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Immigration Minister Burke’s visa changes fall short for agriculture

FARMERS, meat processors and the Coalition remain unconvinced changes to Australia’s visa and immigration system announced today have met the immediate and ongoing labour needs of agriculture…Read More

Terry Sim and Emma Alsop, September 17, 2026

Wool Production

European and India demand tempers wool auction price drops

RENEWED interest European and India wool buyers tempered the fall in the Australian auction market this week…Read More

Sheep Central, September 18, 2026

Property

Far west NSW’s Borrona Downs sells for $23.75 million

ONE hundred years of Taylor family ownership has ended with the $23.75m sale of Borrona Downs in far western New South Wales after auction…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, September 18, 2026

Property

Iconic Western District aggregations back on property market

TWO iconic aggregations in Victoria’s Western District return to the market in this wrap of interesting recent listings across southern Australia…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, September 18, 2026

Wool Production

Iconic wool operation cashes in on premium grass-fed beef market

ICONIC wool growing enterprise Lansdowne is also growing its Shorthorn cattle operation with the introduction of Santa Gertrudis bulls to supply the premium grass-fed beef market…Read More

Lydia Burton, September 17, 2026

Recruitment

Recruitment: Closing the gap between regional ag vs metro salaries

FOR decades, people working in agriculture often faced a choice between higher salaries in metropolitan areas and the lifestyle benefits of regional Australia…Read More

Sheep Central, September 18, 2026

Wool Production

Nicki Guttler achieves milestone win for female sheep shearers

NEW South Wales shearer Nicki Guttler has overcome injury and tragedy to become Australia’s first woman to win an open shearing event, with an inspirational victory at the Forbes Show last weekend…Read More

Terry Sim, September 16, 2026

Markets

From spot prices to forward certainty for WA sheep – Hubbard

AGORA Livestock head of markets Dean Hubbard has put the case for supporting more competitive tension in the Western Australian sheep industry, especially forward contracts, and questions the value in government funding to increase processing capacity before incentivising supply…Read More

Agora Livestock head of markets Dean Hubbard, September 15, 2026

News

Coalition and farmers unite on working holiday maker visas

Sheep Central, September 16, 2026

Processing

VFF lobbies to avoid truck wash biosecurity timebomb

Sheep Central, September 16, 2026

Weather

BOM weekly rainfall update 15 September 2026 + outlook map

Bureau of Meteorology, September 15, 2026

Markets

Drought impacts important red meat shipping route to US

Lydia Burton, September 15, 2026

Lamb Production

WoolProducers Australia seeks a footrot vaccine collaborator

Sheep Central, September 14, 2026

Lamb Production

Feedgrain Focus: South feels weight of new crop

Liz Wells, September 14, 2026

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

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

Today

38.70

Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.7062

Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

18 Sep 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

-27.88

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

ESTLI

Eastern States Trade Lamb Indicator. Ac/kg cwt

Last Week

1166

Source: MLA's NLRS

EMI

Eastern Market Indicator. c/kg clean

Today

1873

Source: Australian Wool Exchange

Goat

Eastern States 12.1-16kg c/kg cwt

Today

Source: MLA

ASX Market Index

18 Sep 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

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Warning to landholders on foxes and H5 bird flu

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No Future Flock strategy yet as latest reports fail critical analysis

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Denis Tinkler

Immigration Minister Burke’s visa changes fall short for agriculture

Terry Sim and Emma Alsop, September 17, 2026

Recruitment: Closing the gap between regional ag vs metro salaries

FOR decades, people working in agriculture often faced a choice between higher salaries in metropolitan areas and the lifestyle benefits of regional Australia…Read More

Sheep Central, September 18, 2026

Coalition and farmers unite on working holiday maker visas

DELAYS in processing Working Holiday Maker visas risk reducing the potential labour pool for Australian employers, including in agriculture, according to Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Immigration Jono Duniam…Read More

Sheep Central, September 16, 2026

Sheep producers lead the nation on confidence says Rabobank survey

AUSTRALIAN sheep producers were the most optimistic farming sector in the nation this quarter, according to the latest quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey…Read More

Sheep Central, September 14, 2026

Markets

From spot prices to forward certainty for WA sheep – Hubbard

Agora Livestock head of markets Dean Hubbard, September 15, 2026

Drought impacts important red meat shipping route to US

GLOBAL trade is facing further disruption with another major shipping route putting restrictions in place, this time due to drought, which could have a significant impact on Australia’s export of red meat to the east coast of the United States and Canada…Read More

Lydia Burton, September 15, 2026

Opinion: Reflecting on US lamb tariffs, 9/11 and the future

FORMER National Farmers Federation deputy chief executive officer Lyall Howard remembers where he was on September 11, 2001 – in the United States trying to negotiate Australia’s way out of a lamb tariff dispute. He proposes that the countries could still work together to build lamb demand and production…Read More

By former NFF deputy CEO Lyall Howard., September 11, 2026

Is it too late to collaborate with the US producers on lamb promotion?

THE latest American lamb industry effort to limit imports from Australia and New Zealand has sparked industry discussion on whether marketing collaboration efforts should be renewed…Read More

Terry Sim, September 11, 2026

WHEAT and barley prices fell in the south last week, while northern rates have firmed as quality and production prospects deteriorate for the southern Queensland crop…Read More

Liz Wells, September 14, 2026

WA sheep producers and processors access transition grants

WESTERN Australian sheep producers and processors have been awarded grants in the second round of $40 million Supply Chain Capacity Program as part of government funding from the live sheep export transition package…Read More

Sheep Central, September 14, 2026

New Zealand sheep and wool production expected to fall

NEW Zealand’s sheep meat and wool production is expected to fall over the next 12 months, according to Beef + Lamb NZ’s New Season Outlook for 2026-2027…Read More

Sheep Central, September 14, 2026

Wool Production

European and India demand tempers wool auction price drops

RENEWED interest European and India wool buyers tempered the fall in the Australian auction market this week…Read More

Sheep Central, September 18, 2026

Iconic wool operation cashes in on premium grass-fed beef market

ICONIC wool growing enterprise Lansdowne is also growing its Shorthorn cattle operation with the introduction of Santa Gertrudis bulls to supply the premium grass-fed beef market…Read More

Lydia Burton, September 17, 2026

Nicki Guttler achieves milestone win for female sheep shearers

Terry Sim, September 16, 2026

WoolProducers Australia seeks a footrot vaccine collaborator

WOOLPRODUCERS Australia is leading a push to find a company to help register and manufacture a footrot vaccine for the nation’s sheep producers…Read More

Sheep Central, September 14, 2026

Processing

VFF lobbies to avoid truck wash biosecurity timebomb

VICTORIA’S peak farmer body has called for bipartisan political support to upgrade the state’s truck wash capability, claiming the current network is ‘a biosecurity disaster ticking timebomb.’..Read More

Sheep Central, September 16, 2026

Gundagai Lamb gains show value-based marketing is working

VALUE-BASED marketing with full carcase feedback to producers is improving the marketability of lamb for Gundagai Lamb suppliers and clients, according to GL chief executive officer Will Barton. After the..Read More

Terry Sim, August 31, 2026

Wool prices rebound as buyers react to drop in supply

AUSTRALIAN wool prices rebounded as supply dropped this week, despite a stronger Australian dollar and a lack of new fleece business…Read More

Sheep Central, August 28, 2026

Farrell parries Nationals call for EU free trade agreement changes

COALITION opposition to the Australia-European Free Trade Agreement has prompted Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell to appeal for business support for its ratification by Federal Parliament…Read More

Sheep Central, August 26, 2026

Trade

Over-charged, over-regulated and over it – ALEC leader

AUSTRALIA’S peak livestock exporter body is urging the Albanese Government to abandon its push towards full cost recovery for regulatory charges, backing a call for an independent audit of export cost recovery, in this opinion piece by chief executive officer Mark Harvey-Sutton…Read More

By Australian Livestock Exporters Council chief executive officer Mark Harvey-Sutton, August 11, 2026