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A+ Bloodlines service has support of breeders and producers

AUCTIONSPLUS expects uptake of its new A+Bloodlines product to verify the genetic background of commercial sheep and cattle lots to increase this spring…Read More

Sheep Central, July 29, 2026

US escalates trade restriction actions on Australian lamb

AUSTRALIA’S lamb export sector has this month been hit with a double whammy in potential trade restrictions with a new 12.5 percent tariff being levied by the United States and the US International Trade Commission investigating the impact of imports on the American market…Read More

Terry Sim, July 24, 2026

Wool growers hold back bales in last sales before recess

MORE wool growers held back lots as prices slumped on the back of an increased bale offering at auctions across Australia this week…Read More

Sheep Central, July 24, 2026

Wool growers value AWI as separate from MLA – Millington

AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation chairman George Millington has pushed back on industry talk around the rationalization of industry bodies…Read More

Terry Sim, July 22, 2026

Wool leaders pay tribute to industry ambassador Peter Ackroyd

AUSTRALIAN and global wool industry leaders have paid tribute to Campaign for Wool chairman Peter Ackroyd who has died aged 76…Read More

Sheep Central, July 21, 2026

Focus on feed, stocking rate, weight gain and health: Howie

LIVESTOCK producers should ‘stay in the game’ and focus on feed, stocking rates, weight gain and animal health, and avoid the risks of a ‘preserve pasture for later’ unload mentality, according to RMA chief executive officer Chris Howie…Read More

RMA chief executive officer Chris Howie, July 16, 2026

Selective wool buyers drag auction market back

  AUSTRALIA’S wool auction market closed lower this week, with weakness recorded across nearly all sectors of the market. The Australian Wool Exchange said Fremantle did not hold a sale..Read More

Terry Sim, July 17, 2026

American plan to lift imported lamb tariffs gains traction

A GLOBAL safeguard investigation into imports of lamb into the United States has been initiated after pressure from the American sheep industry…Read More

Sheep Central, July 15, 2026

Australia confident facts support mutual benefit of US lamb imports

AUSTRALIA’S sheep meat industry will be able to deliver a robust, fact-based case demonstrating the mutual benefit of Australia’s lamb trade to the United States, a peak processor body said this morning…Read More

Sheep Central, July 15, 2026

American lamb industry seeks four years of ‘reasonable’ profit margins

AMERICA’S lamb industry wants at least four years of improved profit margins without high import volumes to help increase the US flock and boost production…Read More

Terry Sim, July 15, 2026

Lamb prices to continue to follow beef upward

AUSTRALIAN sheep producers have been told the current run of high lamb and mutton prices could extend for up to three years despite global quota restrictions and tariffs, as beef and sheep meat supplies stay limited globally…Read More

Terry Sim, July 9, 2026

Merino wool prices rebound, crossbreds lag

AUSTRALIA’S wool market recorded a small overall rise this week, after two successive weeks of large losses…Read More

Sheep Central, July 10, 2026

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