INCREASED access into China for more Australian processors, strong global beef prices and declining sheep/lamb supplies are helping to drive mutton prices to their highest level in three years…Read More
Terry Sim, May 7, 2025
THE manufacturer of the only Q fever vaccine available for humans has moved to water down fears of a national shortage of the product in Australia…Read More
James Nason, May 7, 2025
AFL Women’s star Alyce Parker has joined the Rural Aid team as the charity’s newest ambassador…Read More
Sheep Central, May 7, 2025
WEEKLY rainfall totals of 25-50 mm were recorded across most of eastern coastal regions and pockets in the south-west region of Western Australia and south-eastern Victoria…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, May 6, 2025
R.M. Williams executive Emma Foster-Geering has been announced as the latest member of the Sheep Sustainability Framework Sustainability Steering Group…Read More
Sheep Central, May 6, 2025
THE UNITED Nations Food and Agriculture Organization is recommending urgent biosecurity measures and enhanced surveillance following the recent detection of Foot-and-Mouth Disease serotype SAT1 in Iraq and Bahrain…Read More
Sheep Central, May 6, 2025
ORGANIC industry peak body Australian Organic Ltd has asked for right of reply to UQ Professor Ian Godwin’s recent opinion piece published on Beef Central which claimed to uncover some dirt on what the real differences are when consumers buy Certified Organic foods. Here is AOL’s response…..Read More
LIVE sheep export by sea proponents unbowed by the Coalition’s loss in the federal election believe a majority Albanese Labor Government now had a chance to change its mind on phasing out the trade by 1 May 2028…Read More
Terry Sim, May 5, 2025
AUSTRALIA’S peak farmer body has said it stands ready to work with re-elected Albanese Government and the Coalition and independent members to ensure farmers have champions in Federal Parliament…Read More
Sheep Central, May 5, 2025
Virtual fencing and stock management
A NEW South Wales Government decision to legalise virtual fencing for cattle but not sheep at this stage has reignited interest in states where the technology is still prohibited or only allowed for research purposes…Read More
Sheep Central, May 5, 2025
RAIN over the long weekend brought some relief to Victoria’s western districts and pockets of western New South Wales, but fell short of the widespread break forecast by the Bureau of Meteorology…Read More
Emma Alsop, May 5, 2025
A VICTORIAN farmer has reportedly had more than 1700 sheep valued at $175,000 stolen in less than two years…Read More
Sheep Central, May 5, 2025