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Lamb Production

Egypt accepts first sheep semen and embryos from Australia

VICTORIAN operation Hamilton Genetics has concluded the first successful export of sheep semen and embryos to Egypt…Read More

Terry Sim, September 23, 2026

News

Farmers ‘held to ransom’ on labour as Settle blames One Nation

VICTORIA’S Agriculture Minister Michaela Settle has deferred to the Albanese Government on its proposed cutbacks to Working Holiday Maker visas, while blaming the current “anti-immigration” push on One Nation and the federal Coalition…Read More

Terry Sim, September 23, 2026

Wool Production

Wool education trust expands scholarships and grants scope

THE scope of the Australian Wool Education Trust’s scholarships and grants has been broadened and a new $10,000 scholarship is being launched to encourage international study…Read More

Sheep Central, September 23, 2026

Weather

BOM weekly rainfall update 22 September 2026 + outlook map

WEEKLY rainfall totals of 10-100mm were recorded across much of western Tasmania and parts Victoria and the south-west of Western Australia…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, September 22, 2026

Weather

El Niño strength doesn’t always match the impact on Australia

A STRONG El Niño is underway, but other climate influences continue to impact rainfall and temperature across Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology writes in this explainer article…Read More

Sheep Central, September 23, 2026

Wool Production

Most routine farm activities can continue under EPBC Act – EPA

CHANGES introduced to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act late last year do not amount to a ban on land clearing, National Environment Protection Agency representatives told a series of producer information days in Queensland last week…Read More

James Nason, September 23, 2026

News

NFF rejects Albanese’s ‘right balance’ claim on visa changes

AUSTRALIA’S peak farmer body has rejected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s belief that the Federal Government had struck the right balance between limiting immigration and the economic impact of visa restrictions…Read More

Terry Sim, September 21, 2026

Lamb Production

NSW police seek help with attempted Poll Dorset poisoning

NEW South Wales police are appealing for information on the attempted poisoning of Poll Dorset stud rams valued at more than $300,000 on a Murrulebale property between Temora and Wagga Wagga…Read More

Sheep Central, September 21, 2026

Markets

Lamb and mutton rates underpin record ewe prices – Howie
Sheep Central livestock markets columnist Chris Howie, September 21, 2026

Lamb Production

Feedgrain Focus: Prices firm after dry fortnight
Liz Wells, September 21, 2026

Property

Hogan portfolio, Roundhay, Warrawee list; Kilnyana drops $5M
By property editor Linda Rowley, September 21, 2026

News

Plant-based meat viewed as riskier and offering less value
Sheep Central, September 21, 2026

News

Immigration Minister Burke’s visa changes fall short for agriculture
Terry Sim and Emma Alsop, September 17, 2026

Wool Production

European and India demand tempers wool auction price drops
Sheep Central, September 18, 2026

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

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

Today

38.70
Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.7062
Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

24 Sep 2026 (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

-27.88
Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

ESTLI

Eastern States Trade Lamb Indicator. Ac/kg cwt

Last Week

1166
Source: MLA's NLRS

EMI

Eastern Market Indicator. c/kg clean

Today

1873
Source: Australian Wool Exchange

Goat

Eastern States 12.1-16kg c/kg cwt

Today

Source: MLA

ASX Market Index

24 Sep 2026 (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

Livestock 2026 to focus on turning AI into real farm value

The only reason AI has got up and going is too many people are too lazy to simply think for themselves.....

William Gray
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Warning to landholders on foxes and H5 bird flu

Thanks for keeping us informed about the bird flu and what to do.....

John and Rhonda Crawford
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No Future Flock strategy yet as latest reports fail critical analysis

This is very distressing to read. I am a sheep producer and this sounds like a high school student could have done better. Classic misuse of AI. I use....

Lindy Piper
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No Future Flock strategy yet as latest reports fail critical analysis

What a mess - seems a blowtorch should be put to the belly of SPA.....

Denis Tinkler
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News

Farmers ‘held to ransom’ on labour as Settle blames One Nation

VICTORIA’S Agriculture Minister Michaela Settle has deferred to the Albanese Government on its proposed cutbacks to Working Holiday Maker visas, while blaming the current “anti-immigration” push on One Nation and the federal Coalition…Read More

Terry Sim, September 23, 2026

NFF rejects Albanese’s ‘right balance’ claim on visa changes

AUSTRALIA’S peak farmer body has rejected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s belief that the Federal Government had struck the right balance between limiting immigration and the economic impact of visa restrictions…Read More

Terry Sim, September 21, 2026

NSW police seek help with attempted Poll Dorset poisoning

NEW South Wales police are appealing for information on the attempted poisoning of Poll Dorset stud rams valued at more than $300,000 on a Murrulebale property between Temora and Wagga Wagga…Read More

Sheep Central, September 21, 2026

Plant-based meat viewed as riskier and offering less value

MEAT eaters in Australia view plant-based meat as riskier and offering less value than conventional animal protein – regardless of how it is marketed, according to recent Adelaide University research…Read More

Sheep Central, September 21, 2026

Markets

Lamb and mutton rates underpin record ewe prices – Howie

FIRST cross ewes to $620, Merinos to $515, new season lambs to $398 and cast for age ewes averaging around $350 for mutton – Sheep Central livestock markets columnist Chris Howie charts what’s behind the latest price movements…Read More

Sheep Central livestock markets columnist Chris Howie, September 21, 2026

From spot prices to forward certainty for WA sheep – Hubbard

AGORA Livestock head of markets Dean Hubbard has put the case for supporting more competitive tension in the Western Australian sheep industry, especially forward contracts, and questions the value in government funding to increase processing capacity before incentivising supply…Read More

Agora Livestock head of markets Dean Hubbard, September 15, 2026

Drought impacts important red meat shipping route to US

GLOBAL trade is facing further disruption with another major shipping route putting restrictions in place, this time due to drought, which could have a significant impact on Australia’s export of red meat to the east coast of the United States and Canada…Read More

Lydia Burton, September 15, 2026

Opinion: Reflecting on US lamb tariffs, 9/11 and the future

FORMER National Farmers Federation deputy chief executive officer Lyall Howard remembers where he was on September 11, 2001 – in the United States trying to negotiate Australia’s way out of a lamb tariff dispute. He proposes that the countries could still work together to build lamb demand and production…Read More

By former NFF deputy CEO Lyall Howard., September 11, 2026

Sponsored Content

Why lamb feedlots are rethinking supplementation

Every feedlot has the same objective: achieving consistent growth across the entire mob. The challenge is that not every lamb behaves the same way. ..Read More

Sponsored Content, August 10, 2026

The skills crisis in Aussie meat processing and why experience alone can’t fix it

Australia’s red meat processors have long struggled to find skilled workers, but the stakes are rising and the cost of the gap is climbing. ..Read More

Sponsored Content, May 18, 2026

Why retailers need more than just product from meat processors

The relationship between major retailers and their meat processor suppliers has never been simple. But in the past three to five years, it has become measurably more demanding, meaning processors who understand that shift are finding themselves on the front foot for building strong, long-term retail relationships. ..Read More

Sponsored Content, May 11, 2026

Sheep Sustainability Framework opens recruitment for new chair and steering group

AUSTRALIA’S sheep and wool industry is seeking skilled and motivated leaders to help guide its sustainability future, with the Sheep Sustainability Framework now inviting applications for a new steering group chair and several group members…Read More

Sponsored Content, February 4, 2026

Lamb Production

Egypt accepts first sheep semen and embryos from Australia

VICTORIAN operation Hamilton Genetics has concluded the first successful export of sheep semen and embryos to Egypt…Read More

Terry Sim, September 23, 2026

NSW police seek help with attempted Poll Dorset poisoning

NEW South Wales police are appealing for information on the attempted poisoning of Poll Dorset stud rams valued at more than $300,000 on a Murrulebale property between Temora and Wagga Wagga…Read More

Sheep Central, September 21, 2026

Feedgrain Focus: Prices firm after dry fortnight

DRY conditions, including some widespread frost, were the domestic contributors to a lift in values for wheat and barley last week…Read More

Liz Wells, September 21, 2026

WoolProducers Australia seeks a footrot vaccine collaborator

WOOLPRODUCERS Australia is leading a push to find a company to help register and manufacture a footrot vaccine for the nation’s sheep producers…Read More

Sheep Central, September 14, 2026

Wool Production

Wool education trust expands scholarships and grants scope

THE scope of the Australian Wool Education Trust’s scholarships and grants has been broadened and a new $10,000 scholarship is being launched to encourage international study…Read More

Sheep Central, September 23, 2026

Most routine farm activities can continue under EPBC Act – EPA

CHANGES introduced to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act late last year do not amount to a ban on land clearing, National Environment Protection Agency representatives told a series of producer information days in Queensland last week…Read More

James Nason, September 23, 2026

Feedgrain Focus: Prices firm after dry fortnight

DRY conditions, including some widespread frost, were the domestic contributors to a lift in values for wheat and barley last week…Read More

Liz Wells, September 21, 2026

European and India demand tempers wool auction price drops

RENEWED interest European and India wool buyers tempered the fall in the Australian auction market this week…Read More

Sheep Central, September 18, 2026

Processing

VFF lobbies to avoid truck wash biosecurity timebomb

VICTORIA’S peak farmer body has called for bipartisan political support to upgrade the state’s truck wash capability, claiming the current network is ‘a biosecurity disaster ticking timebomb.’..Read More

Sheep Central, September 16, 2026

Gundagai Lamb gains show value-based marketing is working

VALUE-BASED marketing with full carcase feedback to producers is improving the marketability of lamb for Gundagai Lamb suppliers and clients, according to GL chief executive officer Will Barton. After the..Read More

Terry Sim, August 31, 2026

Wool prices rebound as buyers react to drop in supply

AUSTRALIAN wool prices rebounded as supply dropped this week, despite a stronger Australian dollar and a lack of new fleece business…Read More

Sheep Central, August 28, 2026

Farrell parries Nationals call for EU free trade agreement changes

COALITION opposition to the Australia-European Free Trade Agreement has prompted Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell to appeal for business support for its ratification by Federal Parliament…Read More

Sheep Central, August 26, 2026

Trade

Over-charged, over-regulated and over it – ALEC leader

AUSTRALIA’S peak livestock exporter body is urging the Albanese Government to abandon its push towards full cost recovery for regulatory charges, backing a call for an independent audit of export cost recovery, in this opinion piece by chief executive officer Mark Harvey-Sutton…Read More

By Australian Livestock Exporters Council chief executive officer Mark Harvey-Sutton, August 11, 2026

Lamb prices to continue to follow beef upward

AUSTRALIAN sheep producers have been told the current run of high lamb and mutton prices could extend for up to three years despite global quota restrictions and tariffs, as beef and sheep meat supplies stay limited globally…Read More

Terry Sim, July 9, 2026

UK signals intent to align with EU Deforestation Regulations

THE United Kingdom is looking like adopting regulations similar to the European Union’s Deforestation Regulations (EUDR), that could potentially impact Australian red meat exports into the UK market…Read More

Sheep Central, July 2, 2026

Mooralla Merino story to be told at BestWool BestLamb conference

WESTERN District sheep producers Ricky and Marni Luhrs have contracts for their wool and the eggs from their pasture-raised hens – the next phase in their marketing will be being..Read More

Sheep Central, June 19, 2026

Property

Hogan portfolio, Roundhay, Warrawee list; Kilnyana drops $5M

NEW property listings this month include Roundhay in Western Australia, the Hogan Family Farms Portfolio in Victoria and the Warrawee Aggregation in NSW, while the asking price for Kilnyana in the Riverina has dropped $5 million…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, September 21, 2026

Far west NSW’s Borrona Downs sells for $23.75 million

ONE hundred years of Taylor family ownership has ended with the $23.75m sale of Borrona Downs in far western New South Wales after auction…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, September 18, 2026

Iconic Western District aggregations back on property market

TWO iconic aggregations in Victoria’s Western District return to the market in this wrap of interesting recent listings across southern Australia…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, September 18, 2026

Murray Mallee listings blend sheep, cropping options

MIXED farming country in South Australia’s Murray Mallee is on the market as a family looks to consolidate by selling Heathwell and Yulong, and a couple eyes retirement and lists Taringa Park…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, September 8, 2026

AgCarbon Central

AWI project to verify biogenic carbon flow in wool production

A NEW project to demonstrate a practical, and scalable way for Australian wool growers to measure, model and verify the carbon performance of wool production systems has been funded for two years…Read More

Sheep Central, July 28, 2026

New livestock carbon accounting method to encompass sheep

A PROPOSED new Australian Carbon Credit Unit Scheme livestock method under development by Meat & Livestock Australia will be applicable to lamb, mutton and beef production…Read More

Sheep Central, April 15, 2026

Microsoft makes another record-breaking soil carbon credit purchase

MICROSOFT has announced another record-breaking purchase of soil carbon credits, striking a deal with US company Indigo Ag to purchase 2.85m credits over 12 years…Read More

Sheep Central, January 19, 2026

“Broad scope”, lack of resourcing holding up soil carbon review

AN independent review of Australia’s soil carbon scheme is expected to be handed down by the end of this year, with a recent carbon conference told that the “broad scope” of the review was holding it up…Read More

Eric Barker, November 12, 2025
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