@BPerry0410

CEO of Grain Producers SA. Father of 3. Big sports fan, Go the Crows! Views are my own.

 South Australia, Australia
Joined January 2022
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HARVEST 100: An imminent record South Australian grain harvest deserves a soundtrack to match, and GPSA is once again calling on growers and the wider community to help build it! Song nominations are now open for the popular 2026 Harvest 100, inviting grain producers, families, harvest workers and music lovers to put forward the tracks they want playing as headers roll across the state. Add your songs at: harvest100.com.au

Harvest 100 · 2026 Edition

Add your top five songs to the Harvest 100 2026 Edition, Grain Producers SA's crowd-voted playlist for South Australian growers on the header this harvest.

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MEDIA RELEASE: Nominations are now open for the 2026 South Australian Grain Industry Awards, with GPSA calling on growers and the wider industry to recognise the people making an outstanding contribution to the sector. Returning for their third year, the Awards will culminate in a gala dinner at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday 2 February 2027, with more than 500 guests expected to attend. Read our Media Release below or nominate someone in the industry who deserves recognition: sagrainindustryawards.com.au Thanks to our sponsors: @EldersLimited @SA_PIRSA @theGRDC @BungeAus @GrainGrowersLtd @CropLifeOZ @alvanblanchau @CommBank and @MellorOlsson.
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🎙️ NEW PODCAST ALERT! Introducing Inside the Grain! 🌾 Want the inside word on the issues shaping SA's grains industry? GPSA has launched Inside the Grain, our new podcast bringing you behind the scenes on the issues we're tackling and what they mean for your farming business. In our first episode, we cover everything from fuel and fertiliser to the latest GPSA projects, plus a chat with leading weed expert Professor Chris Preston about the new paraquat and diquat regulations. Episode 1 is OUT NOW on Spotify and YouTube! Listen or watch here: bit.ly/InsideTheGrainEp1
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👀 WATCH NOW: The full episode of GPSA’s new podcast ‘Inside the Grain’ can be viewed on YouTube! Hear from world renowned grain weed expert Prof Chris Preston on why every alternative to paraquat is less effective and more expensive. And so much more! 🌾 🚜 youtube.com/watch?v=NIoT200D…

GPSA's Inside the Grain Podcast - EP 1 - Professor Chris Preston

GPSA has launched Inside the Grain, our new podcast bringing you be...

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FRIENDS OF PARLIAMENT: Earlier this week GPSA co-hosted a Parliamentary Friends of Grain event with co-chairs the Hon. @NicolaCentofan1 MLC and Eddie Hughes MP in the Courtyard of Parliament House. Grain producers and industry stakeholders joined Parliamentarians from across parties to discuss the issues and opportunities in the sector and the upcoming expected bumper harvest. Thanks also to @GrainGrowersLtd Rhys Turton for being our guest speaker and giving a comprehensive update on national issues.
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Today is International Day of Rural Women To every woman growing, researching, advising and leading across South Australia’s grain industry: thank you. Our regions, businesses and communities are stronger because of you. We’re especially proud to recognise the outstanding women on the GPSA Board: Chelly Litster, Julie Bird, Tanja Morgan and Deanna Paech. Thank you for the time, expertise and leadership you give to SA growers. #RuralWomensDay #WomenInAg #SAGrain #GrainProducersSA
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MEDIA RELEASE: Grain Producers SA continues to call for answers to fundamental questions about the protection of productive cropping land, impacts on farming businesses and compensation following yesterday’s announcement by ElectraNet on its preferred corridor for the Northern Transmission Project (NTx). Read our Media Release in full below:
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Have a listen on Spotify to our new podcast. Would love to hear your feedback (good and bad!)
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🎙️ NEW PODCAST ALERT! Introducing Inside the Grain! 🌾 Want the inside word on the issues shaping SA's grains industry? GPSA has launched Inside the Grain, our new podcast bringing you behind the scenes on the issues we're tackling and what they mean for your farming business. In our first episode, we cover everything from fuel and fertiliser to the latest GPSA projects, plus a chat with leading weed expert Professor Chris Preston about the new paraquat and diquat regulations. Episode 1 is OUT NOW on Spotify and YouTube! Listen or watch here: bit.ly/InsideTheGrainEp1
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This morning GPSA CEO @BPerry0410 joined the Premier, Emergency Services Minister, CFS Chief Officer and the BOM for the State Government's announcement of additional firefighting resources ahead of what's expected to be a record harvest, saying "we welcome the State Government’s investment in additional firefighting resources as an important precaution. Having aircraft positioned closer to our grain-growing regions strengthens the capacity to respond quickly and helps protect people, communities and crops." Read the Media Release below:
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BREAKING: Thanks to GPSA's efforts, the State Government has made the decision to delay the new phosphine regulations implementation timeframe by 18 months. GPSA CEO @BPerry0410 welcomed the delay saying: "This is an important outcome for South Australian grain producers. The extension protects the coming two harvests and creates the opportunity to work through the practicalities of these changes, while maintaining our focus on worker safety." Read the Media Release below:
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Final days to vote in the 2026 AGM! ⏰ GrainGrowers members are encouraged to have their say ahead of the Annual General Meeting next Wednesday 7 October 2026. Don't miss the opportunity to vote on the Western Region Director election and proposed changes to the Constitution. Postal and online votes must be received by 11am (AEDT) Monday 5 October 2026. Learn more about the AGM and how to vote: ggl.pub/3VkLfNK
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GPSA was recently at the @MacKillopGroup Grain and Graze Field Day, chatting to local growers and looking at how projects are progressing in legume rotation, improving crop establishment, and barley in mixed farming systems.
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STAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FENCE: The Allen family at Keith are doing their best to send a strong message that entering a crop without permission is not acceptable. If you want free "DO NOT ENTER" signs dropped to your property to hang on your fences each season, send an email to [email protected] with your details.
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Locusts have begun emerging and growers are reporting seeing them in their crops. GPSA and PIRSA encourages growers to continue to report especially as the eggs hatch, and hoppers emerge. Take GPSA’s survey of locust activity in your area: bit.ly/LocustReport For details of the PIRSA chemical rebate scheme: bit.ly/PIRSA-Chem-Rebate
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Meet James Venning, a grower managing his family farming enterprise and a participant in GrainGrowers' 2026 OnBoard program. Beyond the farm, James contributes to the industry as Chair of his local grower group Northern Sustainable Soils and a board member of Hart Field-Site Group and Grain Producers SA. Passionate about technology and agricultural economics, James is focused on ensuring innovation delivers measurable returns at both farm and industry level. Through OnBoard, he's building the skills needed to effectively advocate and deliver better outcomes for the wider grain industry. 🌾 Interested in applying for OnBoard? Learn more and apply: ggl.pub/4juk5xI Thank you to OnBoard's Supporting Sponsor @theGRDC
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The State Government has released details of its Primary Industries Future Forward Fund, which will invest in industry-led projects across SA ag sectors, with a focus on new tech that can help producers lift productivity, respond to emerging challenges and more. GPSA CEO @BPerry0410 said the fund is "a significant commitment to industry-led innovation. It recognises that producers should help identify the problems worth solving and shape the tools that will make a difference on farm". Read more: shorturl.at/Xh7R7
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GPSA was recently at the @HartFieldDay along with grain producers, agronomists and industry stakeholders from across the state. It was a busy and productive day chatting with farmers about how their season is shaping up, the issues at the top of their mind, and hearing about how the latest research trials are progressing.
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CROP & PASTURE REPORT: The latest report by PIRSA has delivered a revised 2026-27 harvest forecast of 11.6 million tonnes. GPSA CEO @BPerry0410 said that "there is still a considerable distance to go before the grain is safely in the silos, but if crops can avoid damaging frost and other late-season setbacks, we believe South Australia is on track to challenge the state’s grain production record." Read more below: bit.ly/Crop-PastureReport202…
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A beautiful day out recently at the @UnfsNorth Crop Walk at Jamestown, with GPSA Grower Liaison Officer Charlotte heading along to chat to local growers and hear about the latest crop trials and demonstrations in the area.
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ICYMI: GPSA’s CEO @BPerry0410 has warned that Federal Government delays to visa processing times is threatening the upcoming predicted bumper harvest, which historically relies on the Working Holiday Maker Program for a large per cent of its workforce. Read the article in the @theTiser below:
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