SEVERAL cold fronts affected Tasmania and much of Victoria during the week, and the strongest front on 17 May brought showers and some snow to elevated areas…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, May 21, 2024
LIONS Australia charity Need for Feed completed a mercy shipment of hay and fodder for King Island farmers over the weekend, with the help of a last minute $75,000 boost from the Tasmanian Government…Read More
Sheep Central, May 20, 2024
LEADING Australian agribusiness Elders today released its half-year results for the six months to March 31, which included underlying earnings before interest and tax of $38.4 million, down 54 percent from the HY23 figure of $82.8M…Read More
Sheep Central, May 20, 2024
DEMAND was strongest for joined and scanned in-lamb ewes on AuctionsPlus last week, with most category prices firm to higher…Read More
Sheep Central, May 20, 2024
WHILE many headlines push the message that pushing consumers to eat less red meat is an effective way to reduce global emissions, a recent United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation Report suggests improving livestock productivity is a far more power lever to pull…Read More
James Nason, May 20, 2024
A NEW welfare-positive lethal trap device to improve wild dog and fox control has been launched…Read More
Sheep Central, May 20, 2024
A NEW testimonial prepared as part of the meat processing industry’s More to Meat campaign has highlighted the vast spectrum of work skills now required across the red meat processing industry and agriculture in general…Read More
Sheep Central, May 20, 2024
FORWARD wool markets remain frustratingly illiquid despite the better wool auction market last week, with a solid opening on Tuesday and most microns gaining ground on Wednesday…Read More
Guest Author, May 20, 2024
ANIMAL Justice Party leader Louise Pfeiffer is standing behind an AJP claim that it delivered the ‘knockout blow’ to the live sheep trade via a preference deal with the Albanese Government, as Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry Murray Watt continues to deny any deals were done…Read More
FARMER anger over the May 2028 live sheep trade phaseout announcement continued this week with a vote of no confidence in the Albanese Government and a call for the removal of Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Murray Watt…Read More
Sheep Central, May 17, 2024
AUSTRALIA has recorded its highest quarterly lamb slaughter on record from January to March this year of almost 7 million head…Read More
Sheep Central, May 17, 2024
WHEAT, barley and sorghum have traded steady to higher in the past week as dry conditions across southern Australia tighten near-term supply amid ongoing export demand…Read More
Liz Wells, May 17, 2024
