Cassandra Hough

3 days ago | abc.net.au | Cassandra Hough

Crisis talks are underway after South Australian meat processor JBS announced it would stop operating its Seven Point Pork (SPP) processing facility at Port Wakefield in early January next year. About 270 jobs will be lost, including 160 belonging to people who live in the regional council area. JBS pork division chief operating officer Edison Alvares said the decision came after a reduction of a significant number of pigs from one of the company's key strategic partners.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Cassandra Hough

Entrepreneur Kelly Johnson has been named South Australia 2025 AgriFutures Rural Women's Award winner, in recognition of her passion for rescuing surplus and second-grade produce. Ms Johnson's Murraylands-based business produces dehydrated, eco-conscious food for the hiking, cycling and sailing markets.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Cassandra Hough

The South Australian government will introduce a bill this week to allow some agricultural land near Adelaide to be developed for housing. Farmers are concerned the changes will take valuable farmland out of production. More than 60,000 houses could be built on the land over the next 30 years. Farming groups have reacted angrily to an announcement from the South Australian government to allow housing on some of the state's most productive agricultural land near Adelaide.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Selina Green |Cassandra Hough

South Australian producers have lost potentially thousands of tonnes of fruit as a lack of rain drives hungry birds into orchards. Apple, cherry and fig producers are among those dealing with unprecedented crop damage in areas gripped by some of the driest conditions on record. Adelaide Hills fig producer Willa Wauchope said his trees had inadvertently provided a "smorgasbord" for lorikeets in recent weeks.

Mar 5, 2025 | abc.net.au | Kate Higgins |Selina Green |Cassandra Hough

Farmers across parts of SA are struggling to keep livestock watered as dams run dry. Producers in traditionally reliable rainfall areas are having water delivered at great cost, or selling off livestock. The autumn outlook for SA predicts warm conditions, but no guarantee of decent rain. South Australia's farmers are increasingly worried about water supplies for their livestock, as drought conditions cause dams to dry up across the state.