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Josh Brine

Grain growing starts again after record-breaking year

IT was a tale of ups and downs for Riverland collaborative grain producer Bulla Burra’s last harvest. On the positive end, the business completed one of its “best ever years” for growing, with yields high and prices strong according to general...

Josh Brine

June 2023

Poultry

Bird is the word for local competitive chook breeder

WHEN most people are thinking of potential hobbies, breeding hundreds of chickens to lug around to every corner of the country for competitions might top few lists. But for a lot of his life, Loxton landscaper Dave Adams has made Indian game...

Josh Brine

December 2022

Horticulture

Local growers ’aving a go at online fame

VIRAL marketing is normally the realm of large PR firms with specialist staff and significant resources at their disposal. But for one-person social media team Sarah Tucker-Boehm, it’s become an essential part of growing the brand recognition for...

Josh Brine

November 2022

Sheep

Family manufacturing business lifts after Covid

AN innovative Riverland family business is back to making the jobs of graziers across Australia safer and simpler, after being heavily impacted by Covid-19 border closures. Rod Holland (pictured), of Cooltong, has spent more than a decade...

Josh Brine

June 2022

Stone Fruit

Date farming family still blazing trails after 25 years

WHILE this time of year is well-known for being the start of the citrus harvest in the Riverland, a family of local organic date growers are getting ready for a busy picking season of their own. The Gurra Downs Date Company, based in Gurra Gurr...

Josh Brine

February 2022