A senior entomologist reports reduced pest pressure for SA farmers this season due to drought, the livestock industry represented at South Australia's second Industry Climate Change Conference, and feral olive trees under consideration as a weed of national significance.

SA farmland values and sales plateau as drought puts a damper on the market, a parliamentary inquiry looks into South Australia's kangaroo and wallaby populations, and Bega Cheese announces closure of its Victorian site at Strathmerton and consolidation of operations to Bega Valley.

The NFF calls on the newly re-elected Prime Minister to visit and hold a drought forum in dought-affected SA, calls to do more to protect water levels and quality in South East aquifers and wetlands, and South Australia prepares to host its second Industry Climate Change Conference.

Agricultural advocacy groups react to the Albanese Labor-government's landslide election win on the weekend, challenging times for the SA wool industry as drought and high input costs see forecast wool production plummet, and a Streaky Bay farmer gathering a database of sheep numbers needing feed across the West Coast and Eyre Peninsula.

A transport subsidy scheme expanded to deliver high quality fodder to drought-affected SA dairy farmers, the Australian wool clip forecast to decline in the coming year to its lowest level since 1922, and the Port Lincoln tuna industry celebrates World Tuna Day.

A new major global wine company created through the merger of Accolade Wines and assets formerly owned by Pernod Ricard, a water broker says dry conditions across the southern Basin are leading to higher water demand and temporary prices, and regional businesses report locals spending less in town due to the ongoing lack of rain.

Drought-affected producers able to access emergency water supply for livestock from the Bundaleer Reservoir, Livestock SA urges the state government to get on with implementing virtual fencing after its approval in NSW, and outback farmers explain the challenges of switching to hybrid and electric vehicles.

Australian mainland apple growers celebrate gaining access to the lucrative and huge Chinese market, latest export figures show more than $1billion worth of Australian wine was sent to China last year, and Australia's wagyu beef industry looks to capitalise on growth opportunities amid record-low cattle numbers in the USA.

The SA Government announces a $3million fund for dairy farmers owed payments following the collapse of Beston Global Food, a South Australian abattoir among 10 Australian facilities granted access to the Chinese market for the first time, and farmers welcome bipartisan funding promises towards farm safety and a national food plan.

An early survey of SA grain producers suggests around a quarter have already started dry seeding, the Bureau of Meteorology's latest long-term rain outlook shows little chance of decent rain for SA into June, and citrus harvest begins in the Riverland with high export demand for the fruit.