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Weekly rainfall update 15 July 2025 + outlook

COLD fronts and associated troughs led to scattered rainfall and storms across south-western parts of Western Australia, south-eastern regions of South Australia, southern New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, July 15, 2025

Prime & Store Sheep Reports

Intense export and domestic demand pushes lamb prices

SLAUGHTER lamb prices have edged still higher as quality supplies tightened in saleyards over the past week, with more lambs selling for better than 1300c/kg with domestic and export processor competition on selected lines…Read More

Sheep Central, July 14, 2025

Carbon

MLA will help producers toward net zero carbon emissions

MEAT & Livestock Australia will continue to assist the red meat sector move toward a net zero carbon emission position, despite the industry recently dropping the goal from its Red Meat 2030 plan…Read More

Terry Sim, July 14, 2025

Lamb Processing

Texas team beats Queensland for 2025 ICMJ title honors

A TEXAS A&M University team was crowned Australian meat judging champions ahead of the University of Queensland’s entry at the annual ICMJ national competition in New South Wales last week…Read More

Sheep Central, July 14, 2025

Trade

Brazil sees US beef market as ‘unviable’ under 50pc Trump tariff

DONALD Trump’s threatened tariff rise on Brazilian imports would make the sale of Brazilian beef into the United States unviable, Brazilian authorities and trade sources said on the weekend…Read More

Jon Condon, July 14, 2025

Nutrition & Animal Health

Feedgrain Focus: Drought demand weakens in south

A PULLBACK in buying for drought feeding allowed southern barley prices to soften by around $5 per tonne last week…Read More

Liz Wells, July 14, 2025

Farm safety

Recruitment: Keeping tabs on ag sector work injuries

THE first real-time dashboard for tracking on-farm fatalities and injuries has been launched, giving the farming community, farm safety advocates, researchers and remote area medical personnel early insights into where and how agricultural incidents are occurring…Read More

Sheep Central, July 14, 2025

Carbon

Sheep and beef cattle emissions focus at Trangie field day

A LIVESTOCK emissions field day for producers, researchers, and industry service providers will be held at the Trangie Agricultural Research Centre on Thursday 24 July…Read More

Sheep Central, July 14, 2025

Processing

TFI makes progress on beef, lamb and goat processing

Terry Sim, July 11, 2025

Export Lamb

Australia and America can meet red meat demand together

Terry Sim, July 11, 2025

Sheep meat

WA flock liquidation to have wider national impacts

Guest Author, July 11, 2025

Wool Market Reports

Better Merino auction wool prices lift market slightly

Sheep Central, July 11, 2025

Wool Market Reports

Forward wool markets suffer the tedium of auctions

Mike Avery, Southern Aurora Partners, July 11, 2025

News

Merino mastery: meet Australia’s best young fleece judges

Sheep Central, July 11, 2025

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

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

Today

34.5

Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.6545

Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

15 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

0.73

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

ESTLI

Eastern States Trade Lamb Indicator. Ac/kg cwt

Last Week

1160

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

15 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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WA flock liquidation to have wider national impacts

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WA flock liquidation to have wider national impacts

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Merino mastery: meet Australia’s best young fleece judges

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Weekly rainfall update 15 July 2025 + outlook

Bureau of Meteorology, July 15, 2025

Recruitment: Keeping tabs on ag sector work injuries

Sheep Central, July 14, 2025

WA flock liquidation to have wider national impacts

THE liquidation of the WA flock will have much wider ramifications at the national level than first realised, according to RMA Network chief executive officer Chris Howie…Read More

Guest Author, July 11, 2025

Merino mastery: meet Australia’s best young fleece judges

Here’s the six finalists from across Australia taking part in the National Merino Fleece Young Judges competition in Adelaide in September ..Read More

Sheep Central, July 11, 2025

Markets

Intense export and domestic demand pushes lamb prices

Sheep Central, July 14, 2025

Better Merino auction wool prices lift market slightly

AUSTRALIA’S auction wool market has started the new season in a positive currency-assisted fashion, the Australian Wool Exchange said…Read More

Sheep Central, July 11, 2025

Forward wool markets suffer the tedium of auctions

THE auction wool market continued its steady track to the mid-year recess with little forward marketing this week…Read More

Mike Avery, Southern Aurora Partners, July 11, 2025

Bendigo sets new national lamb record price with $435 lambs

AUSTRALIA’S heavy lamb indicator shot above $11/kg today for the first time after the strong market set a new national record price of $435 for export lambs in Bendigo today…Read More

Sheep Central, July 7, 2025

MIXED conditions in south-eastern Australia are weighing on ideas about new crop pricing and volume now that the new financial year has arrived…Read More

Liz Wells, July 7, 2025

Key beef and sheep meat production bodies back levy review

Selling action at the Roma Saleyards. Picture: Matt Williams KEY beef and sheep production sectors of the red meat industry have thrown their support behind a review of national red meat..Read More

James Nason, July 7, 2025

No AWI strategy on market’s non-mulesed wool preference

AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation’s chief executive officer has declined to outline how the company will help growers take advantage of non-mulesed wool price premiums and sheep meat opportunities for Merinos in its 2025-28 strategic and operating plans, despite critical market signals…Read More

Terry Sim, July 4, 2025

Wool Production

Feedgrain Focus: Drought demand weakens in south

A PULLBACK in buying for drought feeding allowed southern barley prices to soften by around $5 per tonne last week…Read More

Liz Wells, July 14, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Mixed ideas about Victoria and SA hold sway

MIXED conditions in south-eastern Australia are weighing on ideas about new crop pricing and volume now that the new financial year has arrived…Read More

Liz Wells, July 7, 2025

No AWI strategy on market’s non-mulesed wool preference

Terry Sim, July 4, 2025

Cavalcade legume leads southern interest for NT hay

THE ongoing drought across South Australia and Victoria is forcing a rethink in hay sourcing, with suppliers now turning to tropical varieties such as Cavalcade legume and Jarra grass from the Northern Territory to help fill the feed gap…Read More

Emma Alsop, July 3, 2025

Processing

Texas team beats Queensland for 2025 ICMJ title honors

Sheep Central, July 14, 2025

TFI makes progress on beef, lamb and goat processing

THOMAS Food International’s new South Australian meat processing plant aimed to process 900 head a day by this spring, students were told at the Intercollegiate Meat Judging Competition conference in Wagga Wagga New South Wales today…Read More

Terry Sim, July 11, 2025

Welsh shearer sets new British eight hour record of 663 ewes

WELSH shearer Huw Jones has set a new eight hour solo ewe British shearing record of 663 ewes. The success attempt by the 27 year-old shearer at Machynlleth in Mid..Read More

Terry Sim, July 9, 2025

ICMJ Wagga Wagga 2025 hosts top speakers and goat meat first

GOAT carcase assessment will be introduced to the Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging Association’s conference program for the first time in Wagga Wagga New South Wales this week. The 2025 ICMJ..Read More

Sheep Central, July 7, 2025

Trade

Brazil sees US beef market as ‘unviable’ under 50pc Trump tariff

Jon Condon, July 14, 2025

Australia and America can meet red meat demand together

AUSTRALIA and the United States need each other to meet the demand of their consumers for high quality beef, lamb and goat meat – that was the message from Texas Tech University’s Professor Mark Miller in New South Wales yesterday…Read More

Terry Sim, July 11, 2025

ALEC opens expressions of interest for a new independent chair

THE Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council has opened expressions of interest for the recruitment of an independent chair…Read More

Sheep Central, July 9, 2025

Australia overtakes New Zealand in sheep meat exports to India

AUSTRALIA has knocked New Zealand off its long-held position to become the top exporter of frozen and chilled lamb and mutton to India in 2024, according to Austrade…Read More

Sheep Central, July 7, 2025

Property

$50 million-plus sought for prime Western Australian property

THIS week’s property review includes a wrap-up of interesting recent listings and sales across the country in Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales…Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, July 4, 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

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

AgCarbon Central

MLA will help producers toward net zero carbon emissions

Terry Sim, July 14, 2025

Sheep and beef cattle emissions focus at Trangie field day

A LIVESTOCK emissions field day for producers, researchers, and industry service providers will be held at the Trangie Agricultural Research Centre on Thursday 24 July…Read More

Sheep Central, July 14, 2025

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

Beef Central

Farmers in drought waiting over a year for loan scheme response

Australia’s peak farming bodies are demanding urgent action from the Federal Government after it is yet to respond to two critical drought resilience actions...Read More

‘I do believe we can still get to a net zero position’: MLA chief

Meat & Livestock Australia will continue to assist the red meat sector move toward a net zero carbon emission position, despite the industry recently dropping the goal from its Red..Read More

Bravo Prabowo

Considering Prabowo’s history as a military strongman with close connections to the elite political and financial leaders of Indonesia, I did not hold out much hope that his policy priorities..Read More

Regional livestock markets wrap: Expansion in grain feeding to drive feeder prices

A grain trading mate of mine told me this morning he reckons every cattle lotfeeder he knows is in the process of expanding capacity, and that opportunity feedlots are springing..Read More

Grain Central

Brighter Super seeks Qld ag, water assets

Riparian Capital Partners is to manage a $75M Brighter Super investment in Qld agricultural and water assets...Read More

GRDC releases National Grower Network forum dates

GRDC's has scheduled 29 National Grower Network forum events for the current half, and growers and industry professionals are invited to book their place...Read More

Call made for finance help as drought drags on

NSW, SA and Vic farm lobby groups are keeping up the call for low or no-interest finance for farmers affected by drought...Read More

Crop conditions mixed but 19.3Mt in sight: GIWA

GIWA's initial forecast for WA's winter crop stands at 19.3Mt amid mixed conditions throughout the state's growing regions...Read More