MAJOR export processor Thomas Foods international has finalised new late Winter/Spring forward lamb contracts and kill space availability as it plans plant maintenance and upgrades at its Tamworth and Lobethal facilities…Read More
Terry Sim, June 17, 2021
A UNIQUE red Tattykeel Certified ear tag has potentially added more than $300 to the price of the most expensive commercial ewes sold in Australia…Read More
Terry Sim, June 18, 2021
EAR marking of sheep and earmarking and branding of cattle are set to become optional in Western Australia in 2022 following consultation with WA producers and industry stakeholders…Read More
James Nason, June 17, 2021
THE journey of New South Wales Pooginook Poll and Merino studs to no breech modification will be outlined in a webinar next week…Read More
Sheep Central, June 18, 2021
MORE wool sold for more money in Australian auctions this week, as evidence of a broader cross-section of buyers continued a record run of price benchmark rises in recent weeks…Read More
Sheep Central, June 18, 2021
MOST companies claim that their employees are important, yet many fail to fully utilise the intelligence and creative talents of their people…Read More
Sheep Central, June 18, 2021
SHEEP Producers Australia has welcomed a Senate Inquiry into food labelling labelling laws, in a push for minimum standards to protect red meat brands against plant-based and synthetic proteins…Read More
Sheep Central, June 18, 2021MAJOR export processor Thomas Foods international has finalised new late Winter/Spring forward lamb contracts and kill space availability as it plans plant maintenance and upgrades at its Tamworth and Lobethal facilities…Read More
Terry Sim, June 17, 2021EDENHOPE livestock contractor David Lee has set a new world and Australian record price for Kelpie dog when he was paid $35,200 for 26 month-old Eulooka Hoover at the Coprice Casterton Working Dog Auction on Sunday…Read More
Terry Sim, June 16, 2021AUSTRALIA’S sheep meat exporters will have immediate access to a duty-free quota of 25,000 tonnes, rising to 75,000 tonnes in 10 year, on the signing of the proposed Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement…Read More
Sheep Central, June 16, 2021PROMINENT bush advocate and agribusiness lawyer, the late Bill Loughnan, and agricultural educator and co-founder of Resource Consulting Services, Terry McCosker, are among the rural achievers recognised in the 2021 Queen Honours List announced this morning…Read More
Sheep Central, June 14, 2021A UNIQUE red Tattykeel Certified ear tag has potentially added more than $300 to the price of the most expensive commercial ewes sold in Australia…Read More
Terry Sim, June 18, 2021EASTERN states farmer bodies have welcomed an expansion of the working holiday visa for British backpackers under the proposed Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement, including new ag visa developments…Read More
Sheep Central, June 16, 2021THE journey of New South Wales Pooginook Poll and Merino studs to no breech modification will be outlined in a webinar next week…Read More
Sheep Central, June 18, 2021MORE wool sold for more money in Australian auctions this week, as evidence of a broader cross-section of buyers continued a record run of price benchmark rises in recent weeks…Read More
Sheep Central, June 18, 2021SHEEP and lamb throughput on AuctionsPlus increased for the second consecutive week last week, with large offerings of Merino wethers and joined Merino ewes…Read More
Sheep Central, June 16, 2021EAR marking of sheep and earmarking and branding of cattle are set to become optional in Western Australia in 2022 following consultation with WA producers and industry stakeholders…Read More
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MAJOR export processor Thomas Foods international has finalised new late Winter/Spring forward lamb contracts and kill space availability as it plans plant maintenance and upgrades at its Tamworth and Lobethal facilities…Read More
Terry Sim, June 17, 2021
A UNIQUE red Tattykeel Certified ear tag has potentially added more than $300 to the price of the most expensive commercial ewes sold in Australia…Read More
Terry Sim, June 18, 2021
EAR marking of sheep and earmarking and branding of cattle are set to become optional in Western Australia in 2022 following consultation with WA producers and industry stakeholders…Read More
James Nason, June 17, 2021
THE journey of New South Wales Pooginook Poll and Merino studs to no breech modification will be outlined in a webinar next week…Read More
Sheep Central, June 18, 2021
MORE scanned in-lamb Merino ewes helped increase the AuctionsPlus sheep and lamb listings last week, with the overall offering increasing for the first time since April…Read More
Sheep Central, June 7, 2021
AUCTIONSPLUS online wool sales increased slightly last week as demand also increased for most Merino and crossbred wools at physical auctions…Read More
Sheep Central, June 7, 2021
RELIANCE on the season has never been more evident with sheep feed in short supply, reports Chris Howie, with a dramatic increase in immature lambs being drafted for sale in the south, and ewe and lamb units being offered. ..Read More
Chris Howie, June 2, 2021
ONLY Merino categories enjoyed average price increases in online trading on the AuctionsPlus platform last week…Read More
Sheep Central, May 24, 2021
SHEEP, goat and beef producers will get the latest regionally relevant insights from research, development and adoption (RD&A) programs funded by Meat & Livestock Australia at upcoming MeatUp forums. ..Read More
Sheep Central, May 24, 2021
AUSTRALIAN farmers are being urged not to hold back ordering hay if they believe they will need high-quality feed this winter…Read More
Sheep Central, May 17, 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
AUSTRALIA’S sheep sustainability framework would demonstrate the nation’s wool is ethically and sustainably produced, WoolProducers Australia president Ed Storey has told the International Wool Textiles Organisation’s annual congress…Read More
Sheep Central, May 24, 2021
AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation has failed to provide to the Senate separate legal advice supposedly supporting and then disallowing New South Wales wool grower Chick Olsson running a joint candidate ticket in the 2019 AWI director election…Read More
Terry Sim, May 17, 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 consumers love a classic rack of lamb, especially one that has been beautifully frenched. But frenching cutlets is a resource-intensive task and processors are keen to find an easier way…Read More
Sheep Central, May 27, 2021
SHEEP Producers Australia has come out in support of wider uptake of intramuscular fat measurement by lamb processors and the inclusion of the trait in Aus-meat language…Read More
Sheep Central, May 24, 2021
NEW South Wale’s work safety regulator and NSW Farmers will have “blood on their hands” if a wool shed worker dies from shearing machine ‘lock-up’, according to a national shearing industry leader…Read More
Terry Sim, May 21, 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
HALF of the Britons surveyed in a recent poll would buy Australian lamb and beef more often if it was stocked in United Kingdom supermarket shelves more frequently at cheaper prices…Read More
Sheep Central, June 7, 2021
WARRNAMBOOL processor Midfield Meat International’s Union Station brand has been recognised as Australia’s best branded lamb at the Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show Awards…Read More
Sheep Central, May 24, 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
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
JBS, the world’s largest protein company and second-largest food producer, has finalised a deal to purchase Europe’s third-largest plant-based food manufacturer, Vivera...Read More
Australian agriculture needs to develop a standard framework that showcases the industry’s sustainability and decarbonisation credentials if it is to stay competitive in the global marketplace...Read More
Somewhere in their mission statements and values, most companies claim that their employees are important, yet many fail to fully utilise the intelligence and creative talents of their people...Read More
Animal welfare will have its own chapter in the agreement, according to details released by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade this week...Read More
Australia’s agricultural sector has been a shining light of solid performance throughout the Covid pandemic, setting records for production and exports and helping underpin the nation’s economic recovery...Read More
The Australian Government has secured a landmark market access outcome for Australian rice growers in the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom announced yesterday evening...Read More
WA company Wide Open Agriculture is looking at introducing domestic processing of oats grown in WA to help satisfy growing Australian and international demand for its OatUP oat milk...Read More
The Leigh Creek Energy urea project in South Australia has successfully completed an $18 million capital raising...Read More