Support served
When emergency services were called to the Tooperang fires, community members, businesses and charitable organisations rushed to the call to support the first responders.
Sport
Murray Bridge rodeo’s successful comeback
Organisers of last Saturday night’s Murray Bridge rodeo say the event could not have gone any better.
Heat forecast postpones Strathalbyn Cup
Searing heat has caused the postponement of the Strathalbyn Cup to this Sunday.
Catching a glimpse of the Tour Down Under
Hundreds lined streets across the region on Friday, to catch a glimpse of the Santos Tour Down Under’s Ziptrak Men’s Stage three event.
AEHCA dismantle Great Southern to claim sixth Meyer Shield
Former Sturt A Grade player and Hahndorf recruit Ty Watson was the catalyst in AEHCA’s commanding 152-run win over Great Southern in the Meyer Shield final at Kingscote Oval.
Rural
Honey, check this out
An avid gardener recently started a bee-rilliant new hobby, of beekeeping, to improve his crops, and has been reaping what he has sown. Goolwa’s Phil Sargent has planted about 200 native species with his brother on their Goolwa property over the...
Milang farmer’s hopes rained on due to unseasonably wet weather
A Milang farmer estimates the unseasonably wet summer has caused about 25 per cent of income loss for grain farmers in the region. His neighbour has recorded 150mm of rain since harvest started since the end of October, and as reported in this...
Advancing women in agriculture
When Currency Creek farmer Belle Baker was growing up, women weren’t always accepted as farmers. These days Ms Baker, with help from her partner Patrick O’Driscoll, is tailor-making courses to help women on the land fill gaps in their knowledge...
A healthy distance advised for livestock welfare
Hazards for livestock and the best methods to protect their health were the subject matters of a recent Milang Agricultural Bureau meeting. Many of the actions undertaken by governments in the early days of COVID parallel methods used by livestock...
