VICTORIAN stock agents attribute a decline in sheep saleyard transactions in 2025-26 to the general flock decline and producers selling direct to abattoirs or via on-farm sales using online platforms…Read More
Terry Sim, October 26, 2026
CEREAL crops in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales are losing weight and quality every day as rain settles in over the region…Read More
Liz Wells, October 26, 2026
SIGNIFICANT expansion of the Australian sheep flock remains unlikely, despite strong global sheep meat prices, according to Rabobank research…Read More
Sheep Central, October 21, 2026
THE final webinar for the ‘Optimising ewe lamb joining outcomes’ producer demonstration site project will be held this Friday…Read More
Sheep Central, October 21, 2026
CALLS to extend the national mandatory electronic identification rollout for sheep and goats by two years have been rejected by the New South Wales Government and Meat & Livestock Australia…Read More
Sheep Central, October 19, 2026
NEARBY feedgrain values have firmed in the north as growers limit new-crop grain being meted out to a hungry domestic market, and southern markets have eased in response to a tail-off in barley demand…Read More
Liz Wells, October 19, 2026
CHARLES Sturt University research that gives drought-hit sheep producers answers to four critical management decisions is being extended in a podcast series…Read More
Sheep Central, October 19, 2026
A tool originally built to improve grape quality in vineyards is being repurposed to measure pasture biomass across Australian grazing paddocks, with research suggesting more accurate biomass measurement could lift livestock farm profitability by 11-15 percent…Read More
Harvest has started in far northern NSW in the past week, with barley yields on this farm in the North Star district looking like 3.8-4t/ha and test weight around 70kg..Read More
Liz Wells, October 12, 2026
QUEENSLAND sheep and goat producers have backed a New South Wales push to delay the mandatory electronic identification rollout by two years to 1 January 2029…Read More
Sheep Central, October 12, 2026
A NEW fund to foster young scientific talent working on animal breeding research has been launched by the Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit in honour of renowned mentor the late Professor Andrew Swan…Read More
Sheep Central, October 6, 2026
BARLEY prices dropped by up to $10 per tonne last week as modest new-crop volume starts to filter into the hungry northern market, and patchy rain helps to underpin yield prospects in the south…Read More
Liz Wells, October 5, 2026