2007 Media Releases

  • Lessons learnt from 2006 Drought webpage | Download PDF (439kb)
    A number of South Australian sheep and cattle producers have provided input into a report that looks at what lessons were learnt from last year’s drought conditions.


  • City office leads the way in Energy Savings webpage | Download PDF (440kb)
    An active awareness campaign to save energy has resulted in Rural Solutions SA dropping its energy consumption at its city based offices by 16 % over the past two years.


  •  SA Horticulturalist addresses World Apple Symposium  webpage | Download PDF (72kb)
    Rural Solutions SA’s senior horticultural consultant Paul James will present two papers at the Chihuahua International Apple Symposium in Mexico from 14 to 17 November, 2007.


  • Promoting SA produce proves beneficial for local media outlets  webpage | Download PDF (0.43Mb)
    ABC TV’s The Cook and the Chef and Jigsaw Media Solutions Sumptuous magazine and television will contest an important industry category at the Premier’s Food Awards 2007. They have been named finalists in the Rural Solutions SA Services to Industry Award, with the winner to be announced at the awards night on Friday, November 16 at the Adelaide Convention Centre hosted by Premier Mike Rann.


  • 2007 SA Agribusiness Conference  webpage | Dowload PDF (257kb)
    SA's biggest agribusiness conference to be held on 26th July – 27th July is a new innovation for companies and organisations that service the agricultural sector in SA. Download more information including the Program and Registration Form.  (If you are unable to download a pdf of this size, please call Rural Solutions SA, Keith Office, 08 8755 3166 for alternative options.)


  • Rural Solutions SA goes local on environment  webpage  |
    With the environment becoming daily more important – and solutions sought for many issues, Rural Solutions SA is undertaking a major drive to develop opportunities with Local Government. Local environmental problems need local responses and these need to be found with the involvement and approval of local communities. Rural Solutions SA will have a strong presence at the national Local Government Sustainable Development Conference in Melbourne in September 11th-12th.


  • Top wine event a showcase for Rural Solutions SA  webpage |  Download PDF (70kb)      
    It’s the biggest convention and trade gathering in the national wine industry – and Rural Solutions SA will be there. WineTech is the premier trade show and convention in the Australian wine industry calendar and attracts more than 3500 delegates and visitors. The 2007 event is being held in Adelaide and Rural Solutions SA will be present to showcase the range of information, expertise and experience it can offer the industry. 


  • 11/07/07 Rural Solutions SA praised in top Architecture Award  webpage |  Download PDF (70kb)
    Rural Solutions SA continues to win plaudits for its work – a second major award has been made to the Sturt River Linear Park Master Plan.  The Royal Australian Institute of Architects (SA) Awards, presented at a ceremony in Adelaide with guest speaker Professor Tim Flannery on 29 June, gave a commendation for the linear park concept by Swanbury Penglase Architects in the Urban Design category.  Swanbury Penglase worked with a Rural Solutions SA team of consultants that comprised Wayne Brown, Geoffrey Bishop and Catherine Miles.


  • Riverland Irrrigators urged to test soil salinity  webpage |
    Riverland irrigators have been urged to test for soil salinity before applying leaching irrigation.  Rural Solutions SA’s Principal Horticulture consultant Duncan Tullett says there are only three weeks left this irrigation year to make decisions on leaching applications.


  • Record Crop Area predicted to be sown in South Australia webpage |
    (June 7th 2007)
    The latest crop & pasture report predicts the largest crop area on record  - estimated to be 3.95 million.


  • On Farm Grants for Dairy Effluent Work - Dairy SA  webpage | 
    (May 14th 2007)
    South Australian dairy farmers are encouraged to apply for a limited number of new grants, aimed at implementing best management practices for dairy effluent systems on their properties.  The DairySA supported Statewide Dairy Effluent program “Resource-not-Waste” has been allocated funding from the National Landcare Program. For more information go to www.dairyindustrysa.com.au 

 

  • Rural Solutions SA gives edge to Mining Success  webpage |  Download PDF (55kb)
    Winning support from the local community is one of the keys to a profitable outcome for small and medium sized exploration companies in the mining industry.  While there are many exploration companies searching for success in South Australia, they often forget that once they hit paydirt, getting the community behind their project is a critical step before any actual mining can proceed, says Rural Solutions SA Business Manager, Michy Kris. 


  • Rural Solutions Radio Promotion - March 2007 - webpage |
    Through good times and bad, Rural Solutions SA is the driving force for positive change and care for our rural communities, industries and environment.


  • Bushfire Rebuilding Model for Future webpage  | Download PDF (53kb)
    As Australia moves through its hazardous bushfire season, a timely report on managing such a catastrophe is eagerly awaited at the March 13-16th International Emergency Management Conference.


  • Rural Solutions SA help advance education in Africa webpage |
    Rural Solutions SA are playing an integral part in the development of an Agriculture College in the remote area of Eritrea, East Africa. They will help in the establishment of the College by providing specialist strategic and consultancy advice and training for staff and students.


  • Available Now!  The Weeds CRC’s world-class Integrated Weed Management (IWM) manual webpage |
    The new Integrated Weed Management (IWM) manual, a 250 page "bible", grew out of a concern at the speed with which unwanted plants are becoming resistant to herbicides.


  • Helping Spot Hazardous Substances  webpage |  Download PDF (165kb)
    Rural Solutions SA has launched a program for the Vietnamese and Cambodian communities of the Adelaide Plains to help them recognize and deal with hazardous substances.