing domestic sales is helping a South Australian seed company flourish.

Opinion

Up the creek: why the SA desalination deal makes no sense

The federal-state deal to crank up South Australia’s desalination plant to provide drought relief won’t do much more than waste taxpayers’ money, argues UniSA’s Lin Crase.

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SA startup eyes commercial plant to turn waste into activated carbon

A South Australian startup that has developed a low-cost technique for making activated carbon from agricultural waste will soon begin a capital-raising round to fund commercial production.