AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation’s chief executive officer has declined to outline how the company will help growers take advantage of non-mulesed wool price premiums and sheep meat opportunities for Merinos in its 2025-28 strategic and operating plans, despite critical market signals…Read More
THE ongoing drought across South Australia and Victoria is forcing a rethink in hay sourcing, with suppliers now turning to tropical varieties such as Cavalcade legume and Jarra grass from the Northern Territory to help fill the feed gap…Read More
Emma Alsop, July 3, 2025
NEW South Wales sheep research scientist Dr. Sue Mortimer has been awarded a fellowship with the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics for her Merino work…Read More
Sheep Central, July 2, 2025
AMID ongoing drought feeding demand, bright prospects for the northern crop and cautious optimism for the south, prices for wheat and barley are largely unchanged…Read More
Liz Wells, July 1, 2025
SOIL samples are being sought from farmers to help Victorian researchers dig deeper into national microbiome research…Read More
Sheep Central, June 30, 2025
WESTERN Australia’s saleyards and processors will start scanning electronic identification ear tags in sheep, lambs and goats next week as part of the national traceability system rollout…Read More
Sheep Central, June 23, 2025
A RALLY in offshore wheat prices has kicked local values higher and sparked a surge in traded volumes as cautious optimism about south-eastern Australia’s season builds…Read More
Liz Wells, June 23, 2025
RECENT rain in the drought-affected regions of south eastern Australia has seen up-country barley prices drop a few dollars, but the fodder market is showing no sign of easing…Read More
Liz Wells, June 19, 2025
THE annual GroWQ Innovation Expo is returning to Longreach in July and for the first time participants will showcase some of the cutting-edge technology being used to support sheep and beef enterprises…Read More
Sheep Central, June 19, 2025
MEETING the challenges of farming in the 21st century will be the theme of a whole farm planning course to be run by Agriculture Victoria…Read More
Sheep Central, June 18, 2025
THE MUCH-ANTIPICATED arrival of rain in South Australia and Victoria over the weekend has seen prices soften and the southern new-crop market kick into gear…Read More
Liz Wells, June 13, 2025
RECENT rain across most of Victoria and South Australia has already sparked germination of crops and pastures, and stock are expected to progressively return to grazing over coming weeks…Read More
Liz Wells, June 11, 2025