Apple and pear growers reject push for GM-free Hills

UPDATED: Adelaide Hills apple and pear growers are pushing back against a move to bar genetically modified crops from the region, arguing that the right to use GM varieties in the future would help them keep up with competitors.

Zonfrillo's $1.25m SA-funded Indigenous food database "launched"

Celebrity chef Jock Zonfrillo’s controversial Orana Foundation is hailing the delivery of a “final Milestone Report” to the South Australian Government for its $1.25 million taxpayer-funded Indigenous Food Database – although it’s unclear when or even if the resource will become publicly available.

PIRSA CEO Scott Ashby. Photo: Ag Excellence Alliance / Facebook

Ousted PIRSA chief to helm Onkaparinga Council

The Onkaparinga Council has appointed former long-serving primary industries boss Scott Ashby as its new CEO.

Wheat pest found in SA "can't be eradicated"

A toxic pest that’s been found in South Australian cereal crops cannot be eradicated, agricultural authorities say.

SA crops beat the heat to bring in $1.6b yield

South Australia’s crops have defied a hot, dry start to the year to keep yield estimates at 7.2 million tonnes for the second successive season.

SA oyster farmers on alert against deadly virus

South Australia’s valuable oyster industry is on alert after the detection of a deadly virus that all but wiped out New South Wales stocks.

Pinery fire crop and feed damage bill hits $24m

The damage bill for almost 60,000 tonnes of unharvested grain crops and feed lost in the Pinery fire has climbed to an estimated $24 million.