Lamb Production

DAFF kicks in $200,000 to keep National Wild Dog Action Plan going

LONG-AWAITED ongoing funding for the National Wild Dog Action Plan and its coordinator for at least another year was confirmed by the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry in Senate Estimates yesterday…Read More

Terry Sim, October 28, 2026

Victorian ewe flock decline behind lower 2025-26 saleyard numbers

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

Feedgrain Focus: Rain drops quality, weight in northern crops

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

Strong demand and limited supply are good news for sheep

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

Final PDS project webinar on successful ewe lamb joining

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

NSW and MLA firm on 2027 sheep and goat NLIS rollout

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

Feedgrain Focus: North firms, south eases as harvest ramps up

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

CSU podcast series to answer key drought-feeding questions

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

Agtech: Putting a price on a blade of grass

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

Sheep Central, October 15, 2026

Feedgrain Focus: Patchy rain a mixed blessing

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

Qld sheep and goat producers support EID rollout delay

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

AGBU launches Project Cygnet for Prof. Swan and ag science’s future

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

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