FORMER National Farmers Federation deputy chief executive officer Lyall Howard remembers where he was on September 11, 2001 – in the United States trying to negotiate Australia’s way out of a lamb tariff dispute. He proposes that the countries could still work together to build lamb demand and production…Read More
By former NFF deputy CEO Lyall Howard., September 11, 2026
THE latest American lamb industry effort to limit imports from Australia and New Zealand has sparked industry discussion on whether marketing collaboration efforts should be renewed…Read More
Terry Sim, September 11, 2026
GOVERNMENT and state farming organisation scrutiny of Sheep Producers Australia’s Future Flock Strategy process is increasing after the release of two flawed taxpayer-funded reports last week…Read More
SOUTH Australian sheep producer Angus Smith will travel the world as a Nuffield Australia scholar to investigate how successful livestock businesses recover from drought and other natural disasters…Read More
Sheep Central, September 9, 2026
‘FROM Data to Dollars: Turning AI into Real Farm Value’ will be the theme of the Livestock 2026 conference in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, next month…Read More
Sheep Central, September 9, 2026
GROWER selling has picked up ahead of the start of harvest in areas south of Central Queensland, where headers are already rolling in this first week of spring…Read More
Liz Wells, September 7, 2026
POTENTIAL impacts of changed Federal Government visa processing priorities – higher food prices, delayed harvest and workforce shortages — have been highlighted by red meat processors, Victorian farmers and the Coalition…Read More
Sheep Central, September 4, 2026
SHEEP Producers Australia’s latest Future Flock reports have sparked critical feedback on the number of factual and sourcing errors in the documents prepared with $800,000 in Federal Government funding…Read More
Terry Sim, September 2, 2026
WORLD demand for sheep meat is forecast to remain robust in 2026-27, driven by population growth and rising per capita protein consumption, according to the ABARES September 2026 quarter Agricultural Commodities report…Read More
Sheep Central, September 2, 2026
VALUE-BASED marketing with full carcase feedback to producers is improving the marketability of lamb for Gundagai Lamb suppliers and clients, according to GL chief executive officer Will Barton. After the..Read More
Terry Sim, August 31, 2026
THE southern wheat market has bucked last week’s softening trend, supported by buying for export cargoes as Asian customers look to shore up uncertain supplies from the Black Sea…Read More
Liz Wells, August 31, 2026
IMPROVING the resilience and productivity of sheep in low rainfall farming systems is the focus of a new national farmer-led research project…Read More
Sheep Central, August 31, 2026