A TRIO of South Australian university students have big plans for their livestock Trait Select app – the winner of the University of Adelaide’s latest eChallenge…Read More
Sheep Central, December 9, 2022
BREEDING animals for climate change will be among the themes covered by the 2022 Meat & Livestock Australia Livestock Genetics Forum in Adelaide next month…Read More
Sheep Central, March 14, 2022
A NEW award to encourage emerging talent has been added to the prestigious Helen Newton Turner awards this year…Read More
Sheep Central, July 21, 2021
IF Merino wool prices doubled Glenthompson sheep producers Russell and Fiona Mitchell would not turn back from their flock’s progression away from Merinos, to composites and now to Nudie shedding sheep…Read More
BEEF and dairy genetics cooperative Genetics Australia aims to expand its sheep services after its $5.8 million purchase of the Total Livestock Genetics at Camperdown in south-west Victoria…Read More
Terry Sim, December 2, 2020
A BRITISH Texel ram lamb has set a new world record price equivalent to more than A$667,000 in the Scottish National Texel Sale at the Lanark Agricultural Centre in Scotland…Read More
Terry Sim, August 28, 2020
MEAT & Livestock Australia will hold a webinar to explain the new-look Sheep Genetics search site and take user feedback next week…Read More
Sheep Central, August 21, 2020
SHEEP Genetics has resisted calls to take down its new database search website after negative feedback about its index-focused design and functionality…Read More
Terry Sim, August 19, 2020
GENETIC selection tools for improving lamb eating quality will be outlined in the next episode of the Intercollegiate Meat Judging Association webinar series tomorrow…Read More
Sheep Central, August 19, 2020
Composite and terminal sires could be in hot demand this spring as Merino producers consider turning their backs on fibre production…Read More
Fiona Myers, July 3, 2020
SHEEP carcase and eating quality trait breeding value accuracies are expected to be the biggest benefactors of a new multi-trait DNA test now available to Australian sheep producers…Read More
Sheep Central, September 16, 2019
MEAT & Livestock Australia has released a series of timely tips and tools for wool, sheep meat and commercial beef producers looking to buy high-performing sires to improve productivity in their flock or herd…Read More
Sheep Central, September 16, 2019
