Authorities in South Australia and Victoria are urging producers to remain alert as Australian plague locust activity increases following widespread summer rainfall.

South Australian sheep and goat producers have received four-point-seven million dollars in tag discounts and rebates during the first year of mandatory electronic identification.

Grain Producers South Australia says it cannot support any proposed route for the Northern Transmission Project unless compensation arrangements for affected landholders are brought into line with those offered interstate.

A new Grain Producers SA survey has revealed South Australian grain growers are cutting fertiliser use and tightening spending as soaring input costs continue to pressure farm profitability ahead of the 2026 season.

The first low-interest loans have now been approved under the South Australian Government’s two-hundred million dollar drought loan scheme, with funding beginning to reach producers in some of the state’s hardest-hit regions.

Grain Producers South Australia has welcomed the State Government’s decision to establish a strategic fuel reserve focused on supporting primary producers during major supply disruptions.

Grain Producers Australia says work is continuing with the national regulator on an emergency permit application for stronger zinc phosphide mouse bait, as growers battle rising mouse numbers across parts of South Australia and Western Australia.

Grain Producers SA is continuing calls for grain growers to gain access to stronger mouse bait products, as new survey results reveal one in every two producers is seeing mouse activity on farm.

Increasing reports of Australian plague locust activity are emerging across South Australia, raising concerns for growers with newly sown crops.