‘Cherries for Christmas’: Hailstorm-hit growers confident of rebound

South Australia’s horticulture industry is confident last week’s damaging hailstorm won’t impact Christmas fruit and vegetable sales, despite some growers facing the prospect of replanting their entire crop due to glass contamination.

Thousands without power, crops damaged after spring storm

Nearly 8000 households and businesses are still blacked out and nine schools have been closed after a storm lashed Adelaide and much of the state, leaving a trail of damage across properties, crops and vineyards.

Elders profit surges as farming sector fires

Strong performances across all sectors has helped South Australian agribusiness Elders deliver a surge in profits for the first half of its financial year of $68.2 million, up 40 per cent on the same period a year ago.

Voting opens to find the 2020 AgTown of the Year

After a tough year of drought, fire and contagion in the regions, South Australians are being urged to show their support by voting for their favourite town in the Agricultural Town of the Year award.

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.

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.

"Willy Wonka's wine factory": Inside the extraordinary d’Arenberg Cube

For leading Australian winemaker Chester Osborn it’s the realisation of a 13-year dream, but for South Australia’s McLaren Vale wine region Chester’s Cube could bring tens if not hundreds of thousands more wine tourists to visit one of the world’s most unusual and dramatic cellar doors.

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