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Rain turns dry paddocks into bumper crops after years of drought
By Eliza Berlage and Amelia Walters
Twelve months ago, many SA farmers were in drought, entering their fourth year without a crop and having to destock cattle to keep cashflow coming. This harvest is different after above-average rain.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-13/bumper-harvest-post-drought-hopes-south-australia/107257272
#Agriculture #CropHarvesting #Droughts #AgriculturalCrops #ElizaBerlage #AmeliaWalters
Retiring Riverland grape grower says industry support has come too late
By Eliza Berlage
After more than half a century, Riverland irrigator Jack Papageorgiou is turning off the taps at his beloved vineyard and retiring.
#Viticulture #Grapevines #FruitGrowing #Agribusiness #CropHarvesting #ElizaBerlage
Trials to kill gazanias and help farmers reclaim paddocks
By Eliza Berlage
Farmers are investing in expensive approaches from deep ripping to video-sensor spraying to kill gazanias, a colourful invasive weed.
Growers forced to find off-farm incomes after fruit fly financial hit
By Eliza Berlage and Shannon Pearce
Growers say the SA government needs to invest in more proactive monitoring of fruit fly and support them in resuming normal trade by lifting red zone restrictions in areas that have been outbreak-free.
#PestsHorticulture #FruitDamagingInsects #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #AgriculturalPestControl #ElizaBerlage #ShannonPearce
Blood-sucking, eel-like fish another possible casualty of algal bloom
By Eliza Berlage and Jackson Byrne
Scientists say no lampreys have been caught during their usual winter migration from ocean to river during two consecutive monitoring periods.
#MarineBiology #FishingandAquacultureIndustry #Fish #Rivers #EnvironmentalManagement #Environment #Oceans #MurrayDarlingBasin #ClimateChange #ElizaBerlage #JacksonByrne
Wetland thriving with aquatic life again a glimpse of carp-free future
By Eliza Berlage
While conservationists and fishers have formed an action group calling for more management of the pest fish now, Teal Flat provides a glimpse of what could be possible, even without a carp herpes virus.
#Rivers #Pests #MurrayDarlingBasin #Fish #Environment #Habitats #Wetlands #ElizaBerlage
Side dish vegetable takes the spotlight as vegetable of the year
By Eliza Berlage and Elsie Adamo
Chefs say a variety called sugarloaf cabbage is changing people's minds on how the vegetable can be the star of the dish rather than simply a side.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-09/sugarloaf-cabbage-named-vegetable-of-the-year/106990250
#VegetableGrowing #Agriculture #VegetableCrops #DiningOut #ElizaBerlage #ElsieAdamo
Mandarin and orange supply down in SA amid extreme weather
By Eliza Berlage
Shoppers may see fewer oranges and mandarins from South Australia's Riverland on their shelves amid record-breaking heatwaves and wetter, colder winter days.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-26/citrus-season-challenges-extreme-weather/106926716
#FruitGrowing #FruitCrops #AgriculturalMarketing #ClimateChange #ElizaBerlage
Hundreds of grape growers being paid 1970s rates at breaking point in Australia's largest wine region
By Eliza Berlage and James Wakelin
Growers in South Australia's Riverland will gather at a crisis meeting as warm inland wine regions are pushed to breaking point by 1970s prices for their grapes.
#Viticulture #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #RegionalCommunities #Rural #RuralWomen #MentalHealth #MentalWellbeing #ElizaBerlage #JamesWakelin