AUSTRALIA’S sheep industry will get its first sustainability report card at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo on 15 July…Read More
Sheep Central, July 4, 2022
ANIMAL welfare, biosecurity, competition for land use and labour shortages have been identified as key issues by the International Wool Textiles Organisation’s Grower Forum, under the leadership of WoolProducers Australia chief executive officer Jo Hall…Read More
Sheep Central, July 4, 2022
AUSTRALIA’S biggest sheep and wool show returns to Bendigo this month for the first time in three years…Read More
Sheep Central, July 4, 2022
CROSSBRED and Merino wether lamb prices slumped on AuctionsPlus last week, while prices improved for Merino wethers and joined Merino and shedding breed ewes…Read More
Sheep Central, July 4, 2022
HAMILTON’S Sheepvention ram sale has been opened up to groups of three rams to help lift entries at the popular expo on 31 July-2 August after a two-year COVID hiatus…Read More
Sheep Central, July 4, 2022
LARGE or small, each business along the red meat and livestock supply chain is defined by its company culture – the unique identifier of its principles and values…Read More
Sheep Central, July 4, 2022
RANGELAND rehabilitation, soil carbon and property planning will be covered at a field day at White Cliffs, in western New South Wales this week…Read More
Sheep Central, July 4, 2022
AUSTRALIAN WOOL Innovation’s new strategic plan for the next three years has been given a boost with action on the Higg Index labelling system that has favoured man-made fibres over wool in garments…Read More
Terry Sim, July 1, 2022AUSTRALIAN wool producers have been warned not to align themselves with animal rights groups as plans are made to table a petition in the New South Wales Parliament to ban mulesing…Read More
Terry Sim, July 1, 2022AUSTRALIA’S veterinary medicines regulator has approved the injectable livestock pain relief Numnuts formulation NumOcaine for over the counter sales to sheep producers, but it will only be available through veterinarians this year…Read More
Terry Sim, June 29, 2022MINISTER for Agriculture Murray Watt and sheep exporters have identified the wider commodity trading and meat processing implications of the live trade’s proposed phase-out as needing more attention…Read More
Terry Sim, June 29, 2022AUSTRALIAN WOOL Innovation’s new strategic plan for the next three years has been given a boost with action on the Higg Index labelling system that has favoured man-made fibres over wool in garments…Read More
Terry Sim, July 1, 2022FLYSTRIKE and lice chemical delivery via tiny hollow nanoparticles less than a thousandth of a millimetre across has the potential to boost the arsenal of Australian sheep producers battling the costly conditions…Read More
Sheep Central, June 30, 2022INCREASED wool supplies, logistics issues and a fire at a major Chinese processor have contributed to a significant fall in the Australian wool market this week…Read More
Sheep Central, July 1, 2022ANIMAL welfare, biosecurity, competition for land use and labour shortages have been identified as key issues by the International Wool Textiles Organisation’s Grower Forum, under the leadership of WoolProducers Australia chief executive officer Jo Hall…Read More
Sheep Central, July 4, 2022AUSTRALIA’S sheep industry will get its first sustainability report card at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo on 15 July…Read More
Sheep Central, July 4, 2022AUSTRALIAN sheep meat exporters will get greater access to India’s five-star catering and high-end retail segments under the new Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA)…Read More
Sheep Central, June 29, 2022WESTERN Australian sheep enterprises will get get help to build resilience and sustainability in the face of climate change through a new three-year project…Read More
Sheep Central, June 29, 2022Freeze branding will not save the day and is simply another temporary solution for a problem that will continue to be there unless long-term breeding solutions are undertaken by....
Tim LeemingDr James is on the right track when he speaks about the need to breed fly-proof sheep. Those who have followed the genetic solution to breeding sheep that are fly-proof....
Doug WrightBloody hell this is frustrating. Four years as a regional chair of SALRC for Western Victoria whereby my committee at the time raised the importance of a national improved....
Tim LeemingCongratulations to Andrew's comments. Jo Hall's comments are simply a tactic to try to stop debate on the issue. Shame on WPA for not helping the industry to go....
Don Mudford
AUSTRALIA’S sheep industry will get its first sustainability report card at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo on 15 July…Read More
Sheep Central, July 4, 2022
ANIMAL welfare, biosecurity, competition for land use and labour shortages have been identified as key issues by the International Wool Textiles Organisation’s Grower Forum, under the leadership of WoolProducers Australia chief executive officer Jo Hall…Read More
Sheep Central, July 4, 2022
AUSTRALIA’S biggest sheep and wool show returns to Bendigo this month for the first time in three years…Read More
Sheep Central, July 4, 2022
CROSSBRED and Merino wether lamb prices slumped on AuctionsPlus last week, while prices improved for Merino wethers and joined Merino and shedding breed ewes…Read More
Sheep Central, July 4, 2022
Numbers eased last week through AuctionsPlus commercial sheep and lamb sales, with the 50,058 head offered down 27pc on the previous week. Results were mixed, with Merino and first cross categories back on the previous week, while other categories strengthened…Read More
Sheep Central, June 11, 2022
AUSTRALIA’S official government commodity forecaster is expecting livestock prices to fall over the next financial year, as the pace of herd and flock rebuilds fuelled by successive above-average rainfall years begins to slow…Read More
James Nason, June 7, 2022
KING Island chops, online sheep selling issues, buying opportunities, lamb price predictions, AUS-MEAT’s dispute settlement role and advice for job seekers all get an airing in Chris Howie’s latest market wrap…Read More
Guest Author, April 7, 2022
LAMB prices generally fell on AuctionsPlus last week as the number of commercial sheep and lambs on the online platform increased 17 percent to 121,947 head…Read More
Sheep Central, March 14, 2022
Some of the finest wool growing country in the nation will soon benefit from protection from wild dog predation once the Moona-Winterbourne exclusion fence in the Walcha region of northern NSW is completed…Read More
Sheep Central, June 13, 2022
Livestock producers in NSW have a fantastic opportunity to hear from agtech founders and see demonstrations on the latest paddock-ready technology at the upcoming Big Tech Big Ideas field day and conference…Read More
Sheep Central, June 11, 2022
BREEDING animals for climate change will be among the themes covered by the 2022 Meat & Livestock Australia Livestock Genetics Forum in Adelaide next month…Read More
Sheep Central, March 14, 2022
AUSTRALIA’S leading prime lamb producers generated historically high profits on the back of higher prices and a better season in 2020/21…Read More
Sheep Central, February 4, 2022
Some of the finest wool growing country in the nation will soon benefit from protection from wild dog predation once the Moona-Winterbourne exclusion fence in the Walcha region of northern NSW is completed…Read More
Sheep Central, June 13, 2022
Livestock producers in NSW have a fantastic opportunity to hear from agtech founders and see demonstrations on the latest paddock-ready technology at the upcoming Big Tech Big Ideas field day and conference…Read More
Sheep Central, June 11, 2022
WOOLPRODUCERS Australia is offering more opportunities for young industry participants to do an online Australian Institute of Company Director (AICD) course…Read More
Sheep Central, March 23, 2022
QUEENSLAND sheep and wool producers have been urged to remain vigilant for flystrike as La Niña weather conditions continue…Read More
Sheep Central, February 4, 2022
THE Australian plant-based protein sector is experiencing exponential growth, with a most unlikely industry sector — real meat processors — leading the way in pioneering investments…Read More
Emma Alsop, March 21, 2022
MEET ‘Spot’ the dog – a disconcertingly life-like robot being used to test uses of automated guided vehicle (AGV) technology in the meat processing industry…Read More
Sheep Central, February 25, 2022
AUSTRALIAN wool exporters and brokers have seemingly managed to delay the loss of the Ceased Mulesing (CM) description on the National Wool Declaration until potentially 2024…Read More
Terry Sim, February 2, 2022
WOOL growers contracted with Australia’s largest independent broker AWN are among those with the most to lose with a phasing out of the Ceased Mulesing description from the National Wool Declaration…Read More
Terry Sim, February 2, 2022
AUSTRALIA’S wool market could be hit hard in coming weeks by a growing cash flow, bale dumping and shipment crisis…Read More
Terry Sim, April 22, 2022
MEAT processors are battling another round of spiralling sea freight shipment rates for chilled and frozen containers leaving Australia this year, further undermining margins. ..Read More
Jon Condon, April 5, 2022
AUSTRALIA’S handling of its relationship with China and the ensuing collateral damage to trade is again under scrutiny after the cancellation of a 10th Australian abattoir’s export license by Chinese authorities last week…Read More
James Nason, February 7, 2022
SEASON-HIGH wool prices show lifting non-mulesed wool production is increasingly a good strategy to raise grower returns and demand for Australian wool worldwide, according to Schneider Australia’s southern region wool..Read More
Terry Sim, February 4, 2022
A QUEENSLAND family with extensive grazing interests has secured Upton Farms on the New England for a figure believed to be around $80 million, making it among the largest grazing property transactions in New South Wales…Read More
Guest Author, April 14, 2022
Established farms buoyed by strong returns, low interest rates and the option to grow efficiency through scale, are expected to continue to drive the rural property market in 2022…Read More
Guest Author, February 24, 2022
ANOTHER large-scale offering from Western Australia’s John Nicoletti is up for sale to kick off action in the big end of the market for cropping and sheep grazing property…Read More
Liz Wells, January 17, 2022
WOOL grower Andrew Farran will continue his long-standing philanthropic contributions to agriculture and education, aided by the sale of the Edenhope district property Yiddinga…Read More
Terry Sim, November 15, 2021
Global burger giant McDonald’s is making a second attempt to introduce a plant-based burger pattie to its Australian menus, under what it describes as a limited trial launched yesterday...Read More
The Australian Beef Industry Foundation (ABIF) and Marcus Oldham College are inviting nominations for the 2022 Howard Yelland Award, which recognises an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to..Read More
Australian farmers and agriculture businesses lost over $1.5 million to scammers targeting the agriculture industry last year, an ACCC report released this morning reveals...Read More
The risk of foot-and-mouth disease reaching Australian shores has increased with confirmation the outbreak in Indonesia has reached the tourist hotspot of Bali...Read More
NeuRizer has signed a $1.5 billion offtake agreement with South Korea’s Daelim Co Ltd to supply 500,000 tonnes of urea per year from the company’s South Australia NeuRizer Urea Project..Read More
Keep up to date with Australian cropping industry developments with Grain Central’s monthly quiz…..Read More
In 2021, Australian farmers and agriculture businesses lost over $1.5 million to scammers targeting the agriculture industry, an ACCC report released this morning reveals...Read More
South Australian husband and wife team Andrew Hannon and Anna Falkiner are working towards creating a more uniform pulse classification system, with their artificial intelligence-based technology, Cropify...Read More