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Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 17 March 2025

WEEKLY rainfall totals of 25-50mm were recorded across eastern Victoria, most of Tasmania and large parts of northern and southern Western Australia, with heavier falls up to and over 100mm further north…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, March 18, 2025

Wool

Wool industry bodies support further AWEX-AWTA merger talks

THE latest merger discussions between the Australian Wool Exchange and the testing company AWTA Ltd have stalled despite estimated efficiency gains of more than $1 million year…Read More

Terry Sim, March 17, 2025

Live Export

Littleproud calls WA Government’s live sheep trade support a ‘sham’

NATIONALS leader David Littleproud has labelled supposed WA Labor Government support for the live sheep trade a sham after learning the Department of Education WA is blocking secondary student access to the Keep the Sheep website…Read More

Terry Sim, March 17, 2025

Nutrition & Animal Health

Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum lifts on tariff fall-out

SORGHUM values have jumped this week on expectations of increased demand from China in the wake of its tariff on US sorghum…Read More

Liz Wells, March 17, 2025

Property

Nicoletti’s Connawarrie property sells to WA locals

FIVE local farmers have paid a combined $35 million for John Nicoletti’s cropping and sheep aggregation in Western Australia’s Great Southern region…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, March 17, 2025

Wool

WoolProducers Australia looks for its next youth ambassadors

WOOLPRODUCERS Australia launched its 2025/26 Youth Ambassador program at the weekend, highlighting the importance of industry policy and advocacy…Read More

Sheep Central, March 17, 2025

Farm safety

Livestock transporters warning after activists allegedly vandalise truck

LIVESTOCK transporters have been warned to stay vigilant of animal activists after a truck was allegedly vandalised in southern New South Wales causing $10,000 to $15,000 worth of damage…Read More

Sheep Central, March 17, 2025

Recruitment

Recruitment: Women breaking the ‘glass ceiling’ in red meat sector

FOLLOWING on from the recent International Women’s Day, this week’s recruitment article shines a light on the integral role women are playing in the red meat processing sector…Read More

Sheep Central, March 17, 2025

Live Export

Consultant says Keep the Sheep site blocked to avoid ‘online harm’

Terry Sim, March 14, 2025

Live Export

ABARES live sheep estimates ‘politically influenced’ – ALEC

Terry Sim, March 14, 2025

MLA producer events coming up near you

History and versatile grazing for sale in property listings

By property editor Linda Rowley, March 14, 2025

Wool Market Reports

Wool auction prices increase for third consecutive week

Sheep Central, March 14, 2025

News

Forward wool trading battles tight supply and tariff war concerns

Mike Avery, Southern Aurora Markets., March 14, 2025

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

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

Today

33.15

Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.6384

Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

19 Mar 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

7.59

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

ESTLI

Eastern States Trade Lamb Indicator. Ac/kg cwt

Last Week

795.5

Source: MLA's NLRS

EMI

Eastern Market Indicator. c/kg clean

Today

1242

Source: Australian Wool Exchange

Goat

Eastern States 12.1-16kg c/kg cwt

Today

Source: MLA

ASX Market Index

19 Mar 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

What readers are saying

Littleproud calls WA Government’s live sheep trade support a ‘sham’

Just wondering how come students can access the following sites: RSCPA, Animals Australia, Animal Alliance and Animal Justice Party. Seems a bit contradictory.....

Darren Spencer

Livestock transporters warning after activists allegedly vandalise truck

You can not be serious... let's hope those responsible are caught and dealt with. The courts should let the owner operator go hell for leather with spray cans on....

Geoff Duddy

Consultant says Keep the Sheep site blocked to avoid ‘online harm’

Keep digging and shame those responsible for this. This is not acceptable. Name chase and shame in any way possible.....

Mick Broad

Consultant says Keep the Sheep site blocked to avoid ‘online harm’

Free speech and truth under threat again!....

John Keniry

Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 17 March 2025

Bureau of Meteorology, March 18, 2025

Wool industry bodies support further AWEX-AWTA merger talks

THE latest merger discussions between the Australian Wool Exchange and the testing company AWTA Ltd have stalled despite estimated efficiency gains of more than $1 million year…Read More

Terry Sim, March 17, 2025

WoolProducers Australia looks for its next youth ambassadors

WOOLPRODUCERS Australia launched its 2025/26 Youth Ambassador program at the weekend, highlighting the importance of industry policy and advocacy…Read More

Sheep Central, March 17, 2025

Recruitment: Women breaking the ‘glass ceiling’ in red meat sector

FOLLOWING on from the recent International Women’s Day, this week’s recruitment article shines a light on the integral role women are playing in the red meat processing sector…Read More

Sheep Central, March 17, 2025

Markets

Wool auction prices increase for third consecutive week

AUSTRALIA’S auction wool market has trended higher for the third consecutive week, despite the Australian Wool Exchange reporting the national catalogue increasing by 5648 bales to a 38,246-bale offering…Read More

Sheep Central, March 14, 2025

Lamb and beef market tipping points getting closer

THE tipping points for the lamb and cattle markets are getting closer, with the current supply and demand pivot point seeming to be very finely balanced at present…Read More

RMA Network CEO Chris Howie, March 7, 2025

Wool prices lift again, with the best in the west

AUSTRALIA’S wool price benchmark this week reached its highest level this season and since May 2023, after strong supply risk-based buying influenced by currency changes…Read More

Sheep Central, March 7, 2025

Forward wool markets looks ahead after strong auctions

IT was a strong week for the spot auction wool market this week, stimulated by a robust USD, tight supply and improved demand…Read More

Guest Author, March 7, 2025

Liz Wells, March 17, 2025

MLA forecasts sheep and beef herds to decline in 2025

AUSTRALIA’S sheep flock is forecast to fall by 7.4 percent to 73.2 million head this year due to the increased turn-off of older breeding ewes and tough seasonal conditions across key production areas, according to Meat & Livestock Australia…Read More

Sheep Central, March 10, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum lifted as cyclone neared Brisbane

THE sorghum market has firmed in response to news that China is imposing a tariff on United States sorghum, while wheat and barley price moves in the northern and southern markets have been mixed and moderate…Read More

Liz Wells, March 9, 2025

WA lotfeeder puts the case for non-mulesed Merino lambs

WESTERN Australian lamb lotfeeder Geoff Bilney prefers non-mulesed Merinos over the more commonly mulesed lambs and can see a day when lamb processors will demand that lambs not have the breech modification…Read More

Terry Sim, March 7, 2025

Wool Production

Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum lifts on tariff fall-out

SORGHUM values have jumped this week on expectations of increased demand from China in the wake of its tariff on US sorghum…Read More

Liz Wells, March 17, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum lifted as cyclone neared Brisbane

Liz Wells, March 9, 2025

WA lotfeeder puts the case for non-mulesed Merino lambs

Terry Sim, March 7, 2025

National Feedbase Summary 3 March 2025

AUSTRALIA’s feedbase remains highly variable, with recent rainfall, temperature extremes and storms influencing green standing dry matter and total standing dry matter levels…Read More

Al Rayner, Cibo Labs, March 4, 2025

Processing

Australian shearers win trans-Tasman test by big margin

AUSTRALIA’S top sheep shearers have reigned supreme over New Zealand in the latest trans-Tasman test event at the Golden Shears in Masterton, New Zealand, on Saturday night…Read More

Sheep Central, March 3, 2025

Lexi shears 367 Merino ewes for new world eight hour record

NEW Zealand shearer Alexia ‘Lexi’ Phillips has become the latest world record holder after an official tally of 367 Merino ewes in eight hours in a West Australian wool shed on Saturday…Read More

Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, February 24, 2025

Wool entrepreneur is Victorian rural women’s award finalist

WESTERN Victorian wool entrepreneur Sherri Symons is among three women named as state finalists for the 2025 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award…Read More

Sheep Central, February 11, 2025

NZ shearer takes $20,000 for shearing a lamb in under 20 seconds

NEW Zealand shearer Jack Fagan has picked up world shearing’s richest cash prize in a lightning trans-Tasman trip to win the Oberon Quick Shear in New South Wales at the weekend…Read More

Guest Author, February 10, 2025

Trade

Littleproud calls WA Government’s live sheep trade support a ‘sham’

Terry Sim, March 17, 2025

Consultant says Keep the Sheep site blocked to avoid ‘online harm’

THE Keep the Sheep website has been flagged automatically by a content filtering system designed to keep students and staff safe from online harm, according to a Department of WA consultant…Read More

Terry Sim, March 14, 2025

ABARES live sheep estimates ‘politically influenced’ – ALEC

A RECENT live sheep export forecast released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics was politically influenced, according to the peak exporter body. After reviewing the difference between..Read More

Terry Sim, March 14, 2025

WA colleges confirm student access block to Keep the Sheep

ACCESS to Western Australia’s Keep the Sheep website through the state’s secondary colleges has been blocked by the Department of Education WA, according to two WA schools and supporters of the pro-live sheep export campaign…Read More

Terry Sim, March 12, 2025

Property

Nicoletti’s Connawarrie property sells to WA locals

FIVE local farmers have paid a combined $35 million for John Nicoletti’s cropping and sheep aggregation in Western Australia’s Great Southern region…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, March 17, 2025

History and versatile grazing for sale in property listings

THIS week’s property review includes a wrap-up of interesting recent listings across New South Wales and Queensland…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, March 14, 2025

Grazing, cropping and fodder production opportunities for sale

THIS week’s property review includes a wrap-up of interesting recent listings across the country offering grazing, cropping and fodder production…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, March 7, 2025

CPC to keep Merinos in proposed Rawlinna Station purchase

LEADING Australian agribusiness Consolidated Pastoral Company is set to add wool to its production mix with the proposed purchase of Australia’s largest sheep station Rawlinna…Read More

Sheep Central, March 4, 2025

AgCarbon Central

NSW wool grower to feature at Narrabri renewables expo

A MERINO wool grower grazing sheep on a solar farm will be a guest speaker at the New Energy Expo in Narrabri on 26 March…Read More

Sheep Central, March 14, 2025

US banks pull out of net zero body over anti-trust issues

SIX major banks from the United States have announced they are walking away from a global organisation aimed at aligning them on targets to reach net zero emissions by 2050…Read More

Sheep Central, January 20, 2025

Carbon markets: ACCUs soften after remarkably stable year

AUSTRALIA’s carbon market has softened in recent weeks after going over $40 for the first time in three years last month…Read More

Eric Barker, December 13, 2024

What herbivore history says about emission reduction and regenerating forests

TAKING animals off landscapes is unlikely to reduce emissions or regenerate forests, according to a leading European ecological researcher…Read More

Eric Barker, December 9, 2024

Beef Central

US and Aus cattle groups at odds over market access

Cattle Australia has vowed to “vigorously oppose” any import proposal that would undermine Australia’s science-based biosecurity system as US cattle producers ramp up a campaign to open Australia’s market to..Read More

AA Co loses cattle in two separate January events

Large northern pastoral player the Australian Agricultural Co has confirmed stock losses due to perishing in two unrelated incidents on Queensland cattle properties during January...Read More

NT buffel grass survey opens

A Northern Territory Government survey into buffel grass management in the Territory is now open for public input...Read More

NTCA appoints Romy Carey as chief executive

The Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association has drawn from within to replace outgoing CEO Will Evans, announcing today that deputy CEO Romy Carey, a lifelong Territorian, will succeed him in the..Read More

Grain Central

ACCC delays decision on sale of Delta Ag to Elders

GPA has welcomed the ACCC's postponement of a decision on Elders' proposed take-over of Delta Ag as it cites concerns about the potential impact on product choice and pricing...Read More

Platform adds on-farm to warehoused with igrainX

CGX's platform has been augmented as igrainX to enable industry participants to securely buy and sell on-farm as well as warehoused grain. ..Read More

NT Govt settles Claravale Farm land-clearing case

The NT Government has reached a settlement with the owners of Claravale Farm, resolving a dispute over alleged land-clearing on the property in 2021...Read More

Tariffs temper new-crop outlook for GM canola

Tariffs in place against Canadian canola, meal and oil could have a ripple effect in Australian production by trimming the area sown to GM varieties in WA in particular...Read More