INLAND Queensland, north-eastern South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales received rainfall totals of 50-100mm in the past week, while south-west Western Australia received 25-50mm. ..Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, May 14, 2024
THE Animal Justice Party has confirmed it did a preference deal with the Albanese Government to secure its policy to phase out live sheep exports by sea, just months after Agriculture Minister Murray Watt claimed at Senate Estimates he had no knowledge of such deals…Read More
USE of the Australian Farmers’ Fighting Fund, a political campaign and legal challenges were being considered to defeat the Albanese Government’s proposed live sheep export phaseout by 2028, Sheep Central..Read More
Terry Sim, May 13, 2024
WINTON wool grower and classer Jodi Axford has received the prestigious Dr Jim Watts Memorial Medal for her skill at marketing sheep, meat and wool in a challenging environment, and commitment to bettering her community…Read More
Sheep Central, May 13, 2024
THE RURAL and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee has recommended that the Senate pass biosecurity protection levy legislation in a report released on Friday…Read More
Emma Alsop, May 13, 2024
MOST lamb category prices improved on AuctionsPlus last week after rain across many areas of eastern Australia…Read More
Sheep Central, May 13, 2024
ALONGSIDE rapid progress in the sowing of eastern Australia’s winter crop, volume traded has picked up in the southern market, mostly from trading companies selling warehoused stock…Read More
Liz Wells, May 13, 2024
THE Federal Government says it will not make a specific emissions target for agriculture in its pursuit of net zero emissions by 2050…Read More
Sheep Central, May 13, 2024
THE Federal Government’s announcement today to end the live export of sheep by sea from Australia on 1 May 2028 has been widely condemned by farmer bodies and welcomed by animal welfare groups…Read More
Sheep Central, May 11, 2024
WORLD record shearer Catherine Mullooly has helped fill a two-day shearing workshop in Victoria within 24 hours, highlighting the growing role of women on the handpiece in Australian wool sheds…Read More
Sheep Central, May 10, 2024
VICTORIA’S BestWool BestLamb and BetterBeef conference will be held together for the first time in Ballarat next month. Agriculture Victoria senior specialist, Lyndon Kubeil said it is the first time..Read More
Sheep Central, May 10, 2024
In this week’s property review, Rabobank’s Brad James talks about a range of financial issues that can impact rural property buying decisions…Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, May 10, 2024
