Monthly Newsletter | April 2025
Livestock SA April 2025 Update
Livestock SA continues to advocate for SA livestock producers, ensuring your voice is heard on key industry issues.
🔹 Drought Advocacy – We’ve called on the Premier to visit drought-affected regions. Meetings with both Government and Opposition and pushing for urgent support.
🔹 State Budget Submission – Seeking funding for truck wash facilities, carbon baselining, wild dog control, drought infrastructure and eID rollout.
🔹 Greater Adelaide Regional Plan – Calling for better protection of primary production land. Producers deserve a seat at the table.
🔹 Livestock Advisory Committee – Committee now established, with first meeting to assess project applications coming up.
🔹 eID Workshops – Learn how eID can boost productivity. Workshops on 8–10 April across Coonalpyn, Wunkar and Kapunda.
🔹 Wool Harvesting Training – A new animal welfare course is rolling out to support best-practice sheep handling in sheds.
🔹 Federal Election & Red Tape – Supporting national calls for investment in ag and highlighting the burden of red tape in recent media and columns.
📅 Key dates:
✅ Clare Regional Round Up – 3 April
✅ eID Workshops – 8–10 April
✅ Just A Farmer Screening – 9 April
Stay connected! Join our Livestock SA Member Facebook Group for updates and discussions.
Correction 📢 under I’m a sheep and goat producer – do I need scanning equipment for eID tags? the correction should be:
Sheep and farmed goats born on or after 1 January 2025 must be identified with an NLIS-accredited eID tag before leaving their property of birth.