Joe Giangregorio has been named South Australia's cherry king after bidding $50,000 for the cherry box that launches the season, positive pastures, good grain and favourable markets are enticing sheep producers to increase their flock sizes in the next 12 months and major flooding is occuring along the Darling River at Louth and Tilpa and the Bureau of Meteorology predicting the water at Louth will peak near 13-point-six metres on Friday.