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
UPWARD movement in the Australian wool auction market slowed this week as buyers remained selective, with crossbreds outperfoming Merinos…Read More
Sheep Central, June 19, 2026
NSW Farmers has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to expand access to a key capital gains tax concession by lifting the small business threshold to $10 million, but is withholding..Read More
Sheep Central, June 19, 2026
Farmers have welcomed key changes to the Albanese Government’s tax reform package just days after failing to get an invitation to a short Senate inquiry into associated legislative amendments…Read More
Terry Sim, June 18, 2026
GLOBAL capital descended on Brisbane last week for the inaugural Global AgInvesting Australia conference. The event is held annually in London and New York, but found its..Read More
By property editor Linda Rowley, June 18, 2026
FORMER Cattle Australia chief executive officer Dr Chris Parker has been appointed as interim CEO of the Red Meat Advisory Council…Read More
Sheep Central, June 19, 2026
MUTTON prices have hit record levels – averaging above $9/kg cwt and up to $10/kg in some saleyards this week – but there are doubts this can be sustained with supplies scarce and processors already planning for possibly extended winter shutdowns…Read More
Terry Sim, June 17, 2026
SCHOOL students around New South Wales have been carefully feeding and collecting data on teams of prime lambs in a hands-on project designed to foster and mentor the next generation of farmers…Read More
Sheep Central, June 17, 2026
AUSTRALIAN sheep producers were the most confident commodity group in the second quarter, followed by beef then grain, according to the latest Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey…Read More
Sheep Central, June 16, 2026
FARMERS should focus on transitioning to electric machinery and vehicles rather than shifting existing equipment to biofuels, according to a report commissioned by Farmers for Climate Action and written by energy researcher Professor Ray Wills…Read More
Emma Alsop, June 17, 2026
AUSTRALIA’S Bureau of Meteorology has announced that the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is now in an El Niño phase, releasing a detailed statement explaining the likely impacts of the cyclical weather phenomenon on winter and spring rainfall and temperatures…Read More
Burau of Meteorology, June 17, 2026
WEEKLY rainfall totals of 25-100mm were recorded across the west of Western Australia, coastal South Australia, western Tasmania, the south-eastern ranges, and areas of southern Queensland to north-eastern New South Wales…Read More
Sheep Central, June 16, 2026