WESTERN Australia’s top mixed sheep-cropping farms are the most profitable in the world, according to an agri-benchmark report released by Meat & Livestock Australia today…Read More
Terry Sim, May 14, 2021
CHICKEN and red meat groups have sided in a show of unity between the two large competing animal protein sectors to call for Australian Governments to regulate to protect against terms such as meat, chicken and beef from being hi-jacked by plant-based alternatives…Read More
James Nason, May 14, 2021
AUSTRALIAN wool prices generally fell slightly at auctions this week, with crossbred wool values dropping by up to 40 cents, as the national offering increased by 2213 bales to 49,771 bales…Read More
Sheep Central, May 14, 2021
LAMB prices surged at saleyards in Victoria early this week, with heavy Merinos and crossbreds at times making equal money on a carcase weight basis…Read More
THIS week’s property review includes a number of interesting recent listings of interest to sheep and goat producers. Well known poll Merino stud for auction Carbon income on Thargomindah’s Wombula..Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, May 14, 2021
FORWARD wool market trading continued with limited volumes this week, with firm bidding the spot auction market slipped for the second week in a row…Read More
Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner, May 14, 2021
A NEW South Wales shearing contractor fined $16,500 after roustabout Casey Barnes was scalped by an overhead shearing gear shaft in 2017 wants mandatory use of safer equipment in wool sheds…Read More
Terry Sim, May 12, 2021A NEW South Wales shearing contractor fined $16,500 after roustabout Casey Barnes was scalped by an overhead shearing gear shaft in 2017 wants mandatory use of safer equipment in wool sheds…Read More
Terry Sim, May 12, 2021AUSTRALIA’S shearing industry will intensify its focus on the nation’s domestic labour force potential rather than looking to overseas workers to increase the number and retention of learner shearers…Read More
Terry Sim, May 10, 2021WESTERN Australia’s top mixed sheep-cropping farms are the most profitable in the world, according to an agri-benchmark report released by Meat & Livestock Australia today…Read More
Terry Sim, May 14, 2021THIS week’s property review includes a number of interesting recent listings of interest to sheep and goat producers. Well known poll Merino stud for auction Carbon income on Thargomindah’s Wombula..Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, May 14, 2021MEAT & Livestock Australia has released a ‘fast facts’ resource — Red Meat, Green Facts – to help the red meat industry to promote the red meat industry’s credentials and empower its advocates…Read More
Sheep Central, May 10, 2021LAMB prices surged at saleyards in Victoria early this week, with heavy Merinos and crossbreds at times making equal money on a carcase weight basis…Read More
Sheep Central, May 14, 2021SOUTH Australian resources companies are contributing to the state’s 1,600-kilometre rebuild of its dog fence with the donation of drill rod…Read More
Sheep Central, May 10, 2021WOOLPRODUCERS Australia has welcomed biosecurity, infrastructure and trade reform funding announced in the 2021 Federal Budget…Read More
Sheep Central, May 12, 2021MEAT & Livestock Australia has called for applications to fill two non-executive director positions on its board at the 2021 annual general meeting…Read More
Sheep Central, May 12, 2021WIDESPREAD moderate rain fell over western parts of Western Australia, while a cold front, low pressure system and surface trough brought moderate falls to eastern New South Wales, and heavy falls across the South Coast District…Read More
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WESTERN Australia’s top mixed sheep-cropping farms are the most profitable in the world, according to an agri-benchmark report released by Meat & Livestock Australia today…Read More
Terry Sim, May 14, 2021
CHICKEN and red meat groups have sided in a show of unity between the two large competing animal protein sectors to call for Australian Governments to regulate to protect against terms such as meat, chicken and beef from being hi-jacked by plant-based alternatives…Read More
James Nason, May 14, 2021
AUSTRALIAN wool prices generally fell slightly at auctions this week, with crossbred wool values dropping by up to 40 cents, as the national offering increased by 2213 bales to 49,771 bales…Read More
Sheep Central, May 14, 2021
LAMB prices surged at saleyards in Victoria early this week, with heavy Merinos and crossbreds at times making equal money on a carcase weight basis…Read More
Sheep Central, May 14, 2021
DETERIORATING pasture conditions have brought lambs forward, covering processor requirements into May, but the impact of African Swine Fever is still driving demand, Chris Howie writes in his monthly wrap of market trends and opportunities…Read More
Chris Howie, May 3, 2021
ONLINE sheep and lamb listings almost doubled last week, crashing clearance rates and prices in some categories, and especially for joined and scanned in-lamb ewes as producers look to their feed reserves…Read More
Sheep Central, April 19, 2021
ONLINE wool buying activity increased on AuctionsPlus last week as physical auctions resumed to softer demand after the Easter recess…Read More
Sheep Central, April 19, 2021
FINE Merino fleece prices improved in national auctions this week, reaching a two-year high for 17 micron wool in Melbourne, as sales resumed after the annual one-week Easter recess…Read More
Sheep Central, April 16, 2021
VICTORIAN Mallee town Ouyen expects to increase its sheep saleyard throughput after a $111,000-plus upgrade that was officially opened yesterday…Read More
Sheep Central, April 16, 2021
MOST Australian sheep producers intend to maintain or increase their breeding ewe flock without buying in over the next 12 months, a recent survey has indicated…Read More
Sheep Central, April 14, 2021
TOOLS to optimise ewe and lamb survival and manage risk will be outlined in a webinar next week…Read More
Sheep Central, April 14, 2021
FARM quality assurance programs could one day specify the use of drones rather than dogs or motorbikes to muster livestock, after research showing mustering with an unmanned aerial vehicle was less stressful for sheep and goats…Read More
Sheep Central, April 12, 2021
MERINO breeders selecting for high follicle density can breed a high wool and meat-producing dual purpose sheep that would not need to be mulesed, according to South Australian breeder Andrew Michael…Read More
Terry Sim, March 31, 2021
PEAK grower body WoolProducers Australia is seeking new nominations for its ‘Raising the Baa’ Leadership in Agriculture Program…Read More
Sheep Central, March 31, 2021
AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation has spent $6.3 million in growers’ levy funds on the WoolQ Market platform over the past five years but it has failed to generate any revenue, Senate Estimates was told yesterday…Read More
Terry Sim, March 24, 2021
AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation has been grilled over its 2019 board election nomination process and a claim of agri-political activity, at a Senate Estimates hearing yesterday…Read More
Terry Sim, March 24, 2021
RED meat researchers are looking at how the magnetic conveying technology used in bullet trains to get millions of Japanese commuters home safely might be used in the lamb processing sector…Read More
Sheep Central, April 16, 2021
Australian meat processor Thomas Foods International has awarded a $10 million automated lamb boning systems contract to New Zealand’s Scott Technology Ltd…Read More
Sheep Central, April 14, 2021
WHAT could video games and the Australian meat processing sector possibly have in common? If you’ve always thought of game-playing as an activity that happens outside work, it might be time to think again. ..Read More
Sheep Central, March 28, 2021
AUSTRALIA’S peak shearing contractor body is continuing a 15pc shearer rate and industry wage increase trial until a review later in the year, when New Zealand-based workers might be able to return…Read More
Terry Sim, March 22, 2021
PROTECTIONIST agricultural trade measures have the potential to cost the Australian economy $1 trillion over 30 years, according to an ABARES research paper released today…Read More
Sheep Central, April 19, 2021
AUSTRALIAN lamb exports dropped 20 percent year-on-year in the 12 months to March, according to Meat & Livestock Australia…Read More
Sheep Central, April 19, 2021
VICTORIAN Mallee town Ouyen expects to increase its sheep saleyard throughput after a $111,000-plus upgrade that was officially opened yesterday…Read More
Sheep Central, April 16, 2021
AUSTRALIA’S Government and exporters have backed continuing live sheep and cattle exports despite a New Zealand plan to end all livestock shipments by sea by 2023 being applauded by the RSPCA…Read More
Terry Sim, April 14, 2021
Historic south-west Victorian property Minjah is in the process of being sold to the NSW-based company MH Premiums Farms for about $36 million…Read More
Terry Sim, February 17, 2021
SHEEP and beef producers seeking reliable land for livestock finishing are buying into the higher rainfall areas of Victoria, including former dairy regions, according to Elders rural real estate specialist at Camperdown Rob Rickard…Read More
Terry Sim, February 15, 2021
AGRICULTURAL fund manager, Laguna Bay has agreed to sell its flagship Victorian Western District cropping and livestock holding, Banongill Station, for about $80 million to a consortium of local farming families…Read More
Sheep Central, October 27, 2020
AUSTRALIAN agricultural land is entering a new price phase with low-to-no growth in median prices forecast over the next 18 months, according to a new industry report…Read More
Sheep Central, September 14, 2020
Chicken and red meat groups have sided in a show of unity between the two large competing animal protein sectors to call for Australian Governments to regulate to protect against..Read More
The feedlot industry is set to be the big early winner in beef’s new silver bullet – seaweed. It’s ability to reduce cattle methane emissions to undetectable levels has the..Read More
In the countdown to the 2021 Inter-Collegiate Meat Judging Association Conference at Wagga in July, Beef Central is publishing a weekly series of case studies on former ICMJ participants, now..Read More
While welcoming national soil health strategies announced this week in the Federal Budget, WA mixed farmer and Nuffield Scholar Johanna Tomlinson says well-funded local research, extension and monitoring are needed..Read More
GrainCorp has posted an underlying EBITDA of $140 million for the six months to March 31, up $35M on its corresponding 1H20 figure, and has lifted its earnings guidance for..Read More
Farming bodies have reacted favourably to the Federal Government's 2021-22 Budget handed down last night, which includes big spends for soils and biosecurity, and an extension to the instant asset..Read More
The allowable limit of zinc phosphide for baited grain is being doubled to help grain growers and handlers get on top of the mouse plague now impacting parts of Australia...Read More
Viterra in Australia has reported its biggest ever rail out-turn month with 215,000t shifted in March as the company rebrands globally from Glencore Agriculture...Read More