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Director resignation means three seats open in 2025 AWI election

AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation needs to fill three board positions at the 2025 election, with director Emma Weston resigning, chairman Jock Laurie retiring and Michelle Humphries seeking re-election…Read More

Terry Sim, June 30, 2025

Prime & Store Sheep Reports

Corriedale dual purpose value displayed in $318 lambs

THE value in breeding a dual purpose sheep has been reinforced for Corriedale breeder Milton Savage with the sale of some of his lambs for up to $318 at Ballarat’s Central Victorian Livestock Exchange last week…Read More

Terry Sim, June 30, 2025

Gina Rinehart outlays about $70m to add Wirribilla to New England portfolio

Gina Rinehart has added to her already enormous New England grazing footprint with a $70 million purchase of 4600ha Wirribilla, southwest of Walcha…Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, June 30, 2025

Keep the Sheep and Livestock Collective advocacy lauded

THE live sheep export focused Keep the Sheep advocacy model and the Livestock Collective need to be continued, according to former Western Australian Nationals leader Mia Davies…Read More

Sheep Central, June 30, 2025

Pastures & Cropping

Victorian project seeks the good dirt for microbiome research

SOIL samples are being sought from farmers to help Victorian researchers dig deeper into national microbiome research…Read More

Sheep Central, June 30, 2025

Sponsored Content

Drench resistance in sheep: Don’t guess, test!

INTERNAL parasites cost Australian sheep and wool producers an average of $28,000 in lost productivity and a further $5000 in treatment costs every year, yet the majority are unaware of the resistance status of the worm population on their farm or the efficacy of their most recent drench. ..Read More

Sponsored Content, May 19, 2025

Recruitment: Key factors in attracting top talent to your brand

WHETHER you are a small business owner, manager of a large feedlot, or sit as the CEO of a global agribusiness corporation, employer branding is a powerful business tool…Read More

Sheep Central, June 30, 2025

Surveyed sheep producers to drop ewe numbers further

AUSTRALIAN sheep producers have indicated the national ewe flock will decline 9 percent to 44.34 million by next year, despite improved sheep meat sector confidence, but with generally negative wool producer sentiment…Read More

Sheep Central, June 27, 2025

Wool Market Reports

Non-mulesed wool 150c/kg+ premiums hold in dull market

Sheep Central, June 27, 2025

Kilter Rural to offload versatile Riverina aggregation

By property editor Linda Rowley, June 27, 2025

Australia’s red meat sector drops Carbon Neutral 2030 target

James Nason, June 26, 2025

White Suffolk producers invited to benchmark their lambs

Sheep Central, June 26, 2025

Wool Market Reports

Forward wool trading ‘apathetic’ as market indicator holds

Mike Avery, Southern Aurora Partners, June 27, 2025

Prime & Store Sheep Reports

Ballarat’s CVLX sets new Victorian heavy lamb record of $428

Sheep Central, June 25, 2025

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

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

Today

35.45

Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.6531

Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

01 Jul 2025 (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

3.62

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

ESTLI

Eastern States Trade Lamb Indicator. Ac/kg cwt

Last Week

1023.9

Source: MLA's NLRS

EMI

Eastern Market Indicator. c/kg clean

Today

1207

Source: Australian Wool Exchange

Goat

Eastern States 12.1-16kg c/kg cwt

Today

Source: MLA

ASX Market Index

01 Jul 2025 (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

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Non-mulesed wool 150c/kg+ premiums hold in dull market

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Channel Country bursting back to life after the floods + PICTURES

I attended school in the 1950's and always remembered from geography mentioning the channel country. Fattening 800,000 bullocks in a poor season, one million in an average season and....

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AWI’s ‘Wear Wool Not Waste’ campaign ad wins awards

It is no doubt at all a great campaign and one that needs to be continued. We need to take advantage of wool's clean, green, sustainable credentials and see....

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National farmer campaign against the federal super tax calls for support

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News

Director resignation means three seats open in 2025 AWI election

AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation needs to fill three board positions at the 2025 election, with director Emma Weston resigning, chairman Jock Laurie retiring and Michelle Humphries seeking re-election…Read More

Terry Sim, June 30, 2025

Recruitment: Key factors in attracting top talent to your brand

WHETHER you are a small business owner, manager of a large feedlot, or sit as the CEO of a global agribusiness corporation, employer branding is a powerful business tool…Read More

Sheep Central, June 30, 2025

Surveyed sheep producers to drop ewe numbers further

AUSTRALIAN sheep producers have indicated the national ewe flock will decline 9 percent to 44.34 million by next year, despite improved sheep meat sector confidence, but with generally negative wool producer sentiment…Read More

Sheep Central, June 27, 2025

Australia’s red meat sector drops Carbon Neutral 2030 target

IN A major policy reset, the Australian red meat industry has confirmed it is walking away from the Carbon Neutral 2030 target set in 2017…Read More

James Nason, June 26, 2025

Markets

Corriedale dual purpose value displayed in $318 lambs

THE value in breeding a dual purpose sheep has been reinforced for Corriedale breeder Milton Savage with the sale of some of his lambs for up to $318 at Ballarat’s Central Victorian Livestock Exchange last week…Read More

Terry Sim, June 30, 2025

Non-mulesed wool 150c/kg+ premiums hold in dull market

CROSSBRED wool prices improved, but Merino values lost ground in the last auctions of the 2024-25 selling season…Read More

Sheep Central, June 27, 2025

Forward wool trading ‘apathetic’ as market indicator holds

THE wool auction market continues to go nowhere fast and forward trading remains apathetic…Read More

Mike Avery, Southern Aurora Partners, June 27, 2025

Ballarat’s CVLX sets new Victorian heavy lamb record of $428

HEAVY and trade lamb prices continued at high though slightly reduced carcase weight levels this week, and although some centres managed records for 30kg-plus lines, other categories lost ground, mainly on quality…Read More

Sheep Central, June 25, 2025

Sponsored Content

Drench resistance in sheep: Don’t guess, test!

INTERNAL parasites cost Australian sheep and wool producers an average of $28,000 in lost productivity and a further $5000 in treatment costs every year, yet the majority are unaware of the resistance status of the worm population on their farm or the efficacy of their most recent drench. ..Read More

Sponsored Content, May 19, 2025

Tri-Solfen & Numnuts: Gold Standard pain relief for lambs

Providing pain relief during surgical animal husbandry procedures is a better choice for livestock, producers and the industry as a whole…Read More

Sponsored Content, April 21, 2025

MLA producer events coming up near you

Meat & Livestock Australia’s training courses and adoption events offer endless option to boost production, profitability and sustainability in your livestock business…Read More

Sponsored Content, March 10, 2025

How to elevate your operation in 2025

Meat & Livestock Australia’s training courses and adoption events offer endless option to boost production, profitability and sustainability in your livestock business…Read More

Sponsored Content, February 17, 2025

Lamb Production

Victorian project seeks the good dirt for microbiome research

SOIL samples are being sought from farmers to help Victorian researchers dig deeper into national microbiome research…Read More

Sheep Central, June 30, 2025

WA saleyards and processors get ready for sheep and goat EID

WESTERN Australia’s saleyards and processors will start scanning electronic identification ear tags in sheep, lambs and goats next week as part of the national traceability system rollout…Read More

Sheep Central, June 23, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Wheat kicks on offshore rally

A RALLY in offshore wheat prices has kicked local values higher and sparked a surge in traded volumes as cautious optimism about south-eastern Australia’s season builds…Read More

Liz Wells, June 23, 2025

Hay market still hot after rain in South Australia and Victoria

RECENT rain in the drought-affected regions of south eastern Australia has seen up-country barley prices drop a few dollars, but the fodder market is showing no sign of easing…Read More

Liz Wells, June 19, 2025

Wool Production

Director resignation means three seats open in 2025 AWI election

AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation needs to fill three board positions at the 2025 election, with director Emma Weston resigning, chairman Jock Laurie retiring and Michelle Humphries seeking re-election…Read More

Terry Sim, June 30, 2025

Victorian project seeks the good dirt for microbiome research

SOIL samples are being sought from farmers to help Victorian researchers dig deeper into national microbiome research…Read More

Sheep Central, June 30, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Wheat kicks on offshore rally

A RALLY in offshore wheat prices has kicked local values higher and sparked a surge in traded volumes as cautious optimism about south-eastern Australia’s season builds…Read More

Liz Wells, June 23, 2025

Hay market still hot after rain in South Australia and Victoria

RECENT rain in the drought-affected regions of south eastern Australia has seen up-country barley prices drop a few dollars, but the fodder market is showing no sign of easing…Read More

Liz Wells, June 19, 2025

Processing

WoolClip uptake at 20pc as eBale wool pack use increases

ADOPTION of key traceability efficiency tools available to wool growers, exporters and brokers remains incomplete in the Australian wool industry despite market feedback of other countries’ pre-eminence…Read More

Terry Sim, June 23, 2025

$12 million loan to boost WAMMCO Katanning processing

A $12 MILLION loan to Western Australia’s farmer-owned sheep meat processor WAMMCO will support timely processing of livestock at its Katanning plant, according to chief executive officer Coll MacRury…Read More

Sheep Central, May 16, 2025

TFI Stawell boosts lamb production and eating quality grading

THOMAS Food International’s Stawell plant is now fully equipped to market Australian lamb with improved eating quality…Read More

Sheep Central, May 14, 2025

JBS formalises plans for dual listing in the US and Brazil

GLOBAL protein giant JBS is formalising its long-touted move to dual listing on the New York and Brazilian Stock Exchanges after outlining the process last week, following a board decision on Tuesday to proceed…Read More

Sheep Central, April 28, 2025

Trade

Keep the Sheep and Livestock Collective advocacy lauded

THE live sheep export focused Keep the Sheep advocacy model and the Livestock Collective need to be continued, according to former Western Australian Nationals leader Mia Davies…Read More

Sheep Central, June 30, 2025

Summer Lamb ad The Comments Section wins at Cannes festival

MEAT and Livestock Australia’s 2025 Summer Lamb campaign, ‘The Comments Section’ has made history with its first Silver Cannes Lion win in the festival’s film category…Read More

Sheep Central, June 24, 2025

The Weekly Grill: Meat Business Women fills an important role

IN the latest Weekly Grill podcast episode, host Kerry Lonergan sits down with three women from Meat Business Women who are turning the tables in an historically male-dominated meat industry…Read More

Sheep Central, June 23, 2025

Brokers and exporters outline need to boost Australian wool traceability

AUSTRALIA’S wool traceability capability needs to be fast-tracked to boost the industry’s credibility among buyers, according to broking leaders who attended the recent International Wool Textile Organisation’s Congress in France…Read More

Terry Sim, June 20, 2025

Property

Gina Rinehart outlays about $70m to add Wirribilla to New England portfolio

Gina Rinehart has added to her already enormous New England grazing footprint with a $70 million purchase of 4600ha Wirribilla, southwest of Walcha…Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, June 30, 2025

Kilter Rural to offload versatile Riverina aggregation

THIS week’s property review includes a wrap-up of interesting recent listings and sales across the country…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, June 27, 2025

How the proposed super tax will impact rural landholders

IN part two of our series, three specialists look at how the govt’s plan to tax unrealised gains in superannuation will impact rural landholders…Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, June 19, 2025

Weekly property review: How will the super tax impact property?

IN this first part of a two-part series, industry experts advise landholders on what course of action to take in the light of Federal Government’s moves to tax unrealised gains in superannuation. If approved, the new Bill will impose an additional 15pc tax on the earnings of superannuation balances above $3m. ..Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, June 13, 2025

AgCarbon Central

Federal Government releases savanna burning method for testing

THE Federal Government has taken the next step in the development of a new savanna burning carbon methodology, with the release of a tool that calculates the carbon credit opportunities..Read More

Sheep Central, June 18, 2025

Big questions yet to be answered on atmospheric methane

THE question of why methane concentrations in the atmosphere have increased has not yet been properly answered or satisfactorily explained, according to a recent Animal Frontiers Journal article…Read More

James Nason, June 16, 2025

Division on show as soil carbon method goes under review

A REVIEW of Australia’s soil carbon scheme is showing ongoing division about how the industry should be legislated, prompting the soil carbon industry to call for suspensions of the program to be quickly ruled out…Read More

Eric Barker, June 11, 2025

Explainer: Climate Active debate the latest in government indecision

DEBATE has erupted over a carbon neutral accreditation scheme run by the Australian Government, after dozens of companies and one of the country’s biggest carbon aggregators announced they were exiting the scheme…Read More

Eric Barker, May 28, 2025

Beef Central

Anna Speer to depart Woolies’ Greenstock business, as part of broader company restructure

Prominent agribusiness executive Anna Speer is to depart her role as head of Woolworths’ Greenstock red meat supply chain division, as part of a broader company restructure...Read More

Will Evans to take over as Cattle Australia CEO

Cattle Australia is commencing a leadership transition, with former Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association (NTCA) Chief Executive Will Evans appointed as its next CEO...Read More

AgForce joins calls to withdraw ACF’s tax-free status

Queensland's peak representative body for rural producers has condemned the Australian Conservation Foundation for its latest campaign against Australian cattle producers...Read More

Opinion: Big conservation now bullying family farmers

The Australian Conservation Foundation last week launched its latest attack on Australian beef producers, with several media outlets quickly turning around the conservation giant’s allegations of illegal land clearing with..Read More

Grain Central

Phosphate miner looks into new NW Qld rail line

Chatham Rock Phosphate has commenced a feasibility study which could lead to a rail connection between Karumba and its Korella North Mine. ..Read More

Duxton plans to diversify with fruit, bees, more nuts

Duxton Farms plans to add assets that produce honey, nuts, apples and dried fruit into its portfolio founded on livestock and broadacre cropping...Read More

Grain Central June 2025 news quiz

Keep up to date with developments in Grain Central’s monthly quiz…..Read More

Mobile shiploaders bring options to WA

June has been a big month for newcomers to bulk grain exporting from WA, with Plum Grove Logistics loading its first wheat hatch, and Commodity Ag loading its first barley..Read More