Grain growers across the border want to connect to South Australia, via rail. Victorian Farmers Federation grains president Ross Johns says a $440 million rail upgrade between Mildura and that state's ports didn't go far enough. Wade Dabinett is from Grain Producers SA and says he will approach the new government about it. Maritime authorities have signed off an a scandal-plagued live export ship to again carry livestock. The Awassi Express has been sitting in Fremantle for weeks undergoing mandatory upgrades after it failed an inspection by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. The big dry around most of the country has meant that wool growers can expect a slight reduction in the quality of the clip.

The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator, a key market barometer of beef prices, has dropped below 500 cents a kilogram for the first time in almost three years, Protests are expected to continue at Port Adelaide where a live export vessel prepares to load sheep bound for the Middle East, Today, the Greens have launched a 5 point plan to move Australia's sheep trade away from live exports. That's where Mecardo Analysts centred a recent report, which found farmers stand to lose up to $180 million. It's enough to strike fear into the hearts of many, but a nightmare vintage in Europe has seemingly led to a shortage of wine! A dog trapper has offered to take anyone who doesn't believe wild dogs are a problem to Roxby Downs to show them the proof. There's been some interesting developments with surveillance of the pest, tomato potato psyllid. It turns out the species found in Western Australia just over a year ago, does not carry the plant damaging bacteria, that's cost New Zealand's potato industry millions of dollars. The $133 million Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), announced by the Federal Government, and to be based in SA, will be a game-changer for reducing food waste.

The RSPCA says it's time South Australia gave up the live sheep trade, Sheep Producers Australia's Allan Piggot, says there is no need for a knee jerk reaction. The National Farmers Federation wants the federal government to contribute $180 million to address mobile blackspots. Succession planning - Dr Chris Graves is from the Adelaide Business School at the University of Adelaide says the longer a business stays in the family, the more unlikely it is to be passed on. Hay and fodder exports are booming at the moment. Australia has cracked the one million tonnes a year exported figure for the first time, with huge jumps in the South Korean and Chinese markets.

Lobby group Voice of Horticulture says poor participation means the government's seasonal incentive program isn't working. This the program to get local unemployed in to jobs usually filled by backpackers. The changes continue for the live export industry, with the news that an independent observer will now travel on boats going to the middle east this summer. AgSafe program, ChemClear, is coming back to South Australia to help farmers get rid of their unwanted chemical containers, The South Australian government says it won't enter a bidding war to keep Berry Sensation in the south-east, Food and Fibre Careers Camp participants talk about their experiences in agriculture around South Australia.

It was expected to create jobs and boost South Australia's strawberry production by 30 per cent. But now plans to build a $35 million hydroponic strawberry facility in the Wattle Range area in the state's south-east, is unlikely to go ahead, Labor has called for an inspector general to be appointed to oversee the Live Sheep trade. Shadow Agriculture Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has made the call and says he is also backing the Littleproud Review, The State Government has announced the full 100% water allocations for Murray irrigators, much to the delight of those in the Riverland.

Mecrus Group says distance to Melbourne will factor into which state it'll build a new hydroponic strawberry farm, The State's new Primary Industries Minister says he's open to considering the idea of treating different fishing regions on a case by case basis, An orchardist who left the industry, has rediscovered his love for growing fruit and is now going for gold with a new variety of kiwifruit, Prices across a number of Aussie Ag commodities has continued to rise, according to the latest index from the National Australia Bank, The SA Sheep Expo is one answer to filling the gap that has been identified in junior development in the sheep and lamb industry.

No panic yet for grain growers, as some get rain over the weekend and others miss out. New statistics show the value of Australian wine exports are the highest in a decade, with figures surging in the past year to reach $2.65 billion. The director of a family owned Coonawarra wine label says the growing value of Australian wine in China is what will keep the export market stablise. Water authorities are currently reviewing the Barwon-Darling Water Sharing Plan, Tilpa grazier Justin McClure is on an advisory panel for the review of the plan, and says he's confident there will be changes that bring a better outcome of the river. Over the weekend Coonawarra hosted a wine tour with a difference. Dozens of locals wandered through six estates, picking grapes for the homeless.

SA Water has defended it's tender to buy three gigalitres of River Murray water, as normal practice when factors require it. Livestock SA say delays to a livestock ship out of Port Adelaide are due to shipping issues, not the current Live Ex publicity and review. A senate enquiry into the price of regional airlines has been held in Queensland, A Port Lincoln apiarist taken home a third straight champion honey at the Royal Sydney Show, but compared to previous years the score they received is much lower

The crisis in the pork industry is showing no signs of letting up and if it continues, there are serious concerns producers will go to the wall, The live export price for cattle heading from Darwin to Indonesia has dropped below $3.00 a kilogram, for the first time since 2015. South Australia beef industry blueprint, will be released in the coming weeks, South Australian government authorities has angered upstream irrigators by entering the market to buy irrigation water to deliver to Adelaide, the Falcon 5000 has arrived from the US and landed in Cummins on Lower Eyre Peninsula, it's a new automated soil sampling machine that will change the way soil is sampled in the region.

Conditions across the state today have been described as comparable to those experienced in the deadly Ash Wednesday bushfires in 1983. A total fire ban has been declared in 10 regions as temperatures again soar, South Australia's water minister is confident New South Wales and Victoria will help salvage the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, as fence mending begins with the eastern states, Clean Seas Seafood will continue with its expansion in the Spencer Gulf following the announcement it's received funding of $2.5 million, but South Australia's apple industry hopes the release of a red-fleshed apple will turn the tide on flatlining consumption.