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Farmers continuing to struggle to access enough harvest workers amid a backpacker visa slowdown, a new tool to help lock in contracts for hay carting amid fluctuating fuel prices, and the government announces a 5-year funding extension for Rural Financial Counselling Service providers.

SA Police investigating thefts of fuel from farms across the Lower Eyre Peninsula, the Black Sea conflict continues to influence how global grains markets are behaving, and more than a thousand medical professionals gather in SA to discuss rural health services.

A new South Australian saleyard record set for second-cross lambs, crops damaged after a brief but intense thunderstorm rolls through the Murray Mallee, and South Australia's first farm to use virtual fencing reaches 100 days of use.

Golden North begins ice cream production at its new Murray Bridge facility, the ACCC calls for input into its mobile services inquiry, and the National Farmers' Federation urges parliament to reject the EU-Australia trade agreement.

Kangaroo Island farmers prepare for a three-day shutdown of the local ferry service, an attempt to hold a federal inquiry into the decision to allow the continued use of paraquat voted down, and new legislation passed on telcos' obligations to provide mobile coverage to all Australians.

A preferred corridor announced for the mid-north section of the Northern Transmission Project, progress on a proposed cross-border timber manufacturing hub for SA and Victoria, and investigations into the theft of unique cherry trees from a Riverland farm.

Major Australian egg producers investigated by the ACCC for engaging in cartel and anti-competitive behaviour, former shearer prototypes a cordless shearing handpiece invention, and celebrating International Day of Rural Women with a pre-harvest paddock picnic.

Broadcasting from the 2026 Australian Almond Conference in Adelaide.

Riverland farmers hope a bumper harvest will help them rebuild after years of drought, South East conservation groups share the devastating impact of bird flu on greater crested terns populations, and eight-year-old auctioneer recognised for efforts in the country's beef capital.

Global wheat prices are strengthening as tensions re-ignite in the Black Sea, the warmer winter has decreased stone fruit yields, and a calf born with two extra legs growing from her head has made a remarkable recovery after a rare operation.

Birdsville track's ongoing closure causes logistical hurdles for outback communities, Australian farmland values are on the rise but sales are at a record low and Australians are eating more eggs than ever before.

Treasury Wine Estates announces 170 redundancies amid global business restructure, the Coalition announces plans for a dedicated agriculture visa if elected, and pigeons create water quality concerns and damage businesses in the Mallee town of Pinnaroo.

As the weather warms up farmers are being urged to watch for signs of locusts banding together, cattle producers would pay more in levy dollars under a proposal being put to them by industry peak body Cattle Australia and a family-owned station in the heart of the Flinders Ranges will change hands for the first time in 144 years.

The state government launches a Recreational Fishing Authority, new research into how traditional wine regions will need to change varieties to remain viable amid climate change, and trialling electronic sensors to track the daily lives of cows.

Hay production is underway across the Mallee, with some sheds already filling up, an oyster grower from Streaky Bay is hoping his recent Nuffield Scholarship studies will help with one of the biggest issues growers face and 16 final year students from Flinders University TAFE SA fashion and costume students exhibited their work at Clare's Festival of the Lamb.