Department of Primary Industries and Regions

🐑🤓 Farm smarter across multiple properties with electronic identification (eID).

In the Southern Flinders, the Clarke family is using eID to track reproduction and weights, improve flock performance, and better manage sheep alongside a busy cropping program.

📊 Start simple, build over time, and gain more flexibility in your system

Read the case study 👉 https://ow.ly/JyJz50Z3Mnm

An initiative of eID Advantage Program from the Government of South Australia, supported by Meat and Livestock Australia and AWI Extension SA.

💻 Learn more about eID: https://ow.ly/hIzu50Z308I

Meat & Livestock Australia | AWI Extension SA | Livestock SA | Sheep Producers Australia | WoolProducers Australia | Integrity Systems | Primary Producers SA | Merino SA | Mid North High Rainfall Zone Group | Agricultural Bureau of South Australia

🌍 Keeping food safe starts long before it reaches your kitchen, and PIRSA plays a vital role in that.

PIRSA oversees food safety across South Australia’s primary production sectors, including meat, eggs, bivalve molluscs and seed sprouts.

By regulating these primary food producing industries, PIRSA helps reduce food‑borne illness, protect public health, maintain consumer confidence and support the strong reputation of SA’s primary industries.

Safe food is everyone’s business, and PIRSA is part of that every step of the way 🍖 🥚 🫛

Learn more about PIRSA’s work here 👉 https://bit.ly/43R2ffi

Help stop the spread of Queensland fruit fly with a few simple actions in your garden:

🍊 Promptly pick ripe fruit and vegetables
🍊 Do not move or share fruit and vegetables from outbreak areas
🍊 Prune fruit trees to make harvesting easier next season

Small steps make a big difference in breaking the fruit fly life cycle.

Learn how to protect your garden from fruit fly, visit https://ow.ly/VUbK50Z6WxO

More than 200 participants joined in person and online this week for the Harmful Algal Bloom Science Forum at the South Australian Aquatic Sciences Centre, bringing together researchers, industry, government and community stakeholders to strengthen our understanding of harmful algal blooms and support future collaboration.

The forum highlighted the significant work underway through PIRSA and SARDI to better understand, monitor and respond to algal blooms, including the deployment of six oceanographic moorings across South Australia providing near real-time data on key algal species.

From ecosystem monitoring and forecasting systems to fishery impact assessments and advanced diagnostic testing, these initiatives are helping build the knowledge and capability needed to protect our marine environment, support coastal communities and inform future management decisions.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this important discussion and ongoing research effort.

Keep up to date with the algal bloom here: https://bit.ly/4uUvR7F

Young merinos set to make their mark 🐑

The Turretfield Research Centre Team has been busy in the field, marking over 526 lambs ahead of the SA Merino Sire Evaluation Field Day on Friday 12 June.

At the field day, breeders, farmers, and industry representatives will have the chance to get up close and examine:
🐑 Fleece traits including weight, diameter, colour and character
🪰 Skin wrinkle, and face, breech and crutch cover (important for preventing fly strike)
📏 Jaw, face, pastern, and toe morphology

With SA’s sheep industries (including meat, wool and skins) generating annual revenue of around $1.36 billion (and over 58 million kilos of wool!), understanding and optimising Merino reproductive genetics is big business.

To learn more and register to attend 👉 https://livestocksa.com.au/sa-merino-sire-evaluation-trial
This applied research program is made possible through AMSEA, Australian Wool Innovation and is proudly supported by Merino SA and Livestock SA.

Cousins Merino Services | Adelaide University | Datamars Livestock AU | Zoetis | NEOGEN

🌱 Adelaide to host Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood tech event in 2027!

South Australia is set to take centre stage in global agrifood innovation, with Adelaide announced as the host city for AgriFutures evokeAG. 2027.

The event brings together the region’s leading producers, investors, researchers, startups, scaleups, corporates and policy leaders, all working to shape the future of food, sustainability and agricultural technology.

Returning to Adelaide after a successful 2023 event, evokeAG. 2027 reinforces South Australia’s reputation as a national leader in agrifood innovation, research excellence, and sustainable production.

📍 Adelaide Convention Centre
📅 16–17 February 2027

Backed by AgriFutures Australia, with support from the Australian Government, the South Australian Government, and platinum partner Elders, the event continues to grow as the Asia Pacific’s leading platform for turning ideas into partnerships, investment and real world impact.

🔗 Learn more: https://ow.ly/xvM350Z7qsw

evokeAG | AgriFutures Australia | Elders