Quinton McCallum

SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S grain harvest is officially underway, with Eyre Peninsula growers reaping peas and delivering the first load for the season into Viterra.

THE Dairy Industry Code of Conduct has brought about a "significant culture change" within the dairy sector, ACCC deputy chair Mick Keogh says.

A PROOF of concept trial driven by SADA is aiming to improve the traceability of milk products right through the supply chain and strengthen industry integrity and transparency.

DAIRYFARMERS say there will be numerous safety, management and production benefits to flow from the construction of livestock underpasses, which will be given a boost from state government funding.

The continued problems with labour has led to the establishment of an South Australian Dairy Workforce Committee.

IMPROVING seasonal conditions, higher milk prices, the option of long-term supply contracts and a growing movement to buy local have SA's dairy industry in its "best position in years", according to farmers and industry insiders.

AN audible buzz of anticipation could be heard among the crowd at the beginning of today's blue ribbon Naracoorte first-cross ewe sale as buyers, onlookers, vendors and agents waited to see what dizzying heights would be reached after big results at recent Vic sales.