Sheep producers in the Western region of New South Wales are being encouraged to join a small group of likeminded farmers in their local area to participate in a Lifetime Ewe Management course – something that Western Local Land Services is now accredited to deliver…Read More
Sheep Central, September 29, 2021
Agricultural exporters say planned stoppages will make a bad situation worse for them as Australia’s largest stevedore Patrick and the MUA fail to renew their workplace agreement which lapsed early last year…Read More
Guest Author, September 28, 2021
ELECTRIC trucks are on the radar of the transport industry, with the Australian Trucking Association and the Electric Vehicle Council (EVC) to push for a long-term plan to transition from the diesel motor…Read More
Eric Barker, September 28, 2021
MORE than 3.4 million sheep and lambs followed MSA pathways through 17 MSA-licenced processing facilities last financial year, MSA’s 2020-21 MSA Annual Outcomes Report released today shows. ..Read More
Sheep Central, September 27, 2021
A TEAM of medical engineers and livestock researchers has been awarded a $1.5 million grant to develop an instant, high-resolution scan of intramuscular fat in lamb carcases…Read More
Sheep Central, September 27, 2021
A NEW South Wales Border Collie has broken a record for the breed, selling in an online auction for more than $30,000…Read More
Sheep Central, September 27, 2021
CONSTRUCTION of Thomas Foods International’s new meat processing plant in South Australia’s south-east corner has reached a new milestone, with the first above-ground building works starting recently…Read More
Sheep Central, September 25, 2021LIVECORP has defended early research trials into the impacts of sheep and cattle stocking densities during live export despite criticism they were not replicating conditions on vessels…Read More
Terry Sim, September 24, 2021A COMMON outcry amongst the farming community is that the price of farms and properties seems out of context with the income they can generate. ..Read More
Sheep Central, September 25, 2021A NEW South Wales Border Collie has broken a record for the breed, selling in an online auction for more than $30,000…Read More
Sheep Central, September 27, 2021DOMINANT Chinese demand with support from Europe and India pushed Australian wool prices higher this week…Read More
Sheep Central, September 24, 2021CONSTRUCTION of Thomas Foods International’s new meat processing plant in South Australia’s south-east corner has reached a new milestone, with the first above-ground building works starting recently…Read More
Sheep Central, September 25, 2021A TEAM of medical engineers and livestock researchers has been awarded a $1.5 million grant to develop an instant, high-resolution scan of intramuscular fat in lamb carcases…Read More
Sheep Central, September 27, 2021DEFINING objective measures for livestock and their products should be major foci of Australia’s agricultural research sector, according to University of Adelaide researcher Dr Wayne Pitchford…Read More
Terry Sim, September 24, 2021LIVESTOCK agents must be shown the value in helping producer clients access the latest research results, according to the Southern Australia Livestock Research Council’s 2021 communication-extension specialist award winner Elke Hocking…Read More
Terry Sim, September 24, 2021AN increasing supply of new season lambs represented 63pc of the AuctionsPlus catalogue this week, with price averages trending downward across five of the six lamb categories. ..Read More
Sheep Central, September 25, 2021MORE than 3.4 million sheep and lambs followed MSA pathways through 17 MSA-licenced processing facilities last financial year, MSA’s 2020-21 MSA Annual Outcomes Report released today shows. ..Read More
Sheep Central, September 27, 2021It is not unusual to hear this sort advice at this stage in the real estate cycle. Of course, there is virtually no risk with acting on this advice....
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Jim GordonAlas, the combined "wisdom" of AWI seems to think that throwing more money at a problem will solve it. Like Mr Packer said of the Australian Taxation Office: "I am....
David McKenzieCertainly certifications are the future. Brands no longer require declarations like non-mulesed, but want certifications. Unfortunately, many garment manufacturers make requests for certified products without even knowing what they are....
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Agricultural exporters say planned stoppages will make a bad situation worse for them as Australia’s largest stevedore Patrick and the MUA fail to renew their workplace agreement which lapsed early last year…Read More
Guest Author, September 28, 2021
ELECTRIC trucks are on the radar of the transport industry, with the Australian Trucking Association and the Electric Vehicle Council (EVC) to push for a long-term plan to transition from the diesel motor…Read More
Eric Barker, September 28, 2021
MORE than 3.4 million sheep and lambs followed MSA pathways through 17 MSA-licenced processing facilities last financial year, MSA’s 2020-21 MSA Annual Outcomes Report released today shows. ..Read More
Sheep Central, September 27, 2021
A TEAM of medical engineers and livestock researchers has been awarded a $1.5 million grant to develop an instant, high-resolution scan of intramuscular fat in lamb carcases…Read More
Sheep Central, September 27, 2021
AN increasing supply of new season lambs represented 63pc of the AuctionsPlus catalogue this week, with price averages trending downward across five of the six lamb categories. ..Read More
Sheep Central, September 25, 2021
ONLINE bidding interfaces have reintroduced the opportunity for local communities to hold “flash sales” in smaller saleyard locations decommissioned in favour of larger regional centres…Read More
Chris Howie, September 2, 2021
TRADE enquiry for the first new season’s lambs has been very good with first-draft suckers at the Forbes’ saleyards making $9.50-$10/kg, plus clean fresh skins worth $10-$12. ..Read More
Chris Howie, August 2, 2021
AUCTIONSPLUS sheep and lamb listings increased for the second consecutive week, up four percent from last week to 57,578 head…Read More
Sheep Central, July 31, 2021
A VICTORIAN sheep farmer has been disqualified from owning sheep for ten years after he pleaded guilty to three charges of animal cruelty…Read More
Sheep Central, July 23, 2021
A NEW award to encourage emerging talent has been added to the prestigious Helen Newton Turner awards this year…Read More
Sheep Central, July 21, 2021
AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation’s inclusion of 2.5 percent as the supplementary rate in the coming WoolPoll levy ballot has been branded as unnecessary and unjustified…Read More
Terry Sim, July 16, 2021
IF Merino wool prices doubled Glenthompson sheep producers Russell and Fiona Mitchell would not turn back from their flock’s progression away from Merinos, to composites and now to Nudie shedding sheep…Read More
Terry Sim, July 14, 2021
Sheep producers in the Western region of New South Wales are being encouraged to join a small group of likeminded farmers in their local area to participate in a Lifetime Ewe Management course – something that Western Local Land Services is now accredited to deliver…Read More
Sheep Central, September 29, 2021
AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation has approved an extra $650,000 in funding for a collaborative project with CSIRO to fast-track further investigations into the development of a flystrike vaccine. ..Read More
Sheep Central, August 2, 2021
WOOL grower bodies have urged senators to seek a private briefing with Australian Wool Innovation about its online trading and tools platform WoolQ after the company refused to release a key report…Read More
Terry Sim, July 21, 2021
A NEW award to encourage emerging talent has been added to the prestigious Helen Newton Turner awards this year…Read More
Sheep Central, July 21, 2021
A LAMB producer has achieved a 43c/kg carcase weight premium for a high intramuscular fat consignment in the first results from the Gundagai Meat Processors world-first IMF grid offering…Read More
Terry Sim, July 21, 2021
QUEENSLAND grain-fed beef export processor Kilcoy Global Foods has finalised its purchase of Victorian beef and lamb processor Hardwicks Meats and informed of the change of ownership this morning…Read More
Jon Condon, July 2, 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
A second complaint in the space of a week involving Australian sheep and allegations of non-compliance of Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System requirements (ESCAS) in the Middle East is being investigated by the Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment…Read More
Terry Sim, August 4, 2021
AUSTRALIA’S largest warehouse provider, AWH, plans to have a new wool store in operation in the Victorian city of Hamilton by early next year…Read More
Sheep Central, July 26, 2021
WOOL grower bodies have urged senators to seek a private briefing with Australian Wool Innovation about its online trading and tools platform WoolQ after the company refused to release a key report…Read More
Terry Sim, July 21, 2021
LEADING animal welfare bodies have welcomed changes to Australia’s National Wool Declaration that distinguish wool from sheep treated with liquid nitrogen or freeze branding from ‘non-mulesed’ lines…Read More
Terry Sim, July 21, 2021
A COMMON outcry amongst the farming community is that the price of farms and properties seems out of context with the income they can generate. ..Read More
Sheep Central, September 25, 2021
HEWITT Cattle Australia has secured a second prime farming enterprise in New South Wales as it moves to consolidates its organic sheep operations…Read More
Linda Rowley, August 30, 2021
HEWITT Cattle Australia, backed by Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board, has paid more than $40 million for the historic Tubbo Station wool growing property in the New South Wales’ Riverina…Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, August 16, 2021
A PROPERTY with rarely seen scale in the New South Wales’ Central Tablelands region has returned to the market via expressions of interest with Ray White Emms Mooney…Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, July 30, 2021
Stoppages and work bans scheduled to take place at Patrick container terminals during October are expected to add further costs in time and money to Australian agricultural exporters. The action..Read More
Users of the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s (NHVR) Registration Checker app can now check for primary producer concessions across all eastern states and South Australia...Read More
MSA’s 2020-21 MSA Annual Outcomes Report released today show that an important milestone was reached for the first time last financial year, with 3.3 million carcases graded, representing 53pc of national..Read More
While record crops and a surplus of grass in NSW have been the tale of 2021, water is running out and herd numbers are on the decline in large parts..Read More
Agricultural exporters say planned stoppages will make a bad situation worse for them as Australia’s largest stevedore Patrick and the MUA fail to renew their workplace agreement which lapsed early..Read More
As farmers look to purchase inputs for the coming season prices, fertilizer prices have increased to levels not seen since the 2008 boom period...Read More
Widespread global disruption to supply is set to see Australian farmers move to lock in fertiliser and other inputs early for the season ahead, despite global fertiliser prices at near-decade..Read More
Port of Newcastle has opened an expressions-of-interest campaign to gauge the potential for establishing an empty container park in suburban Newcastle at Mayfield...Read More