Community Service Events

Venue:

Delivering Hay to all South Australian Regions.

But in particular now for February, March and April 2026:-

• South Australian Riverland
• Murraylands
• Murray Mallee
• Cooke Plains

Date:
Tuesday 30 November -0001

Time:

Ongoing project to continue throughout 2026.

We started this project in Feb 2025.

We visited 350 or so farms throughout 2025.

On average, we delivered 10 Tonne of fodder to each farm.

The need continues today. Year 4 of the drought.

Price:

Tax Deductible Donations

can be made through (RAWCS) Rotary Australia World Community Service's benevolent fund with our many thanks!

https://donations.rawcs.com.au/42-2024-25

Delivering Hay to South Australian Farmers in Crisis

 

Event Description:

Since February 2025, Rotary's network has been transporting Hay from Victoria's Gippsland region and southern Western Australia to South Australia to assist farms in ALL regions of South Australia afflicted by the drought ravaging our State.

Previously, the Government of South Australia's Drought Relief Fund assisted us to cover the cost of Transport, but unfortunately no longer.

We believe there is widespread misunderstanding that our 3 Year Drought is over. It is not.

The photo on this page, is from a Farm in Taldra, 20 minutes from Loxton, in South Australia's Riverland. Across the whole of 2025, they received 85mm of Rain. To put that in perspective, Adelaide on average gets 500mm. 

This story is common across MANY regions of South Australia, from the Eyre Peninsual - to the Mid-North - Murraylands - all the way down to the South East. Rotary has supported farming families throughout the State, and we continue to do so.

We responsibly source high quality hay.

We responsibly deliver it direct to Farm Gate (knowing many farmers just don't have the capacity to transport it from depots far away)

We responsibly deliver much more than 1 Bale!. We consider the animals to be fed and the number of animals on the farm.

The food we take for granted in our Supermarkets orginates from these farms. We are at a critical point in history, needing to future proof our local South Australian farming communities.

You can help Rotary simply by Donating to our Fodder for Farms project with our many thanks.

Important Information:

Tax Deductible Donations

can be made through (RAWCS) Rotary Australia World Community Service's benevolent fund with our many thanks!

https://donations.rawcs.com.au/42-2024-25

RSVP:

Contact Rotary South Australia Drought Project Manager

Bill Marles
0410 523 106 • Hay@RotaryAdelaideCentral.org.au