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Call for vigilance after confirmed bird flu cases in Western Australia

AUSTRALIA’S farmers and the general community are being asked to be vigilant and report any dead birds after H5 bird flu was detected in two migratory seabirds in Western Australia over the weekend…Read More

Sheep Central, June 22, 2026

Wool Production

Carter’s great wool lurk returns to Australia for next phase

WOOL scientist, researcher and consultant Paul Swan always thought esteemed Australian wool scientist H.B. Carter had the world’s greatest job. “Because he was paid to travel the world and collect..Read More

Terry Sim, June 22, 2026

Goat Central

Bookings open for goat industry levy review roadshow

THE Goat Industry Council of Australia has opened bookings for a series of face-to-face meetings to consult on a proposal to increase the goat livestock transaction levy and equivalent goat owner export levy…Read More

Sheep Central, June 22, 2026

LambEx

Datamars Livestock – Sheep management solutions on show at LambEx 2026

Animal identification solutions provider Datamars Livestock will be exhibiting at LambEx 2026, showcasing a range of technologies and equipment designed to help sheep producers improve productivity, traceability and flock management…Read More

Sheep Central, June 22, 2026

Lamb Production

Feedgrain Focus: Prices ease as warehousing clock ticks

A CONSOLIDATING start to the season in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland has encouraged some growers to sell wheat into a market which has softened further in the past week…Read More

Liz Wells, June 22, 2026

Recruitment

Recruitment: Teachers link students with future ag career paths

QUEENSLAND’S teachers are being given new tools to help students explore the wide range of careers available across the agriculture industry…Read More

Sheep Central, June 22, 2026

Trade

Mooralla Merino story to be told at BestWool BestLamb conference

WESTERN District sheep producers Ricky and Marni Luhrs have contracts for their wool and the eggs from their pasture-raised hens – the next phase in their marketing will be being..Read More

Sheep Central, June 19, 2026

Markets

Wool price ascent moderates in latest eastern state auctions

UPWARD movement in the Australian wool auction market slowed this week as buyers remained selective, with crossbreds outperfoming Merinos…Read More

Sheep Central, June 19, 2026

News

Farm transfer is still a key tax reform issue – NSW Farmers

Sheep Central, June 19, 2026

News

Farmers laud increase in turnover threshold for CGT concession

Terry Sim, June 18, 2026

Property

Weekly property review: Lack of action on foreign land tax noted

By property editor Linda Rowley, June 18, 2026

News

Parker appointed as interim RMAC chief executive officer

Sheep Central, June 19, 2026

News

Mutton market prices hit record levels, but for how long?

Terry Sim, June 17, 2026

Lamb Production

Prime lamb school project fosters next generation of ag leaders

Sheep Central, June 17, 2026

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

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

Today

38.20

Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.7001

Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

24 Jun 2026 (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

-14.14

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

ESTLI

Eastern States Trade Lamb Indicator. Ac/kg cwt

Last Week

1202.3

Source: MLA's NLRS

EMI

Eastern Market Indicator. c/kg clean

Today

1989

Source: Australian Wool Exchange

Goat

Eastern States 12.1-16kg c/kg cwt

Today

Source: MLA

ASX Market Index

24 Jun 2026 (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

AWI clueless on claim of $120m boost from non-mulesed sheep

The similarity between AWI and a fly-struck sheep is unbelievable. Both are stubborn, go in the wrong direction and both require money being spent to fix their problem. A....

Paul Favaloro

AWI clueless on claim of $120m boost from non-mulesed sheep

I am with AWI on this topic. Let the market sort this one out.....

Oliver Cay

WA Roadmap to 2028 launched with no timelines – WAFarmers

Federal agriculture minister will not come to Western Australia. Local agriculture minister afraid to leave Perth. Albo has been to WA 40-odd times, as he boasts, but has never....

Glenn Nix

WA Roadmap to 2028 analysis highlights flock rebuild challenge

Great, another pencil-pushing waste of time and money report on my industry. No sheep producer in Western Australia has the confidence to build numbers for these reasons. The eastern....

Rohan Chalmer

Call for vigilance after confirmed bird flu cases in Western Australia

Sheep Central, June 22, 2026

Recruitment: Teachers link students with future ag career paths

QUEENSLAND’S teachers are being given new tools to help students explore the wide range of careers available across the agriculture industry…Read More

Sheep Central, June 22, 2026

Wool price ascent moderates in latest eastern state auctions

UPWARD movement in the Australian wool auction market slowed this week as buyers remained selective, with crossbreds outperfoming Merinos…Read More

Sheep Central, June 19, 2026

Farm transfer is still a key tax reform issue – NSW Farmers

NSW Farmers has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to expand access to a key capital gains tax concession by lifting the small business threshold to $10 million, but is withholding..Read More

Sheep Central, June 19, 2026

Markets

Wool price ascent moderates in latest eastern state auctions

UPWARD movement in the Australian wool auction market slowed this week as buyers remained selective, with crossbreds outperfoming Merinos…Read More

Sheep Central, June 19, 2026

Wool prices continue to surge higher, with EMI at seven-year high

Australia’s wool market continued to boom this week, with the benchmark indicator rising another 15c to hit a new seven-year high…Read More

Sheep Central, June 12, 2026

Wool prices lift again as demand for volume and quality continues

AUSTRALIA’S wool market strengthened further this week, with the benchmark indicator rising 30 cents over two days of auction selling this week…Read More

Sheep Central, June 5, 2026

Forward wool trading activity focused on 19 micron

FORWARD wool trading activity over the week was mostly concentrated in the 19 micron contract, which accounted for 25,000kg across July…Read More

By Andrew Gooley, June 5, 2026

SCHOOL students around New South Wales have been carefully feeding and collecting data on teams of prime lambs in a hands-on project designed to foster and mentor the next generation of farmers…Read More

Sheep Central, June 17, 2026

Feedgrain Focus: Season turnaround pressures prices

Wheat is under pressure in the north, where a turnaround in the season has brightened new-crop production prospects, and consumers are banking on a further softening in values…Read More

Liz Wells, June 15, 2026

Feedgrain Focus: More rain, lower values as north ups planting

Grain prices have dropped another $3-$10/t this week to reflect export parity and improved production prospects for the northern region…Read More

Liz Wells, June 8, 2026

Wool Production

Carter’s great wool lurk returns to Australia for next phase

Terry Sim, June 22, 2026

Feedgrain Focus: Prices ease as warehousing clock ticks

A CONSOLIDATING start to the season in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland has encouraged some growers to sell wheat into a market which has softened further in the past week…Read More

Liz Wells, June 22, 2026

AWI clueless on claim of $120m boost from non-mulesed sheep

AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation has been unable or unwilling to detail an estimation of the productivity benefits associated with non-mulesed wool production, despite a report claiming growers could be $120 million better off within seven years by transitioning away from mulesing…Read More

Sheep Central, June 5, 2026

WA Roadmap to 2028 analysis highlights flock rebuild challenge

A WA Roadmap to 2028 economic analysis report has laid out the size of the challenge to rebuild Western Australia’s sheep industry from the flock, labour and production impacts..Read More

Terry Sim, June 1, 2026

Processing

Prizemoney boosted for shearers and wool handlers at Bendigo

SHEARER and wool handler entries at Australia’s premier sheep and wool show are struggling this year despite an increase in prizemoney…Read More

Terry Sim, June 15, 2026

Midfield Meat International wins top Australian lamb award

WARRNAMBOOL processor Midfield Meat International has led the Victorian domination of the lamb categories at the recent Royal Queensland Branded Beef and Lamb Awards at the Brisbane Showgrounds…Read More

Sheep Central, May 4, 2026

Former Minerva Western Australian abattoir assets for sale

TWO mothballed regional Western Australian meat processing facilities previously operated by Minerva Foods Australia have been put to market…Read More

Sheep Central, April 16, 2026

Jack’s the man as Te Kuiti celebrate’s 40th New Zealand Shears

THE 40th New Zealand Shears shearing and woolhandling championships has ended in Te Kuiti on Saturday with a spectacular 25-sheep open shearing final dominated by New Zealand teammates Jack Fagan and Toa Henderson…Read More

Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, April 13, 2026

Trade

Mooralla Merino story to be told at BestWool BestLamb conference

WESTERN District sheep producers Ricky and Marni Luhrs have contracts for their wool and the eggs from their pasture-raised hens – the next phase in their marketing will be being..Read More

Sheep Central, June 19, 2026

Mutton market prices hit record levels, but for how long?

MUTTON prices have hit record levels – averaging above $9/kg cwt and up to $10/kg in some saleyards this week – but there are doubts this can be sustained with supplies scarce and processors already planning for possibly extended winter shutdowns…Read More

Terry Sim, June 17, 2026

Export fee increases prompt wool and meat exporter concern

AUSTRALIA’S wool and meat exporters have expressed concern about the Federal Government’s intentions to raise export fees and charges to effect full cost recovery from next year…Read More

Sheep Central, June 15, 2026

Chris Howie: Grass fever spreads to processors as buyers look to bolster supply

Grass fever has always been the main factor however consolidating numbers to shore up supply is now becoming part of most larger processor buying orders…Read More

Chris Howie, June 10, 2026

Property

Weekly property review: Lack of action on foreign land tax noted

GLOBAL capital descended on Brisbane last week for the inaugural Global AgInvesting Australia conference. The event is held annually in London and New York, but found its..Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, June 18, 2026

Movement at the Station – Recent property listings

Renowned SW Victorian assets up for grabs | Neighbours offer 2000ha in NSW’s Riverina | Solid interest for SA’s Maranoa Downs | NSW’s Grand Junction splits in two..Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, June 11, 2026

Riverina’s Yarranvale tipped to fetch $40M plus

More than $40 million is anticipated for the May family’s premium dryland cropping, irrigation and livestock asset in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales…Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, June 8, 2026

Rural properties taking longer to sell, but confidence remains

RURAL property listing times have trended higher in most parts of Australia over the past six months, while active and new listings have been generally stable, a recent property market analysis by Elders has found…Read More

Sheep Central, June 1, 2026

AgCarbon Central

New livestock carbon accounting method to encompass sheep

A PROPOSED new Australian Carbon Credit Unit Scheme livestock method under development by Meat & Livestock Australia will be applicable to lamb, mutton and beef production…Read More

Sheep Central, April 15, 2026

Microsoft makes another record-breaking soil carbon credit purchase

MICROSOFT has announced another record-breaking purchase of soil carbon credits, striking a deal with US company Indigo Ag to purchase 2.85m credits over 12 years…Read More

Sheep Central, January 19, 2026

“Broad scope”, lack of resourcing holding up soil carbon review

AN independent review of Australia’s soil carbon scheme is expected to be handed down by the end of this year, with a recent carbon conference told that the “broad scope” of the review was holding it up…Read More

Eric Barker, November 12, 2025

Soil carbon caught up in precarious political situation

SOIL carbon advancements continue to a background of a carefully balanced political situation and debate raging over “net zero” targets across the world, with Australia’s Federal Government appearing unwilling to give certainty to producers participating in the carbon market, Eric Barker reports from the National Carbon Farming conference…Read More

Eric Barker, November 5, 2025