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Farmers with multi-peril crop insurance claim it helps them sleep at night, not worrying about a third failed harvest.
Topics: agricultural-prices, agricultural-insurance, agricultural-policy, grain, sydney-2000, clare-5453, tallygaroopna-3634
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What began as one young man's desire to help out his grandmother grows into an online platform helping to break the cycle of unemployment in regional South Australia.
Topics: rural, community-and-society, clare-5453, balaklava-5461, cummins-5631
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One of South Australia's biggest wine-producing regions experiences a delayed harvest, but despite the slow start winemakers are predicting a bumper crop this season.
Topics: viticulture, crop-harvesting, clare-5453
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Taylors Wines senior brand ambassador Cherry Stowman speaks about the harvest delays in the Clare Valley.
Topics: viticulture, crop-harvesting, clare-5453
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Two Lifeline branches have merged into one entity in a bid to improve service delivery and maximise resources.
Topics: suicide, regional, charities-and-community-organisations, community-and-society, federal-government, counselling, broken-hill-2880, port-augusta-5700, port-pirie-5540, whyalla-5600, clare-5453
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The National Farmers Federation joins forces with Farmers for Climate Action to advocate for emission reduction that helps grow agriculture.
Topics: beef-cattle, vegetables, dairy-production, sheep-production, rural-youth, sydney-2000, launceston-7250, toowoomba-4350, clare-5453, rutherglen-3685, holbrook-2644
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A holiday in Santorini sparks interest in producing Australia's first Assyrtiko wine.
Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, viticulture, clare-5453
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A South Australian wine-maker is hoping to expand production of its new white wine, made from a Greek variety of grapes. Jim Barry Wines this week officially launched the Assyrtiko wine, which is a first in Australia. Managing director Peter Barry says he imported the cuttings from the island of Santorini after tasting the wine on a holiday.
Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, viticulture, clare-5453
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Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, viticulture, clare-5453
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What should have been a leisurely cycle through regional SA becomes a wild ride for a group of bike enthusiasts, with strong winds blowing one of their tents up into a tree.
Topics: weather, storm-event, storm-disaster, disasters-and-accidents, melrose-5483, clare-5453, burra-5417, jamestown-5491, orroroo-5431, sa
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| UpdatedSouth Australians are being warned to batten down the hatches as expected gale force winds hit parts of the state and Adelaide heads for an unseasonably high top of 24C.
Topics: weather, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, cleve-5640, port-lincoln-5606, clare-5453, victor-harbor-5211, sa
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| UpdatedA convoy of crazily-decorated cars sets off from alongside the shark-infested waters of the Eyre Peninsula destined for the wine country of the Clare Valley.
Topics: charities, charities-and-community-organisations, community-and-society, port-lincoln-5606, sa, clare-5453
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A competitor works on a vine in the South Australian Pruning Championships.
Topics: viticulture, clare-5453
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Competitors are judged on speed and accuracy of their pruning.
Topics: viticulture, clare-5453
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| UpdatedThe competition for South Australian pruning Champion which elevates skilled grape vine snipping to an art form.
Topics: viticulture, clare-5453
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Topics: community-and-society, regional, arts-and-entertainment, photography, clare-5453
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| UpdatedBrother John May is made a member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his dedication to producing Clare Valley wine.
Topics: viticulture, awards-and-prizes, clare-5453
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Brother John May says it has been great responsibility to make sacramental wine for churches across Australia.
Topics: viticulture, awards-and-prizes, clare-5453
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Topics: viticulture, awards-and-prizes, clare-5453
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| UpdatedA South Australian woman will undergo surgery after her breast implants were ruptured during a kangaroo attack while she and a friend were out cycling.
Topics: animals, animal-attacks, human-interest, clare-5453, sa
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| UpdatedStrong wind in Adelaide and to the city's north raises dust as a cold front moves across South Australia.
Topics: weather, adelaide-5000, port-lincoln-5606, cleve-5640, kingscote-5223, whyalla-5600, maitland-5573, port-pirie-5540, clare-5453, murray-bridge-5253, sa
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| UpdatedElectricity supplies are expected to be restored by late this evening to the last of the properties blacked out during stormy weather in South Australia, which also caused flooding and damage to some coastal jetties.
Topics: weather, adelaide-5000, sa, oodnadatta-5734, clare-5453, snowtown-5520
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| UpdatedSouth Australian wine industry welcomes Federal Government funding and but lobbying for further tax reforms.
Topics: viticulture, agricultural-policy, agribusiness, agricultural-prices, federal-government, budget, adelaide-5000, clare-5453, coonawarra-5263, renmark-5341
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A truck driver dies in a rollover on the Horrocks Highway at Bungaree, just north of Clare, in South Australia.
Topics: road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, clare-5453, sa
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| UpdatedAn eight-year-old boy is hit and killed by a car north of Adelaide.
Topics: road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, hoyleton-5453, clare-5453, sa