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Middle East conflict cuts airfreight options and lamb prices

LIGHT lamb prices dropped by up to $40 a head in Bendigo today as the Iran-Israel conflict interrupted air travel and associated airfreight into the Middle East…Read More

Sheep Central, April 15, 2024

Wild Dog & Pest Control

Vic sheep producer under dog attack told not to scare dingoes

A NORTH-WEST Victorian sheep producer has been told he must convince authorities a wild dog or dingo attacked his sheep and that he has implemented all reasonable and effective non-lethal..Read More

Terry Sim, April 15, 2024

Wool Processing

Shearer Luke sets new Merino ewe record at 500 in WA

NEW Zealand-born shearer Luke Vernon is officially a world record holder on his first attempt after shearing 500 Merino ewes in eight hours on Friday. The 28 year-old has had..Read More

Sheep Central, April 15, 2024

Wool

Australian wool production expected to continue to fall

AUSTRALIA’S raw wool output is forecast to fall this year to 324 million kilograms, with shorn production expected to drop in all states except New South Wales and South Australia…Read More

Sheep Central, April 15, 2024

Nutrition & Animal Health

Feedgrain Focus: North firms, south softens as planting starts

TRADED volume in feed grain in the north remains thin as the market waits for a clearer picture of sorghum quality post-rain to develop…Read More

Liz Wells, April 15, 2024

Prime & Store Sheep Reports

AuctionsPlus sheep and lamb offerings rebound after Easter

AUCTIONSPLUS commercial sheep and lamb listings jumped 37 percent to 54,396 head last week, in the first full week back after Easter…Read More

Sheep Central, April 15, 2024

News

Recruitment: Dealing with employee turnover – how to ‘stop the hop’

KEEPING talented employees has become a foremost business challenge for employers as job-hopping becomes more common, and this applies to the red meat and livestock industry as much as to any other sector. Here’s some useful tips on how to ‘stop the hop.’..Read More

Sheep Central, April 15, 2024

Wild Dog & Pest Control

DEECA response to north-west Vic dog attacks is cameras

THE Victorian Government has delayed a north-west sheep producer’s wildlife control permit application while it awaits photographic evidence that dingoes or wild dogs are responsible for killing sheep on his property…Read More

Terry Sim, April 12, 2024

Weather

Warmer autumn-winter forecast from Bureau of Meteorology

Sheep Central, April 12, 2024

Prime & Store Sheep Reports

Short-term sheep and lamb trades are out there

Chris Howie, April 12, 2024

Property

Top livestock country for sale in NSW and Qld

Guest Author, April 12, 2024

Wool Processing

Luke Vernon eight-hour Merino ewe shearing record underway

Terry Sim, April 12, 2024

Wool Market Reports

Superfine Merino wools lose out in auctions with currency movements

Sheep Central, April 12, 2024

Wool Market Reports

Forward wool trading takes lead from shaky auction resumption

Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner, April 12, 2024

Wild Dog & Pest Control

Vic sheep producer under dog attack told not to scare dingoes

A NORTH-WEST Victorian sheep producer has been told he must convince authorities a wild dog or dingo attacked his sheep and that he has implemented all reasonable and effective non-lethal..Read More

Terry Sim, April 15, 2024

Wild Dog & Pest Control

DEECA response to north-west Vic dog attacks is cameras

Terry Sim, April 12, 2024

Wool Processing

Luke Vernon eight-hour Merino ewe shearing record underway

THE latest attempt on the solo world eight-hour Merino ewe shearing record is well underway in Western Australia this morning after some nervous moments at the wool weigh-in yesterday afternoon…Read More

Terry Sim, April 12, 2024

Export Lamb

Middle East conflict cuts airfreight options and lamb prices

LIGHT lamb prices dropped by up to $40 a head in Bendigo today as the Iran-Israel conflict interrupted air travel and associated airfreight into the Middle East…Read More

Sheep Central, April 15, 2024

News

Recruitment: Dealing with employee turnover – how to ‘stop the hop’

Sheep Central, April 15, 2024

Wool Processing

Shearer Luke sets new Merino ewe record at 500 in WA

NEW Zealand-born shearer Luke Vernon is officially a world record holder on his first attempt after shearing 500 Merino ewes in eight hours on Friday. The 28 year-old has had..Read More

Sheep Central, April 15, 2024

Prime & Store Sheep Reports

Short-term sheep and lamb trades are out there

BETTER planning around short-term lamb/sheep trades has definitely been the winner since late November, according to RMA Network chief executive officer Chris Howie in his latest industry wrap…Read More

Chris Howie, April 12, 2024

Property

Top livestock country for sale in NSW and Qld

THIS week’s property review includes a wrap-up of interesting recent listings across New South Wales and Queensland…Read More

Guest Author, April 12, 2024

Wool

Australian wool production expected to continue to fall

AUSTRALIA’S raw wool output is forecast to fall this year to 324 million kilograms, with shorn production expected to drop in all states except New South Wales and South Australia…Read More

Sheep Central, April 15, 2024

Weather

Warmer autumn-winter forecast from Bureau of Meteorology

MAY to July maximum and minimum temperatures are very likely to be above median for most of Australia, with a 50pc chance of significant rain occurring in some eastern mainland coastal areas in the next three weeks, the Bureau of Meteorology has forecast…Read More

Sheep Central, April 12, 2024

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

Aust. Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) - $/tonne of CO2 equiv.

Today

Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.6442

Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

17 Apr 2024 (updated 10am daily)

Company	Price	Trending
Elders	$8.96
Australian Agricultural Co	$1.52
Graincorp	$7.29
Ridley	$2.12
Woolworths	$36.64
Wellard	$0.06

Source: ASX

SOI Graph

Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)

Today

-0.86

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

ESTLI

Eastern States Trade Lamb Indicator. Ac/kg cwt

Last Week

641.3

Source: MLA's NLRS

EMI

Eastern Market Indicator. c/kg clean

Today

1142

Source: Australian Wool Exchange

Goat

Eastern States 12.1-16kg c/kg cwt

Today

Source: MLA

ASX Market Index

17 Apr 2024 (updated 10am daily)

Company	Price	Trending
Elders	$8.96
Australian Agricultural Co	$1.52
Graincorp	$7.29
Ridley	$2.12
Woolworths	$36.64
Wellard	$0.06

Source: ASX

What readers are saying

Australian wool production expected to continue to fall

The EU is the biggest live sheep exporter in the world at 2.6 million head/year. Romania is second biggest live sheep exporter in the world at 2.5 million sheep. Where....

Brendan Mahoney

Middle East conflict cuts airfreight options and lamb prices

Keep the live export trade going …… so many people are starving over there. MLA should be loading a boat each week destined for refugee centres. The aid Penny Wong....

Brendan Mahoney

DEECA response to north-west Vic dog attacks is cameras

Many things can kill young lambs, this not what is being talked about. Sheep opened up and guts dragged out -- that's not a crow or a fox. Eagles....

Glenn Nix

DEECA response to north-west Vic dog attacks is cameras

Hi Mel. It’s great to see that you have such passion about preserving dingoes in north-west Victoria, but I would remind you that the estimate was between 40 and....

Peter Star

Vic sheep producer under dog attack told not to scare dingoes

A NORTH-WEST Victorian sheep producer has been told he must convince authorities a wild dog or dingo attacked his sheep and that he has implemented all reasonable and effective non-lethal..Read More

Terry Sim, April 15, 2024

Australian wool production expected to continue to fall

AUSTRALIA’S raw wool output is forecast to fall this year to 324 million kilograms, with shorn production expected to drop in all states except New South Wales and South Australia…Read More

Sheep Central, April 15, 2024

Recruitment: Dealing with employee turnover – how to ‘stop the hop’

Sheep Central, April 15, 2024

DEECA response to north-west Vic dog attacks is cameras

Terry Sim, April 12, 2024

Markets

AuctionsPlus sheep and lamb offerings rebound after Easter

AUCTIONSPLUS commercial sheep and lamb listings jumped 37 percent to 54,396 head last week, in the first full week back after Easter…Read More

Sheep Central, April 15, 2024

Short-term sheep and lamb trades are out there

Chris Howie, April 12, 2024

Superfine Merino wools lose out in auctions with currency movements

SUPERFINE wool prices lost ground in an overall unchanged market indicator result at Australian auctions this week…Read More

Sheep Central, April 12, 2024

Forward wool trading takes lead from shaky auction resumption

The wool auction resumption after the Easter recess got off to a shaky start on Tuesday with the finer microns particularly under pressure…Read More

Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner, April 12, 2024

Feedgrain Focus: Prices jump after wet week for sorghum

PRICES for wheat, barley and sorghum have risen by at least $10 per tonne in the past week, with rain on ripe Downs sorghum crops being the big local driver…Read More

Liz Wells, April 8, 2024

Feedgrain Focus: Rain firms northern market

PRICES for feed grain in the northern market have lifted this week in response to rain that has stopped or slowed the sorghum harvest and outturn of all grains…Read More

Liz Wells, March 28, 2024

Grassland society commits to fight for its future

THE future of a society that has connected livestock farmers, scientists and agricultural consultants for 65 years is on the line, according to farm consultant Tim Prance…Read More

Sheep Central, March 27, 2024

Wool Production

McCullough’s departure ends controversial post at AWI

FORMER chief executive of Australian Wool Innovation Stuart McCullough has been made redundant, ending his controversial 30-month overseas appointment…Read More

Sheep Central, April 9, 2024

DAFF allows AWI to change scope of mulesed wool recommendation

AUSTRALIA’S Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry has allowed the nation’s wool grower levy funded body to change the scope of a high priority performance review recommendation on consumer attitudes to mulesed wool, denying growers key market knowledge…Read More

Terry Sim, April 3, 2024