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Hay market still hot after rain in South Australia and Victoria

RECENT rain in the drought-affected regions of south eastern Australia has seen up-country barley prices drop a few dollars, but the fodder market is showing no sign of easing…Read More

Liz Wells, June 19, 2025

Property

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

Lamb Production

Cutting-edge sheep tech to feature at GroWQ Innovation Expo

THE annual GroWQ Innovation Expo is returning to Longreach in July and for the first time participants will showcase some of the cutting-edge technology being used to support sheep and beef enterprises…Read More

Sheep Central, June 19, 2025

Prime & Store Sheep Reports

High lamb prices continue but ease on quality in some markets

STRONG slaughter lamb and mutton prices continued across Australia this week, resulting in saleyard records at some centres, although there were signs of prices easing at some markets…Read More

Sheep Central, June 18, 2025

Wool Trade

IWTO approval to require PICs with wool test certificates

AUSTRALIAN wool sector biosecurity is set to be boosted after the industry gained permission to mandate the growers provide their Property Identification Codes with all clip test certificates…Read More

Terry Sim, June 18, 2025

News

Chinese-owned Australian processor Kilcoy files for US listing

CHINESE-OWNED Australian-based red meat processor and exporter Kilcoy Global Foods has filed for a public listing in the United States, in a move designed to raise capital for strategic investments and acquisitions, expanded production and greater automation…Read More

Jon Condon, June 18, 2025

News

Fined Condah farmer turns focus to mental health and education

A GOFUNDME campaign to help a south-west Victorian hay contractor fight a fine for moving two bales of hay across a road on his tractor has changed its focus to supporting the mental health of all farmers…Read More

Sheep Central, June 18, 2025

Weather

Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 16 June 2025

COLD fronts and associated low pressure systems and troughs led to scattered rainfall and storms across southern parts of Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and eastern New South Wales…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, June 18, 2025

Grazing Land Management

A course to meet the challenges of farming in the 21st century

Sheep Central, June 18, 2025

Carbon

Federal Government releases savanna burning method for testing

Sheep Central, June 18, 2025

Prime & Store Sheep Reports

Bendigo lambs reach $426 as heavy and trade lamb prices lift

Sheep Central, June 16, 2025

News

Drought fodder and grain truck rules relaxed in Victoria

Sheep Central, June 16, 2025

Prime & Store Sheep Reports

Regional market wrap: Sheep and lamb kills to decline in winter

By Elders analyst Richard Koch, June 16, 2025

Animal ID and monitoring

South Australia extends sheep and goat EID tag rebate to 2027

Sheep Central, June 16, 2025

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

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

Today

35.75

Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.6476

Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

19 Jun 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

3.62

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

ESTLI

Eastern States Trade Lamb Indicator. Ac/kg cwt

Last Week

1043.3

Source: MLA's NLRS

EMI

Eastern Market Indicator. c/kg clean

Today

1197

Source: Australian Wool Exchange

Goat

Eastern States 12.1-16kg c/kg cwt

Today

Source: MLA

ASX Market Index

19 Jun 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

Fined Condah farmer turns focus to mental health and education

Gillard got sued 2.6 billion dollars in 2019, but the sheep still got stopped in 2022. Not sure what to do.....

Brendan Mahoney

Fined Condah farmer turns focus to mental health and education

With unsupportive governments at all levels -- federal, state and local -- farmers have no alternative but to use the courts to redress grievances. Courts, can if used....

Peter Small

Big questions yet to be answered on atmospheric methane

The folly of mankind in racing down the zero emission pathway without fully understanding the science, and at what cost?....

Peter Small

Griffth saleyards sets national lamb record price at $431

Wow, I think one lamb cutlet might be $15-$20 at some restaurants. Farmers have been doing it tough on and off for years. It is certainly time they got....

Col Makeham

Chinese-owned Australian processor Kilcoy files for US listing

Jon Condon, June 18, 2025

Fined Condah farmer turns focus to mental health and education

Sheep Central, June 18, 2025

Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 16 June 2025

Bureau of Meteorology, June 18, 2025

Drought fodder and grain truck rules relaxed in Victoria

LARGER truck combinations will allow quicker delivery of more fodder and grain to south-west Victorian farmers under the Victoria Emergency Drought Network established last week…Read More

Sheep Central, June 16, 2025

Markets

High lamb prices continue but ease on quality in some markets

STRONG slaughter lamb and mutton prices continued across Australia this week, resulting in saleyard records at some centres, although there were signs of prices easing at some markets…Read More

Sheep Central, June 18, 2025

Bendigo lambs reach $426 as heavy and trade lamb prices lift

HEAVY and trade lamb prices continued at last week’s high levels at the Bendigo Livestock Exchange today, with export lambs making a centre record of $426 and five pens selling for more than $400…Read More

Sheep Central, June 16, 2025

Regional market wrap: Sheep and lamb kills to decline in winter

REALISATION that the heavy flock reduction and large lamb numbers are quickly coming to an end has caught the processing sector off guard and sent sheep meat prices to record levels in the past month…Read More

By Elders analyst Richard Koch, June 16, 2025

Forward wool trading follows auction ‘slow grind’

THE wool forward market followed the slow grind of the auction sector in Australia last week…Read More

Guest Author, June 16, 2025

Sheep Central, June 19, 2025

A course to meet the challenges of farming in the 21st century

MEETING the challenges of farming in the 21st century will be the theme of a whole farm planning course to be run by Agriculture Victoria…Read More

Sheep Central, June 18, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Prices ease on southern break

THE MUCH-ANTIPICATED arrival of rain in South Australia and Victoria over the weekend has seen prices soften and the southern new-crop market kick into gear…Read More

Liz Wells, June 13, 2025

Wool Production

Hay market still hot after rain in South Australia and Victoria

RECENT rain in the drought-affected regions of south eastern Australia has seen up-country barley prices drop a few dollars, but the fodder market is showing no sign of easing…Read More

Liz Wells, June 19, 2025

Cutting-edge sheep tech to feature at GroWQ Innovation Expo

Sheep Central, June 19, 2025

A course to meet the challenges of farming in the 21st century

MEETING the challenges of farming in the 21st century will be the theme of a whole farm planning course to be run by Agriculture Victoria…Read More

Sheep Central, June 18, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Prices ease on southern break

THE MUCH-ANTIPICATED arrival of rain in South Australia and Victoria over the weekend has seen prices soften and the southern new-crop market kick into gear…Read More

Liz Wells, June 13, 2025

Processing

$12 million loan to boost WAMMCO Katanning processing

A $12 MILLION loan to Western Australia’s farmer-owned sheep meat processor WAMMCO will support timely processing of livestock at its Katanning plant, according to chief executive officer Coll MacRury…Read More

Sheep Central, May 16, 2025

TFI Stawell boosts lamb production and eating quality grading

THOMAS Food International’s Stawell plant is now fully equipped to market Australian lamb with improved eating quality…Read More

Sheep Central, May 14, 2025

JBS formalises plans for dual listing in the US and Brazil

GLOBAL protein giant JBS is formalising its long-touted move to dual listing on the New York and Brazilian Stock Exchanges after outlining the process last week, following a board decision on Tuesday to proceed…Read More

Sheep Central, April 28, 2025

South African and NZ partnership sets new shearing record

A NEW Zealand-South African partnership has set a new world two-stand shearing record of 970 fine wool Merino lambs in nine hours in South Africa…Read More

Sheep Central, April 24, 2025

Trade

IWTO approval to require PICs with wool test certificates

Terry Sim, June 18, 2025

Keep the Sheep ‘mothballed’, but its raison d’être lives on

KEEP the Sheep’s parent body has called time on its campaign to reverse the phaseout of live sheep exports by sea, but is considering options to best utilize the huge database and regional community skillset it has created…Read More

Terry Sim, June 6, 2025

ABARES points to Middle East relief from US tariff impact

RISING livestock prices are expected to be offset by lower livestock-derived export volumes in 2025-26, according to the latest ABARES June quarter outlook…Read More

Sheep Central, June 4, 2025

Lambassadors head out on farm to learn all about lamb

MEAT & Livestock Australia has hosted 16 renowned chefs from 11 countries to Victoria for the annual Lambassador delegation…Read More

Sheep Central, June 4, 2025

Property

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

Weekly property review: How will the super tax impact property?

IN this first part of a two-part series, industry experts advise landholders on what course of action to take in the light of Federal Government’s moves to tax unrealised gains in superannuation. If approved, the new Bill will impose an additional 15pc tax on the earnings of superannuation balances above $3m. ..Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, June 13, 2025