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Aussie shearers and wool handlers score rare trans-Tasman hat trick

AUSTRALIAN sheep shearers and wool handlers achieved a rare feat to win all three trans-Tasman tests – machine and blade shearing, and wool handling – against New Zealand teams at Warrnambool last Friday…Read More

Terry Sim, November 2, 2026

Wool Production

Elders announces plan to pull NSW wool down to Melbourne

AGRIBUSINESS Elders has decided it will auction all but its New South Wales fine wool clients’ wool in Melbourne rather than join other brokers in committing to the new northern selling centre at Goulburn…Read More

Sheep Central, November 2, 2026

News

North-west sheep producers back dingo fence drone trial

NORTH-WEST Victorian livestock producers are backing a new drone-based dingo exclusion fence monitoring trial as vital in preventing further attacks in the region…Read More

Terry Sim, November 2, 2026

Lamb Production

Feedgrain Focus: Big year for barley blending expected

A DRY finish in south-western New South Wales and a sodden one in the state’s north, and in southern Queensland, are pushing lightweight barley into the feed market as a blending option for growers and consumers…Read More

Liz Wells, November 2, 2026

Processing

Strong red meat representation in Australian Export Awards finalists

THE red meat industry and its service providers are well represented among the finalists for the 2026 Australian Export Awards being announced in Canberra this month…Read More

Sheep Central, November 2, 2026

Recruitment

Recruitment: Three top tips on managing a team more effectively

A GOOD leader will not only steer a red meat supply chain business in the right direction, but will also motivate and inspire their team at the same time…Read More

Terry Sim, November 2, 2026

Sheep meat

Agriculture Victoria probes sheep welfare complaints at Bendigo

SHEEP welfare complaints against the Bendigo Livestock Exchange are being investigated by Agriculture Victoria and saleyard owner, the City of Greater Bendigo…Read More

Terry Sim, October 30, 2026

News

Zoetis raises another $100,000 for Beyond Blue’s rural mental health effort

Following a fundraising tradition stretching backed 11 years, animal health company Zoetis has raised another $100,000 this year for mental health organisation Beyond Blue through its annual Helping Rural Australians Start The Conversation campaign. This year’s contribution brings the total raised to $1.1 million since the partnership was struck in 2016…Read More

Sheep Central, November 2, 2026

Processing

Gundagai Lamb brand crowned as NSW Exporter of the Year

Sheep Central, October 29, 2026

News

Sheep and cattle funds put up $5.2m for truck wash upgrades

Terry Sim, October 30, 2026

Markets

WA wool growers withdraw bales as auction prices slump

Sheep Central, October 30, 2026

Property

Wool broker’s property heads up latest NSW rural listings

By property editor Linda Rowley, October 30, 2026

Property

More sales from Grimwade & Gordon land portfolio

By property editor Linda Rowley, October 30, 2026

Lamb Production

DAFF kicks in $200,000 for National Wild Dog Action Plan

Terry Sim, October 28, 2026

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

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

Today

37.75

Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.7032

Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

02 Nov 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

-20.95

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

ESTLI

Eastern States Trade Lamb Indicator. Ac/kg cwt

Last Week

1163.3

Source: MLA's NLRS

EMI

Eastern Market Indicator. c/kg clean

Today

1723

Source: Australian Wool Exchange

Goat

Eastern States 12.1-16kg c/kg cwt

Today

Source: MLA

ASX Market Index

02 Nov 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

Strong uptake of EID for sheep and goats in NSW saleyards

Trials of injectable transponders have not been successful in sheep or cattle The read distance of the injectable unit is quite short and unable to be read by race....

Bruce Dumbrell

Agtech: Putting a price on a blade of grass

Combine this with virtual fencing and you have to wonder what comes next?....

John Marriott

Strong uptake of EID for sheep and goats in NSW saleyards

As a sheep farmer, I am OK with electronic devices; however, the ear tag is a clumsy way to do it as they are lost easily and in sheep....

Martha Truelove

Wild dog control needed in national parks to protect livestock and native animals

Thanks for keeping us informed about what is happening nationally.....

Rhonda Crawford

North-west sheep producers back dingo fence drone trial

NORTH-WEST Victorian livestock producers are backing a new drone-based dingo exclusion fence monitoring trial as vital in preventing further attacks in the region…Read More

Terry Sim, November 2, 2026

Recruitment: Three top tips on managing a team more effectively

A GOOD leader will not only steer a red meat supply chain business in the right direction, but will also motivate and inspire their team at the same time…Read More

Terry Sim, November 2, 2026

Zoetis raises another $100,000 for Beyond Blue’s rural mental health effort

Sheep Central, November 2, 2026

Sheep and cattle funds put up $5.2m for truck wash upgrades

VICTORIA’S sheep and cattle compensation funds will bankroll a major $5.2 million upgrade of the state’s livestock truck wash network…Read More

Terry Sim, October 30, 2026

Markets

WA wool growers withdraw bales as auction prices slump

WESTERN Australian wool brokers withdrew more than half the bales catalogued for auction sale this week as the national market recorded its sharpest weekly adjustment this season…Read More

Sheep Central, October 30, 2026

Producers with feed hold lambs for weight – Howie

IT is apparent continued rain, fantastic fattening feed and a shortage of lambs due to the two-year drought in the south is leading to producers holding lambs normally sold as stores…Read More

By Sheep Central livestock markets columnist Chris Howie, October 22, 2026

Wool buyers get picky and growers withdraw bales

GROWER reluctance to sell wool increased as prices dipped at Australian auctions this week, with all sectors of the market recording falls….Read More

Sheep Central, October 22, 2026

Different perspectives on the Australia-EU Free Trade Agreement

AS beef industry groups urge parliament to reject a free trade agreement with the European Union, opinions appear to be more divided in Canberra…Read More

Eric Barker, October 22, 2026

Terry Sim, October 28, 2026

Victorian ewe flock decline behind lower 2025-26 saleyard numbers

VICTORIAN stock agents attribute a decline in sheep saleyard transactions in 2025-26 to the general flock decline and producers selling direct to abattoirs or via on-farm sales using online platforms…Read More

Terry Sim, October 26, 2026

Feedgrain Focus: Rain drops quality, weight in northern crops

CEREAL crops in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales are losing weight and quality every day as rain settles in over the region…Read More

Liz Wells, October 26, 2026

Wool Production

Aussie shearers and wool handlers score rare trans-Tasman hat trick

Terry Sim, November 2, 2026

Elders announces plan to pull NSW wool down to Melbourne

Sheep Central, November 2, 2026

Feedgrain Focus: Big year for barley blending expected

Liz Wells, November 2, 2026

WA wool growers withdraw bales as auction prices slump

WESTERN Australian wool brokers withdrew more than half the bales catalogued for auction sale this week as the national market recorded its sharpest weekly adjustment this season…Read More

Sheep Central, October 30, 2026

Processing

Strong red meat representation in Australian Export Awards finalists

THE red meat industry and its service providers are well represented among the finalists for the 2026 Australian Export Awards being announced in Canberra this month…Read More

Sheep Central, November 2, 2026

Gundagai Lamb brand crowned as NSW Exporter of the Year

INNOVATIVE New South Wales value-added lamb marketer Gundagai Lamb was last night crowned NSW Exporter of the Year, taking out the top honour at this year’s NSW Export Awards…Read More

Sheep Central, October 29, 2026

Red meat processing workforce pressures to grow in next decade

THE red meat processing industry will need to manage more than 91,000 worker departures over the next decade, economic analysis commissioned by the Australian Meat Processor Corporation has found…Read More

Sheep Central, October 28, 2026

New vision technology delivers cut-to-carcase traceability

New vision sensing technology has demonstrated that vacuum packaged primals can be traced back to the individual carcase with 100 percent accuracy in commercial research trials…Read More

Sheep Central, October 15, 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

Wool broker’s property heads up latest NSW rural listings

A CENTRAL West New South Wales mixed farming property at Molong heads up this review of interesting recent rural listings across the state…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, October 30, 2026

More sales from Grimwade & Gordon land portfolio

THIS wrap up of recently completed rural property sales and listings across Queensland, Victoria and South Australia…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, October 30, 2026

Weekly property review: Latest listings and a NSW sale

This week’s property review details latest listings in NSW, Vic and SA, and the sale of Kallala in central NSW…Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, October 26, 2026

How are property values looking in central and southern Qld?

The spring rural property market in Central and Southern Queensland is steady, selective and quietly recalibrating, valuers Will McLay and Tim Cavanagh suggest. The season is dry, but typical for this time of year, cattle prices remain strong and buyers are still active – just more discerning…Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, October 16, 2026