Lamb Production

Local farmers acquire Roma stockfeed business

ROMA-BASED beef producers Cam and Sharon Colley have taken over stockfeed manufacturer Top Country, signalling plans to grow the business and bring fresh ideas to its product range…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 30, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Southern growers eye forecast weekend rain

AFTER the Easter break delivered little of the rainfall needed to bolster planting confidence across southern New South Wales, western Victoria and South Australia, growers are once again pinning hopes on showers forecast for the weekend…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 24, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Dollar rebound pressures values

A REBOUND in the Australian dollar — up four cents from a low of below US60 cents — has pared back some of the recent gains in grain prices…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 22, 2025

Ridley exits SA with $22M sale of Wasleys mill to Baiada

AUSTRALIA’S largest stockfeed miller, Ridley Corporation, has agreed to sell its Wasleys Feedmill in South Australia to poultry meat producer Baiada for $22 million…Read More

Sheep Central, April 22, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Weak Aussie dollar lifts values

A DROP in the Australian dollar to below US60 cents last week has rekindled export demand and prompted consumers to lift their bids by up $5-$10 per tonne in the southern wheat and barley markets in order to compete…Read More

Liz Wells, April 14, 2025

MLA opens call for new Producer Demonstration Site projects

MEAT & Livestock Australia is calling for new applications for Producer Demonstration Sites to kick off from the end of 2025…Read More

Sheep Central, April 14, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Market ingests wet north, dry south

SOAKING rain over much of Queensland’s grain-growing areas and northern New South Wales last week has set the northern region up for a strong and early start to its winter cropping program…Read More

Liz Wells, April 7, 2025

Dohnes get data on wool, carcase, eating quality and reproduction

A COMPREHENSIVE sire evaluation trial rated as ‘gold standard’ has provided evidence-based data on the Dohne breed’s profitable wool, carcase, reproduction and eating quality traits…Read More

Sheep Central, April 7, 2025

Bowan Park Poll Dorset trial highlights eating quality potential

A FIVE-YEAR sire evaluation has shown Poll Dorset breeders the breed has potential to produce sires with the genetics to get high eating quality lambs to market sooner and to suit various production systems…Read More

Terry Sim, April 2, 2025

Agriculture Victoria warns livestock owners on welfare duties

THE recent seizures of livestock from three Victorian properties have been highlighted in a warning to all producers from Agriculture Victoria this week…Read More

Sheep Central, April 1, 2025

CSBP to shut Kwinana superphosphate plant as WA flock declines

A LONG-TERM term decline in market demand for single superphosphate as growers reduce sheep numbers, combined with declining terms of trade for local production, has prompted CSBP Fertilisers to announce it will mothball its superphosphate plant at Kwinana…Read More

Sheep Central, March 31, 2025

ABARES cropping Farmland Price Indicator falls

ABARES Farmland Price Indicator 2024 data puts the national wheat-sheep zone figure at a record high of $8072.77/ha, while the cropping land indicator eased over the year to $8309.12/ha…Read More

Sheep Central, March 27, 2025

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