Cassandra Hough

South Australians are warned to prepare for an extended high-risk bushfire season across several districts as hot, dry conditions show no signs of abating.

Quarantine restrictions are in place in Ceduna with PIRSA has declaring an outbreak of Mediterranean fruit fly, outback families affected by the closure of a student boarding house say it has been extremely stressful trying to find alternative arrangements for their teenagers and through January producers exported 400 tonnes of Southern Rock Lobster, the highest results on record.

Farming groups are opposed to the South Australian government removing protections for land near Adelaide to allow for more housing, but the premier says the change is needed for the city's growing population.

About 270 people will lose their jobs and multiple communities will be impacted with the pending closure of a rural South Australian pork processing plant.

The New Marine Scalefish Fishery Management Plan for South Australia has been released, a tomato the colour of an eggplant could be available to Australians from next year if it's approved by federal authorities and new research has found natural plant microbes can be used to enhance a wheat plants' ability to resist drought.

Despite a moratorium on building new dams in the Mount Lofty Ranges since 2013, landholders have built about 400 and enlarged about 300 without approval.

A retired farmer, who has lived in the country his whole life, has been told to move to Adelaide to continue receiving life-saving dialysis, as there are no options available closer to home.

Irrigators suing the Murray Darling Basin Authority over its water and river management from 2017 to 2019 have given evidence in the NSW Supreme Court, a South Australian invention that helps test wool microns on property is picking up in popularity and the almond pollination season across three states is underway, but the low rainfall has made it a tricky year for multiple industries including the beekeepers.

Cassie Hough broadcasts live from the Royal Adelaide Show, celebrating 100 years of the event at the Wayville Showgrounds, the first ever schools' wheat competition, our Rural Ambassador finalists and the first showing of blacknose valais sheep at the Adelaide Show.

We broadcast live from the State Pest and Weeds Conference in Adelaide, Riverland wine grape growers again urge the government to implement compulsory indicative prices, and a company contracted to provide testing for seafood brevetoxin levels within Australia.