{"id":20473,"date":"2021-08-18T23:02:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T13:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arr.news\/?p=20473"},"modified":"2021-08-18T23:04:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T13:04:12","slug":"gurra-downs-date-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arr.news\/2021\/08\/18\/gurra-downs-date-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Gurra Downs Date Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default td-caption-align-right\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"20110\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/arr.news\/gurrra-downs-dates\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/arr.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gurrra-Downs-dates-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gurrra Downs dates\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/arr.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gurrra-Downs-dates-800x394.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/arr.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gurrra-Downs-dates-1920x945.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/arr.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gurrra-Downs-dates-1920x945.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arr.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gurrra-Downs-dates-1920x945.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/arr.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gurrra-Downs-dates-800x394.jpg 800w, https:\/\/arr.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gurrra-Downs-dates-200x98.jpg 200w, https:\/\/arr.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gurrra-Downs-dates-768x378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arr.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gurrra-Downs-dates-1536x756.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/arr.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gurrra-Downs-dates-2048x1008.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/arr.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gurrra-Downs-dates-150x74.jpg 150w, https:\/\/arr.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gurrra-Downs-dates-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arr.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gurrra-Downs-dates-696x343.jpg 696w, https:\/\/arr.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gurrra-Downs-dates-1068x526.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/arr.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gurrra-Downs-dates-1320x650.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption>Photo: screenshot from NRRA video <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/recovery.gov.au\/\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/recovery.gov.au\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Recovery and Resilience Agency<\/a>, Media Release, 21 July 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Our Recovery Support Officer in Far North South Australia Matt recently caught up with Gurra Downs Date Company\u2019s managing director Dave Reilly. Based in the SA Riverland, Gurra Downs are a great example of innovation and resilience in farming, through overcoming environmental challenges facing the area and sticking to their passion in the development of Australia\u2019s date industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dave tells us about how he and his family established the date company with internationally imported tissue culture plants and after twenty years of research and selective work, came to establish a large scale date palm plantation that is resilient through environmental challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video below to learn more about Dave&#8217;s story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BMvOppm_0rM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Out of every adversity lays the seed of equal or greater opportunity&#8221; &#8230; &#8220;if you&#8217;ve got a passion for farming, grazing, cropping or whatever it is, just keep looking through your genetics and the way that you manage your farms and your businesses and your environments&#8221; : Dave Reilly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190636262,"featured_media":20110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Gurra Downs Date Company I Australian Rural &amp; Regional News","_seopress_titles_desc":"Our Recovery Support Officer in Far North South Australia Matt recently caught up with Gurra Downs Date Company\u2019s managing director Dave Reilly. 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