Australian Crop Breeders recently wrote to Grain Producers SA, outlining the uncertainty about the future of plant breeding in Australia if growers continue to not adhere to the end point royalty system.
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What does a famous South Australian wool family name, a champagne shaped beer bottle & the search for the most unique malt barley in the world all have in common? The hunt for the Grange of beer has begun & it’s happening right here in sunny SA. Read more: shorturl.at/mwAJU

Over the past 5 years, a remarkable trend has captured regional Australian towns: silo art. With many former grain silos sitting unused, communities are turning them into tourist attractions, breathing life back into what was destined to be a defunct asset.shorturl.at/mwAJU

Have you taken our Mouse Bait survey yet? GPSA is looking to further understand the impact of mice on your farm, your use of mouse bait & the predicted future needs. Details below!

The sun is out and we're all set up and ready for a beautiful day at the Karoonda Farm Fair & Show. If you're heading along, come say hi and have a chat to GPSA at Site B United Street. #grainproducerssa

Today GPSA organised the SA Barley Advisory Committee meeting @ Waite Campus & heard from InterGrain AGT & SECOBRA Recherches on new varieties, Coopers Brewery on malt quality, SARDI on barley pathology & Grain Trade Aust on markets. CSIRO Kenton Porker helped organise

Have you checked out GPSA's new invasive snail 3D interactive gallery? We teamed up with Think Digital Studios to create an interactive website incorporating 17 snail pest species that are either present in the state and/or listed as a risk to grain. See more:
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WE NEED YOUR INPUT: Grain Producers Australia recently applied for a permit for producers to access & administer double strength mouse bait ZP50 (50g/kg Zinc Phosphide). GPSA is seeking to further understand the impact of mice on farm, use of bait & future needs. surveymonkey.com/r/QP3Y9T2

ICYMI: With the impending switch off of 3G services drawing closer, GPSA held a Webinar on the issue in February with presentations from Telstra, Optus and the Regional Tech Hub. If you missed out on watching the Webinar live, it's available on our YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=6iTkbU…

The GPSA team recently visited AGT at Roseworthy, Australia's largest plant breeding company, to see the fascinating and comprehensive process the company goes through to develop new grain varieties for grain producers. Thanks to AGT for showing us around!

In March GPSA hosted a full day Spray Forum at Freeling, attended by over 150 grain producers, agronomists & industry stakeholders. It was a fantastic day packed full of educational speakers, presentations and discussions. See the full album on our FB page shorturl.at/xBKY9

Today GPSA attended the Regional Australia Institute's Regions Rising South Australia event which brings together industry experts, economists, regional & government leaders to discuss the issue affecting regional communities: jobs & skills, housing, population, liveability, productivity & more.

Applications close soon for the SAGIT trustee position. If you have grain growing or corporate governance experience, we want to hear from you! To learn more, visit: sagit.com.au/about/#trustees or contact Malcolm Buckby or Andy Barr.

MOUSE BAIT SURVEY: Grain Producers Australia has applied for a permit for producers to access & administer double strength mouse bait ZP50. GPSA is seeking to further understand the impact of mice on farm, your use of mouse bait & the predicted future needs. Survey: surveymonkey.com/r/QP3Y9T2

CLOSING SOON! GPSA is seeking applications for the position of SAGIT Group A Trustee
Skills required: Knowledge techniques & tech of grain growing, Strong understanding corporate gov, Financial analysis, Understanding commercial-in-confidence protocols Closes 5pm 29/03/24

Are you attending the Light Regional Farm & 4x4 Expo at the The FARM Centre Freeling today or tomorrow? If so, drop by the GPSA stand to say hi have a chat about all things grain and grab a bag of grain industry goodies! #grainproducerssa

This morning GPSA CEO Brad Perry gave evidence to Parliament's NRM Committee on ESG.

Sal Milici Colin James Bettles Senator Murray Watt Duncan Young Barry large Yes and again today - risk creators offer to pay $50m biosecurity tax in exchange for efficiency gains in actual government biosecurity services

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Great to see the coverage of the recent announcement of our #1 Worst Grain Road - Upper Yorke Road, Arthurton to Kulpara - at last securing funding for upgrading. Read more on Grain Central below:
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ICYMI: SA's 'Worst Grain Road' - Upper Yorke Rd Arthurton-Kulpara - is being upgraded thanks to a multi-million $ funding package by Fed & State Govs. After years of campaigning, the road will have lanes widened, shoulders sealed, surface smoothed & more
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